Tips For Golf – Hitting Long Irons

By Dazza Walker

If you ask any golfer what the hardest shot you can get is they will probably tell you all of them. The answer that most will honestly give you to the question is Hitting Long Irons. Hitting long irons is maybe the hardest shot to play in a sport that is already difficult. The first problem is unrealistic expectations. You watch people like Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson hit these high, towering 3 or 4 irons. Then you golf fanatics go and wonder why you don’t get that same elevation. The simple problem is that with such a shallow angle on the clubface compared to a wedge you need a large amount of club head speed to keep the ball continuing on its trajectory to get it up high. First thing to remember is the professionals can produce such quick club head speed they can get the height in the shot so be sensible with your expectations.

Realistic Golf – Hitting Long Irons

Most budding, mid handicap golfers ranging should really make the decision of not hitting long irons in golf at all if they can avoid it and taking the 3 and 4 iron out of the bag and carrying fairway woods which have a lower centre of gravity and are a lot easier to get into the air. Doing this will give a golfer that rare asset of confidence and build up your ability until you can go on to the long iron hitting.

There will be times when you will prefer to hit a long iron shot for a particular situation and therefore hitting long irons will be an advantage to have in your arsenal. When you are playing an approach to the green and you have a strong cross wind, or you have the threat of over hanging branches the last thing you want is a high airy shot. It is much better to keep your golf ball low.

Effective Steps For Hitting Long Irons In Golf

Try these tips for hitting long irons.

A/ Unlike the driver set the ball up nearer the middle of your stance. This will give a more consistent strike hitting the ball in the middle of the club face. Many players put the ball further forward in their stance because of the length of shaft, but this only allows for a very minor sweet spot.

B/ A massive amount of golf are played mentally. Mentally, you know that the green is 200 yards away and you unconsciously try to hit the ball harder and that’s when you get out of rhythm, and all sorts of results appear. Try to tell yourself to hit every shot like a seven iron, and you will naturally swing smoother and let the angle of the club face do the work for you.

C/ Try to make a full follow through when hitting long irons. Tiger Wood’s follow through is as long as his back swing. This will promote you to sweep through the ball and continue club head speed without topping the ball 50 yards down the fairway.

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First let me welcome you to the wonderful game of golf. Now let me tell you there are no short cuts to becoming a reasonable golfer. It can be the most frustrating game to play even on one of your best days you can come off the course so frustrated that you swear never to play another round of golf as long as you live. Do not become despondent, we have all been there.

You must take your frustration and deal with it in a positive manner. Like I said above. THERE ARE NO SHORT CUTS. No quick fixes. That is why for beginners, golf tips are available in many simplified formats.

As a beginner you will need to understand the fundamentals of golf. This applies both for women and men. The first fundamental to learn and understand is, the set up procedure. This involves a number of vital routines, for instance. Your stance, your posture, your grip on the club, your swing arc, the correct size clubs for you, forming a strategy. Now like I said these are but a few of the start up drills which you must learn if you want to progress to a reasonable standard.

Lets take for instance your stance. This technique is available from eBooks written for beginners with tips that are simplified and easy to follow.

How do you set your feet and legs at the correct width to enable you to hit the ball?

To do this you must stand with the ball directly in the middle of your body. Rest your club directly at the back of the ball, do not touch the ball. Stretch your legs out to a distance which feels comfortable to you, This distance should be ten to twelve inches each side of the ball. Then with your feet and toes squared directly in front of you, slightly bend your knees until you feel relaxed. Do this a number of times until you are absolutely sure the position is right for you.

Your posture is the next vital stage. If you go into a game with your posture out of line with the rest of your body then there is absolutely no chance for you to swing properly.

Postures vary because people are made differently from each other. It would be wonderful if one posture fitted all. Unfortunately it is not so, therefore we must all develop our own unique posture.

Again all this information can be had quite easily for beginners where golf tips are simplified in very
layman’s terminology.

There is no reason why you should not progress at a satisfactory pace if you follow the instructions laid out in a simplified teaching technique. Easy to follow diagrams of drills, set up procedures, gripping the club. It is all there for you. So please go ahead and enjoy the most wonderful game in the world. Golf.

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Taking your game from the practice tee to the first tee can be the most difficult process in the game of golf.

Picture this – you have just finished a warm up session before your round. During that warm up session you practiced three or four things you learned early that same day from the lesson you took with your local pro. Now that’s very commendable that you were practicing what you were taught but if this is your process you could be in for a tough day on the course.

I will continue with our scenario to make my point. Your group has been called to the first tee and before you even take your first step on the tee the check list starts to ring off in your head – head steady, don’t forget about grip pressure, posture, stance and oh yeah relax, what? Now it might not be this bad but you get my point. If this is your process then I can’t help but think that you will be very exhausted after only a few holes.

My belief is that if you’re going to have swing keys then they need to be simple and target oriented – after all you are playing a target game. This is a good way to make the playing of the game much more enjoyable.

So as  my turn comes  to tee off, I put my ball on the tee, step back and have a look at where I want the ball to land. This landing area is my first target. I focus intently on this area, and then I visually follow back from the landing area to the ball looking for an object that is close to the ball that I can use as a reference point (target#2) to aid in alignment. As I set my club in behind the ball and take my stance I look once again to the landing area and also my reference point. Then it’s all eyes on the next target – the ball (specifically the back of the ball). Then you let it go – and that’s it. The whole process happens quickly (5-8 seconds) thus preventing the little swing coach in your head from sabotaging your swing .

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