| The topic for our article today is golf iron shots. You | | | | long. If we expect to hit the correct iron shot, we need |
| have hit a good drive and now it`s time to hit a quality | | | | to know how far we hit each iron. |
| iron shot. There are many factors that come into play | | | | 3. Play the shot that your lie will allow. |
| but, for today, we are going to review four (4) tips that | | | | We need to survey our lie and determine how the lie is |
| will help us to hit quality iron shots and, in turn, lower our | | | | going to effect our iron shot. By this I mean, if we a |
| golf scores. | | | | playing summer rules, no preferred lies, the lie will |
| These golf iron shot tips will help you to go through the | | | | dictate what kind of shot we have to play. If the lie is |
| thought process that will produce quality golf shots. | | | | less than perfect, we need to adjust where we play |
| You will be amazed how quickly your golf scores will | | | | the golf ball in our stance. With a poor lie, we need to |
| come down. Just using some common sense can | | | | move the ball back in our stance so that we will be |
| dramatically effect how we play and our golf scores, | | | | able to make solid contact. You also need to adjust |
| plus, did I mention, your enjoyment of the game! | | | | for downhill, uphill and sidehill lies. |
| Four (4) Golf Iron Shot Tips | | | | In general, we need to adjust our stance to follow the |
| 1. Stay within yourself. | | | | contour of the fairway for uneven lies, keeping in mind |
| Don`t try to hit your seven (7) iron one hundred and | | | | that uphill lies will add loft to your iron shots (hit more |
| seventy (170) yards when your best seven iron shot | | | | club) and downhill will take loft off of our iron shots (hit |
| only goes one hundred and fifty (150) yards. Hit the iron | | | | less club). |
| that will get to the target with a comfortable swing, no | | | | 4. Play the percentages. |
| overswinging! Also, when you are determining the | | | | Here's a question. If the best players in the world aim |
| yardage for your iron shot, be sure to take into | | | | away from some pins then should not we do the |
| account the position of the pin on the green. By this I | | | | same? If the pin is on the side of the green near a |
| mean, even though you are standing at the one fifty | | | | bunker, water hazard or out of bounds, it may make |
| (150) marker, you might be one hundred and sixty five | | | | sense not to try to hit directly at the pin but hit your |
| (165) yards to the pin if the pin is at the back of a large | | | | iron shot to the safer part of the green. We have to |
| green, or one hundred and thirty five (135) yards if the | | | | measure, the percentages, our chances of pulling off a |
| pin is in the front. You don`t want to back off of your | | | | shot. The best in the world do it! So, next time you are |
| golf swing but you also don`t want to be grunting! | | | | getting ready to hit your iron shot, stop to think of what |
| 2. Know how far you hit each iron. | | | | is your best percentage play. This alone will shave |
| I know you have seen this and it really slows down | | | | numerous strokes of your golf score. |
| play. What I am talking about is watching someone | | | | Also, remember there is a right and wrong side of the |
| pacing of their yardage to the pin and you know, full | | | | green to miss on. You would prefer to miss the green |
| well, that they have no clue how far they hit each iron | | | | on the side away from where the pin is placed on the |
| shot. So, my point is, that we need to spend some | | | | green. This gives you the best chance to get up and |
| time at the driving/practice range, to find out how far | | | | down for your par, if you miss the green. |
| we hit each iron shot. Now, we probably are not going | | | | Those are four (4) iron shot tips. There are many |
| to know how far each iron shot goes, to the yard, like | | | | more, that we will discuss in future articles. But for |
| the tour pros do but we can find out within a five (5) | | | | now, if you follow these golf tips for your iron shots, |
| yard range. There is nothing more frustrating than | | | | you will dramatically increase your pars and decrease |
| hitting a good drive and following that up with a well hit | | | | those bogeys and dreaded others! |
| iron shot and the golf ball ends up ten yards short or | | | | |