chrisironsbones:
I'm not much of a golfer but a friend of mine is very keen. He was selling his G20's to get new clubs (very keen!) so i decided to buy them and went the whole hog and bought 2 decent brand new nike wedges too which i got for half price £49 (roughly under $80) each which i thought was a good deal (maybe it was, maybe it wasn't as i dont study the golf equipment market) Finally i bought a used driver and was well looking forward to my first round in years at the amazing RSG lookalike course of Royal St Davids, Harlech (but with better views)
Although my first round was an embarrassing 28 over par. LOLOL..:( i still enjoyed being out on a PROPER course even with a 97, should have played the ladies tees!!) But what i would like to get a few tips on would probably improve my game a heck of a lot.
When i take a shot with my wedges, and irons down to around the 7 iron i get very decen loft and pull off amazing shots yardage and height-wise and saves my rounds, but when it comes to mid, long irons or driver every shot is like its a PUNCHED shot and the ball never raises more than 6 feet off the ground (at best.lol) and usually will skip along the fairway like some one throwing a piece of slate across a lake! Yes i know the club heads are more lofted on shorter irons but what am i doing wrong with the swing on my longish irons to ALWAYS take a punch shot rather than a more lofted shot???? (i get away with it on the links course but i'm dreading playing my local mountain course this weekend after what i witnessed last weekend???
For starter rule of thumb m8, driver and 3 wood play off of left heel, mid irons and wedges centre of feet, long irons inbetween left heel and center, get use to that, then if you want irons to go higher move ball up towards left heel, lower come bk off centre a bit. for me i found towards left heel helps me to drive though the ball, bt everyone plays different