Lee Trevino sways, then looks, then smiles. His ball had just ended up where he thought.
“There it is,” he said.
“It’s a very easy shot.”
But what about you?
Can you use an 80-yard putt, a game that can help especially when the weather is inclement or if your wedges are problematic? why not Trevino believe The six-time major winner and one of golf’s all-time great hitters was speaking in a video recently posted on the Golf Teachers app’s Instagram page, which can be watch in full belowalong with one extended version of the clip. Below we will offer some thoughts.
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How to hit an 80-yard touchdown, according to Lee Trevino
In the video, Trevino had these thoughts:
fastening
For Trevino, control was key. He suggested turning your right hand clockwise where you can’t see any fingers.
“The problem is that the grip is about it, because your subconscious mind works here,” Trevino said in the video. “And what happens when people want to hit the ball down and keep it straight is they use their regular control. In other words, what you’re looking at in a normal grip where you can see the hand. If you can see the right hand and the left, and the right hand is on top where it should be.
“Well now to hit a bump and run shot, we’re talking about a full shot, meaning when you hit the ball, you’re going to be held this way (with a shaft resting on the shot) . To do this, then you have to play with your right hand. You should put your right hand down where you can’t see any fist in your right hand. Now you have to think about it, because if you don’t hold it and let this hand go back to this normal position, you’re going to hit yourself with a low blow.”
Hands in front — and ‘don’t pull, don’t throw, don’t drop’
In the video, Trevino advised keeping his hands in front, then reviewed what to do on contact.
Keep coming back, he said.
“So to hit a little 80-yard shot, tell that green you’re looking at over there,” Trevino said in the video, “she takes her hand here and puts her hands? forward. Then when she comes down, she doesn’t pull, she doesn’t throw, It doesn’t let go. The only thing you do with this shot is hold on and just keep rolling.
“It’s almost like one Annika Sorenstam shot where she actually moves her head up. I always like it because it holds the corner longer. I thought that was one of her big deals to play so well.”
conclusion
Next, Trevino indicated that his left hand was facing the club face.
“Now, notice, look at the body,” Trevino said in the video. “If you put this in slow motion, you can see that the body—now look, when I’m done, look where my hand is. My left hand is still in front of the clubface. Most people who try to hit the shot them, when they finish, they are in this position.”
Notably, in the video, Trevino struck again.
Apparently, his ball bounced badly on him, though at least his technique was sound.
“Uh-oh, uh-oh, break the ball,” Trevino said. “Ahh. Do you see that?”
Let’s continue the conversation with Trevino’s advice. Earlier this month, GOLF.com wrote an article titled “Lee Trevino Warns of 3 Bad Habits Golfers Commit in Backswing” and you can read that story by clicking here or scrolling down.
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Lee Trevino, in sweet slow-motion video, rockets a tee shot down a fairway. He laughs.
“Now there’s a perfect turnaround,” he says.
Indeed. However, there is a larger point here. A while ago, the legendary ball strikerthe all-time talker and six-time major winner had enjoyed a trio of “bad habits” players commit on their return.
And Trevino talked about how to get it “just right.”
The insight came through one last post on the Golf Teachers App Instagram page and you can watch the full video below. Below, we’ll break it down.
According to Lee Trevino, 3 ‘bad habits’ players commit in comebacks
1. Wrists ‘break too quickly’
“One of the bad habits you have is you get off the ball too quickly,” Trevino said. In the video, to demonstrate the point, he flexed his wrists before any further backswing.
2. The club goes ‘too far abroad’
“The other one,” Trevino said, “is that you take the club and you take it too far.” In the video, with the camera facing him, Trevino raised the club and it pointed at an angle around 7 o’clock.
3. The elbow breaks
“The third,” said Trevino, “is for you to break the right elbow and pull the stick back in.” In the video, Trevino pulled his right arm back with his right hand.
So what was Trevino’s take on the “correct” comeback?
He advised connecting the righty’s left shoulder with the club head and being aware of the movement of the hips.
“The proper backswing is actually working from the left shoulder to the clubhead,” Trevino said in the video. “It works away from the ball in one motion.
“Now, if you want to drive the club in, you have to lock the hips because the club is just going to follow the extension of the hips, so it’s going to go in. If you want to go straight down the line, you adjust your stance and go straight back. If you want to go a little bit off the line on the way back, you open up your stance and go a little bit out.”
From there, Trevino hit his ball and laughed.
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Nick Piastowski
Editor of Golf.com
Nick Piastowski is a senior editor at Golf.com and Golf Magazine. In his role, he is responsible for editing, writing and developing stories across the golf space. And when he’s not writing about ways to hit the golf ball farther and straighter, the Milwaukee native is probably playing the game, hitting the ball left, right and short, and drinking a cold beer to wash down his score. . You can reach him about any of these topics – his stories, his game or his beers – at nick.piastowski@golf.com.
