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wrx_junki Great Member

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I get pretty decent contact when I tee off with my irons but on the fairway or in the rough my iron shots will always come up short. They go straight but short. I think I am contacting the bottom tip of the iron the ball. My question is do I want to contact the ball then take a slight divot? Or sweep the ball off the grass? I remember someone telling me your suppose to squeeze the ball with the ground.

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rubbery Well Established Member

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Firstly, holy hell you take the club back far.

Anyway, yes and no. With your short irons, from your wedges to your 7 iron probably, your goal is to pinch the ball of the turf and then take a divot, that's how you get spin on the ball. After that, from 6 iron up to 3 wood, you want to sweep the ball off the turf. You also want to sweep the ball off the tee always, but personally, I don't tee the ball up until I'm up to a 6 iron.

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I agree w/ Rubbery...I try to pick it off with the lower irons and sweep it iff the turf as I move up to the longer irons.
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bruce Dedicated Member

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The only time i pick a ball is if i am in a fairway bunker,i use the same swing with all of my irons,7iron from middle of stance and 5 iron maybe an inch foward of centre,i take a smaller divot with the five than the seven.

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beung Well Established Member

beung

With irons from the grass I always try and hit the ball first then the ground, so that means you contact the ball on a decending blow no matter what iron you have in your hand.

If you hit the ground then ball the ground or grass can alter your club path and clubface.

If you sweep an iron you will be inconsistant, sometime you will hit it thin and sometimes you will hit it fat - Hit ball then ground.

It's also harder to control the spin and your trajectory of the ball if you don't hit the ball first.
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