Bobby Eldridge Golf

I have heard so many cliches about what to do with your full swing shots from deep rough that I thought I would share a few thoughts with you that will help.  First, there are three kinds of lies in deep rough.  You could have a buried lie (all sitting down), a teed up lie (ball sitting up) or a somewhat normal lie.

Let’s start with the buried lie.  Remember the Rules of Golf states that you are not allowed to press down on the grass behind the golf ball.  When you walk up to your ball and determine that the leading edge of the golf club is resting above the equator of the golf ball, that is a buried lie.

When you have a buried lie in the rough, the chances of you making solid contact with the golf ball are very small.  It is time for you to grab a wedge and hack the ball out.  If the lie is really bad you might have to aim sideways, back to the fairway.

To insure a decent shot, #1-place the ball back in your stance, #2-weight on your left side, #3-swing the club up in the backswing and chop down in the downswing.  Keep one thing in mind.  Your number one goal is get OUT.  Hitting a quality shot is probably not going to happen.  Don’t take any chances with this shot.  Using a wood is out of the question.

Let’s move on to the teed up lie.  Every once in a while you will hit a shot in the rough only to arrive and find the ball sitting up as thou it was on a tee.  A very tall tee.  This is a tricky shot to hit solid.  Most of the time you will swing the golf club too steep in the downswing and the clubhead will slide underneath the ball.  The result will be a high lofted, short shot.

To hit a solid shot from a lie that is sitting up in the rough you have to do three things.  #1-Make sure you are sitting back on your heels at address.  #2-During the backswing the club has to swing around you and not up and down.  #3-During the downswing the arms have to release before the right shoulder turns.  One last thing, you can hit any club in your bag from the sand wedge to the three wood.

Some times when you are in deep rough you will have a lie that is your standard deep rough lie.  Not to buried and not sitting up.  When you are faced with this shot there are a couple of things to remember.  The chances of you getting the clubface on to the back of the golf ball squarely are pretty small.  Most of the time you wind up hitting these shot fat.

Remember to do a couple of things for a solid shot out of deep rough.  First, take a lofted club.  The flatter the face the more difficult to get to the bottom of the ball.  The second thing to remember is to choke down on the club.  By choking down you have to stand closer to the ball and this will alow the club to swing steeper.  The last thing to remember is to follow through low.  By finishing low the clubhead will have a chance to find the bottom of the ball and not the top.

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There are a couple of things I want to share with you in regard to the position of the legs at address and the role the legs play during the golf swing.

Believe it or not the most important part of the leg action during the golf swings happens at address.  That sounds kind of odd doesn’t it?  I am referring to your feet and knees.   As you are addressing the golf ball the first thing you have to check the width of your stance.  For a full swing your feet have to be slightly wider than your shoulders, this will insure a proper shoulder turn in the backswing.

The second part, you have to pay close attention to the left foot.  If you place your left foot perpendicular to the target line (straight), you will not be able to turn the left hip out of the way in the downswing.  What I like to see all golfers do is point the left toe out an inch or two.  By doing this you will be able to turn through quicker in the downswing.  Placing the foot straight will block your left hip in the downswing.

Let’s move on to the knees. The knees have to be flexed at address and not locked.  If the knees are flexed you will be able to make a bigger turn.  Secondly, the right knee has to be SLIGHTLY leaning in towards the golf ball.

By addressing the ball in this manner you will be up some torque in the backswing and the right knee will be activated in the downswing.  When the right knee is activated in the downswing it will help transfer your weight to the left side faster.

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I know why some of you stand over a golf shot for what seems like an eternity.  You don’t have a routine that includes the one or two swing thoughts that would get your engine going so you can swing the club back.

Let me tell you one thing I know for sure.  If Ernie Els had the same thoughts running through his head that you have running through yours, he wouldn’t be able to make a back swing either.

Come on now, I know you can do this.  Let’s get a couple of things straight.  The clubhead has to swing on an arc as it goes back to the top of the backswing.  The best way to do that is to make sure the clubhead, shaft, grip, your hands, your arms and your shoulders all start TOGETHER IN ONE PIECE.

As you address the golf ball you should take dead aim at a blade of grass in the fairway where you want the ball to land, then take a couple of waggles to relax the upper body.  Now it is time to start the club back.  You have to develop a smooth and relaxed start of the one piece takeaway.

Keep in mind that the first 3-5 feet of the backswing dictates what happens at the top of the swing.

The best way to practice this is to see if you can go to the 9:00 o’clock position for starters.  You can check to make sure the shaft is level to the ground, parallel to your feet line and that the toe is pointing to the sky.  You don’t have to use a golf ball for this practice session.

After you arrive at 9:00 o’clock and check your positions you can start from the beginning again.  If you freeze up during the address, back away and start again.  Do not allow yourself to stand there until you start your engine.

Remember:  Aim the shot and then start your engine.

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Re: The correct golf driver tee height to hit longer drives.

I know with the size of the new drivers in the past 10 years it has made it very difficult for the average player to know how high to tee the ball up.  Just because you go out and buy one of those monsters that doesn’t mean you have to tee it up on a top of a telephone pole.

The rule of thumb is simple.  If your normal ball flight is a slice, then tee it UP high, where nearly half the ball is above your driver face when on the tee.  The higher you tee it the easier it is to the get the clubhead under the ball and role it over.

If your normal ball flight is a hook, then tee it DOWN, where the top of the ball is barely above the top of your driver face. The lower you tee it the more difficult it is to get the clubface under the ball in a closed position at impact.  If the ball is teed low the only way to make contact is for the face to return slightly open.

Finally, if your natural ball flight is a slight draw, slight fade, or straight-you are at the correct tee height.

Golfingly yours,
Bobby

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Every time I stand over a 3 foot putt I only have one thing on my mind, HIT THE BALL TO THE BACK OF THE CUP…I have to tell you where that thought comes from.  When I was growing up in Southwest Florida, my mother use to take a tee and stick it in the back of the hole.  She would just barely stick the tip of the tee into the back of the hole, (above the hole liner and below the surface, on an angle.

Then the work began, I would stand there from 3 feet and hit putt after putt until I buried the tee in the ground.  Then we would start again.

You do have to keep one thing in mind.  I hit most 3-footers firm, I dont jam them in the hole.  Of course on downhill and fast, hard breaking 3-footers, I am a bit more conservative.

If you develpe this style of putting for your 3-footers, you will gain some confidence on the short ones.  Dont forget that the firmer you play them the less break you have to figure in.

Bobby

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