Six Keys To Pitching From The Fairway
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Six Essential Tips for Effective Fairway Pitching
Summary:
Improving your pitching from the fairway is a key strategy for lowering your golf handicap. By turning three strokes into two, you can significantly reduce your scores. Mastering accurate pitching is therefore crucial for enhancing your game.Article Body:
Accurate pitching is essential for lowering your golf handicap. Turning three strokes into two by pitching closer to the pin can greatly improve your scores. Achieving precision from the fairway, as emphasized in golf lessons, involves mastering distance control?"a task that's often challenging. A swing that's too long causes the clubhead to decelerate upon impact, while a swing that's too short leads to a jerky motion. Both result in lost strokes.
Learning accurate pitching involves two key stages: refining technique and effectively judging distances. While lessons and practice enhance technique, judging distances requires consistent practice.
Here are six essential steps to refine your technique:
1. Adjust Your Setup
- Position the ball in the middle of your stance.
- Ensure the club's shaft and your left arm (for right-handers) form a straight line for solid ball-turf contact.
2. Open Your Stance
- An open stance allows clearing of the left side through impact, enabling smoother swings.
3. Aim the Clubface
- Align the clubface directly at the target, maintaining focus despite an open stance.
4. Shorten Your Backswing
- An open stance naturally shortens your backswing. Grip down on the club for better control, keeping your hands close to the ball for precision.
5. Clear the Left Side
- Ensure the left side is unobstructed, allowing your hands to strike the ball accurately.
6. Release the Clubhead
- Let the clubhead move freely through impact and smoothly transition into your follow-through.
Improving Distance Control:
Beyond technique, honing distance control requires dedicated practice. Here are two strategies to enhance this skill:
- Body-Controlled Method
- Assume your normal pitching position and place a towel across your chest under your armpits. Choke down on the club for control, making short, compact swings while keeping the towel in place. Adjust your body’s turn speed based on the length of the shot?"think 20 mph for a 20-yard shot.
- Establish a Pitching Zone
- Identify a comfortable range from which you can confidently pitch. Play to this "zone" during your rounds for easier shots approaching the green. Emulate Jose Maria Olazabal's strategy by aiming for a spot where you have a strong probability of an up-and-down to save par.
Incorporate these six tips into your routine to enhance your pitching from the fairway, and watch your scores improve rapidly.
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