| Here's a great tip for those of you who play golf | | | | you could be one of them. If the golf club goes |
| where there's a lot of deep rough. Those of you | | | | outside, you'll go up in the air too much, and if you |
| that live back East or in the Midwest, it is pretty | | | | do that, you'll pull to the left and hit it low and flat to |
| common for you in the summertime and, often, it's | | | | the left. |
| wet. | | | | If you stand correctly, with the ball in the middle and |
| Here are a few golf instructions about a couple of | | | | a little weight left, and use the correct golf swing, |
| shots that are the most popular when you're hitting | | | | the golf club travels straight back. Okay, so it goes |
| from out of deep rough. You will have a tendency to | | | | just a hair inside, but mostly straight back with just a |
| hit it thin or skull it or top it. And let me tell you why. | | | | little, tiny curve inside on the way back. |
| When the golf club starts to swing into the back of | | | | And then you'll be able to make solid contact. Not |
| the golf ball, there is grass growing around it. Because | | | | too much inside in the backswing and not on the |
| of the bounce on the back of the golf club, it's very | | | | outside, but straighter back with just a slight curve |
| difficult to get the golf club to go deep enough into | | | | to the inside. |
| the ground to find the bottom of the golf ball. | | | | That's your backswing when you're chipping. |
| Another golf tip is when you're struggling and the ball | | | | In case you're not sure about what clubs to use |
| is down in some deep grass, whether you're pitching | | | | when you're chipping, I have some advice to give |
| the golf ball or whether it's a full golf swing; make | | | | you for your golf short game. I've been a big |
| sure that you put a lot of weight on your left side. | | | | advocate of using a 5, 7, and a 9: a 9-iron for your |
| And the final part is to make sure that the golf club | | | | short chip shots, a 7-iron for your medium length chip |
| finishes low to the ground after impact. | | | | shots, and a 5-iron for your longer chip shots. |
| So, on a full swing to the green with a pitch shot, | | | | The reason? Because you can use one golf swing, |
| the ball in the middle, weight left, hand to the left, | | | | and let the different golf clubs control the distance. |
| swing your arms up and straight down into the | | | | For instance, a 9-iron chip shot will make the golf ball |
| ground. And I think that you'll be able to see that | | | | go about 30 feet. Now, that doesn't mean that it's |
| there's a big change in the trajectory of the golf ball. | | | | 30 feet for everybody in the world. Some of you |
| Now lastly, do not expect any backspin when you | | | | might only chip your 9-iron chip shots 15 feet. Some |
| have a golf ball coming out of deep rough. | | | | of you might go 35. |
| Now let me tell you something that will play a major | | | | But the way I like to do it is on an average-size |
| role in whether you can make solid contact with your | | | | green. My 9-iron chip shots go to the front third, my |
| chip shots. I'm going to tell you how to use the | | | | 7-iron goes to the middle third, and the 5-iron goes to |
| correct golf swing when chipping and it has to do | | | | the back third. |
| with the backswing. | | | | So, for your golf short game, if you use the same |
| There are two ways that you could swing the golf | | | | golf swing, but change to a 7-iron, you will see the |
| club back when you're chipping that are incorrect, and | | | | difference is in the length that the golf ball goes. It's |
| there's one correct golf swing. | | | | the same golf swing, but now, the golf ball will go |
| There are the two ways that you possibly could be | | | | maybe 50 feet. And, lastly, if you use your 5-iron, it'll |
| doing it wrong after you've gotten all ready and all | | | | go maybe 100 feet. |
| set up. | | | | Here's another thing that will be helpful for your golf |
| If the golf club travels too much inside, away from | | | | short game. If you're in the front of the green and |
| the golf ball, that means the golf club didn't go up in | | | | it's a steep green and the pin is in the middle of the |
| the air. | | | | green, maybe you chip that with a 5-iron, because it's |
| When it goes inside, it stays too low to the ground. | | | | so steep. |
| If you do that, you'll hit tops to the right, or you'll hit | | | | If you're on a flat green, 9-iron, 7-iron, 5-iron. |
| the ground behind it. | | | | If you're on a steep green and you're in the back, |
| Those of you that are hitting the ground behind it or | | | | maybe a 9-iron for all the different distances coming |
| thin tops to the right, it has to do with the club going | | | | down the hill, because it's so much quicker. |
| too much inside. | | | | The next time you're out, try that. |
| Now, here's a mistake that few people make, but | | | | |