Glue your arms close to these tips from a master’s champion

Golf guidance is always developing, but the best advice lies in the test of time. In the new Golf.com series, eternal tips, we are emphasizing some of the biggest tips that teachers and players have shared on the Golf Magazine pages. Today we look back in our July 2003 issue when we published a story about Mike Weir’s keys to wedding. For unlimited access to the Digital Archive of the full Golf magazine, join Indoor tODAY; You will enjoy $ 140 value for only $ 39.99/year.

Your wedges are Your marked clubs. When you have one of them in your hands, you should be thinking of birds. And when you make a mistake, your wedges can take you out of trouble and help you save you before. Just say, wedges are the main clubs in your bag.

If you want to make real shots of shaving progress from your handicap, turning your weapons to weapons is a good place to start. Back in 2003, Mike Weirfresh by the victory of his masters, shared with Golf Some of his keys to climbing the wedge nearby. Check out the story below.

Weir wedge tips

Below are the best things you can learn from the Mike Weir wedge game, from strokes with three quarters to calling to the treatment of different holes. Try them and you will soon knock it stiff.

Shot with three quarter

Configuration: Position the ball slightly in front of the center – opposite your front page – and distribute your weight evenly over both feet. Your attitude should not be wider than your hips. A narrow attitude is critical in the wedge game because it allows your body to support the swinging movement of your wings – a key to distance control.

Return down to the handle for added control and stay closer to the ball to make up for the shortest club. Try for a “long” feeling on your chest to the address, bending from your hips, not on your back. This will help adjust the spine, creating enough space for your arms to swing freely.

Backswing: A more compact pace means better balance and more control. Instead of fully hanging the wrists on all wedge oscillations, as many amateurs do, let you swing the length of your arm – and the striking distance – dictate the amount of hinges. In half of the oscillations, the grip butt should show in front of the ball (at the target line) at the end of the back; This is about a half-dependent. On the three -quarter shots, hang the ankles of your hands completely, creating an angle of 90 stairs between your lead forearm and club. Also, keep your feet planted and your knees. This will prevent your arms from shaking.

Landing As you swing down, turn your chest into target. This is important: no matter how short of your back, you need to rotate your body through purpose. The speed with which you turn forward to the landing is what controls your power in influence and therefore shot distance. As in your back, keep the body’s actions at least to a minimum. You have to feel as if your front leg is stuck to the ground, creating a holder so that your arms can be accelerated and your chest can return to the bottom.

On a backbone

To the address, play the ball farther in your stay. This sings the front axis, which the club’s delofta creates a lower trajectory. As you move the ball back, open your attitude slightly; This helps the swinging bow to match the new ball position in the impact. Once you have made these adjustments, just focus on your finishing position. The lower you want to hit the shooting, the following should be finished hands and arms. Mike’s hands are never taken over his head: He is shaking the club more around his body than he is in a high trajectory blow, in which he swings more up and down, with his hands ending above.

On a tip of front

For a higher ball flight, pre -determine the full attic of the club to the address by placing the ball forward in your (up) stay, so the shaft is almost vertical. The glove should show your chain. In influence, the arm and axis of the lead must form a straight line. This allows you to completely take advantage of the club swelling – the only thick, rounded under the main advantage of the club and thus maximize attic. Imagine shaking like a high, upper, with your hand “throwing” by releasing on your head. The wings swing on a very straight plane, due to the breath of the axis; This helps maintain the attic of the club you put on the address. The ball has to fly up and stop in a coin.

Waggle Weir

Until the masters, Mike was widely recognized as “left with strange waggle”. Initially, this mini-rehearsal movement was a training that his shaky coach, Mike Wilson, described to fix his taking. (Mike had a tendency to flip the club inside.) It worked so well that it made it part of its pre-shop routine. As Mike shakes the club, he pays strict attention to his way. When his hands reach his waist height, he looks back to confirm that the club is on the right track, which is dictated by the club used. Waggle with a wedge is fairer than with any other club. If it is on the right track, the shaft should feel very easy. Mike then turns the club to address and immediately pull the trigger – a good model for any golf player.

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