STOP PUSHING YOUR PITCH SHOTS…thin, topped, sculled
How many times have you hit your approach shot in front of the green only to walk up and blade it over the back of the green? Every time you hit a pitch shot that winds up on the right side of the pin you have swung the golf club too much from the inside to the outside. When you PUSH your wedge shots you are walking a very thin line.
If you continue to swing the golf club too much from in-to-out you are going to eventually start topping, sculling, shanking or hitting the wedge shots very thin, without any BACKSPIN. The great news is you can stop that mistake immediatley. There are three steps to ending this devastating mistake.
#1. The ball position is critical. It has to be in the center or slightly forward of center in your stance.
#2. You must have 70% of your weight on your left foot at address and LEAVE IT THERE DURING THE BACKSWING.
#3. Swing the golf club UP in the backswing and DOWN in the downswing. Down means to make sure you swing the leading edge of the club in the ground. (no scooooooping)…Make sure you CHOP the ground in the downswing.
#4. Make sure you turn through. The reason you PUSH your pitch shots is the golf club swings too much to the right. When you turn through the golf club is swinging around you on an arc the golf ball will fly STRAIGHT and not to the right.
