Do You Want To Hit The Irons With Better Accuracy And Consistency?

Designs of golf courses can be found to have many different variations. They can be wide open for most beginners to championship level layouts with tight fairways, elevation changes, forced water carries and treacherous bunkering around the greens.  Of course the more challenging a golf course is designed, the more it will require of your shot making skills. A unique perspective to the game of golf is that there is always a different strategy for every golfer on any given hole.

One of the major elements that golf course architects use to make the game more interesting , challenging or difficult, is to create uneven surfaces in the fairways and adjacent areas.  Think back on your own last few rounds, and try to count how many times you were required to play a shot from an uneven lie. It could have been either uphill, downhill or sidehill. If you have been playing some of the tougher courses in your local area, the answer probably is way too many to count.  Each type of lie will produce a different ball flight, and it will require alterations to your address position and golf swing.

My biggest weakness to my own golf game has always been trying to hit the mid to long iron shots. I don’t feel comfortable enough like I do in hitting fairway woods. I tend to find when I’m playing with others in my group, that I’m always using one to two clubs more with my iron play.

Part of the trouble that I have in hitting the irons, is because I hit all of my golf shots with a low trajectory. Since the golf balls don’t carry in the air the maximum distance, I have to rely more on the ground game instead. In order to get maximum distances out of my golf shots, it needs to be made up for with a lot of roll. If the conditions of the golf course have been dictated by the weather, such as rain or snow, then I lose any advantage of  getting  that  extra distance.

I have been fortunate to find utility clubs that I have a lot of faith in. They are the Orlimar’s Trimetal clubs. Their not hybrids, but they work the same way. They are easy to hit, and they give you the higher trajectory that you need to carry the distances you want. In fact the Adams Tight Lies and Orlimar’s Trimetal, were the first hybrid clubs that were introduced to the general public. Today, I don’t carry a single long iron in my golf bag, and everyone that I golf with carries at least one hybrid these days.

The terms utility clubs and hybrid golf clubs are generally used interchangeably. These hybrid golf clubs are growing in popularity because they are designed to be easier to hit for recreational golfers. In fact, they are easier to hit for all golfers, and most touring pros now carry at least one hybrid. The truth is most high handicap golfers can’t hit long irons well.  By using utility clubs that are designed to hit the ball the same distances as long irons, but with greater accuracy, control and forgiveness.

Most amateur golfers do get nervous when they have a perfect lie on a tightly mown  fairway. They feel as though they can’t get under the golf ball. Very good ball strikers never try to get under the ball. Their focused instead on hitting the sweet spot with the irons every time,  regardless of the conditions the golf course is presenting itself.  Good golfers with lower handicaps, know that solid iron play is almost as important to achieving lower scores as long drives and clutch putts.  Higher handicappers would prefer the ball to be on a tee, or sitting up in the grass as they try and get under the ball to elevate it into the air.  Having this golf mindset when faced with a tight lie,  leads to an unreliable golf swing motion.

You need to learn to hit the irons with different club selections, and with different shot making variations for better results when faced with difficult situations on the golf course.  Such as how to hit bump and runs, knockdown shots, punch shots and half shots.  Half shots are played with less than a full swing, mainly to control distance, trajectory and overall spin.

What are the keys to good iron play that will result in  having accuracy and consistency? What  is the common elements of all great iron players. You’ll find this as being the ultimate objective of nearly every golf lesson given. This is also the objective of every serious golfer, who strives for perfection when  practicing out on the driving range. There are six essential elements to good ball striking:

• Proper Grip. (Find the one your most comfortable with, and stay with it.)
• Good Set Up. (good posture, proper address and consistent ball position.)
• Balance. (Retain power through out the swing. You can’t influence ball flight once you’ve hit it, the golf swing mechanics is still very important until you’ve finished completing your follow-through.)
• Impact. (Moment of Truth. You want clean and crisp descending iron shots.)
• Build a Repeatable Golf Swing. (Set the club on the correct swing plane, and stay focused throughout the swing.)
• Confident golf swing mindset. (Take your time practicing different variations of shot making.)

The best way to learn to master these different shots from various lies,  is to get on the golf course instruction from your local P.G.A. professional.  Many P.G.A. facilities do offer on the golf course lessons as part of their overall instructional packages. In addition, a limited number of practice facilities, such as the P.G.A. Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla., offers a variety of lies that can simulate the conditions you will find on nearly any golf course you will ever play on.

Traditional iron club heads did allow you to toil for years with marginal impact conditions providing undesirable results. We are about to fix that problem for you! For those who are serious about changing the way you hit your irons, we have now great training aids for you to use when your practicing at the driving range.

The Tour Striker and the NEW Tour Striker Pro training clubs have been created not to care about your swing style or shape. The distinctive designs have little clubface below the sweet spot like you’ll find with a traditional club. The clubs have been designed so that you can instructively teach yourself how to deliver the sweet spot of the club to the ball like an expert ball striker. Transferring that feel learned to your traditional clubs is just an easy step to make.

Finally, you can learn how to hit down on the golf ball and have the impact position of a Tour Player, allowing you to hit it longer and become a better and more consistent ball striker. ( Gary McCord, P.G.A. Champions Tour Winner.)  Get your training aid today so that your ready when the snow melts away! Improve Your Iron Play By Using Tour Striker!

The Tour Striker training club is a simple way to learn the key to golf. Impact!

Impact is everything and the Tour Striker training club will help you strike it like the pros.

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