keeping it low in wind

[jerry g]

what are your best tips for hitting low trajectory drives in windy conditions?

[James_Black]

tee the ball down lower is what I do.
If you try de-loft the club you'll just mess up.

Put it in the middle of your stance too if you really want to hit a worm-burner

[Zeph]

Tee the ball lower, slightly back in the stance, keep the flying wedge through the ball, push the hips more forward for a swing bottom more ahead and more delofting.

[James_Black]

Tee the ball lower, slightly back in the stance, keep the flying wedge through the ball, push the hips more forward for a swing bottom more ahead and more delofting.

if you put it too far back in your stance you'll chop down on it. then you'll lose your ball.

[KJstriker77]

^^what they said... i feel like if you dont want to mess with your swing or to reduce the chance of a major mis-hit, just tee the ball down

[delav]

if you put it too far back in your stance you'll chop down on it. then you'll lose your ball.

Playing the ball too far back can cause someone to get "stuck" due to a different impact position, but I doubt a better player would find himself 'chopping' at a ball.

For me, if I am trying to keep it low and playing it back, I'll stand a bit farther from it to give me a bit more space, and make a slightly shallower swing.

[Zeph]

if you put it too far back in your stance you'll chop down on it. then you'll lose your ball.

I never said to put it in the middle of your stance.

[amateur]

Take more club and swing easier.

[KJstriker77]

ummm im not so sure that is the most effective way to keep it low

[martytilma]

Taking more club is always a good choice. When hitting a low shot I always try to keep my hands low on my follow through. For me its really as simple as that.

[saevel25]

For me i play the ball back in my stance, if its a long iron, i play it closer to center. Then i will take my normal swing, but then try to finish low and maintain the bow in my left wrist at impact, holding onto the finish. This will produce a low knock down shot.

[KJstriker77]

[QUOTE=saevel25;477165] and maintain the bow in my left wrist at impact,[QUOTE]

That is great advice!

[saevel25]

this guy i use to play golf with in local tourniments in my hometown taught me how to do that. I don't use it much, unless i have an odd inbetween distance, i will club up one or two clubs and hit a knock down shot. Its a nice control shot

[James_Black]

Played today in some serious wind.

For the driver I was hitting it middle of my stance and the ball just off the ground. I was hitting low bullets that would get a load of roll.
I just clubbed up in the wind for my iron shots and my woods go pretty low anyway so I didn't need to try go under the wind.

[martytilma]

Played today in some serious wind.

How do you have time to Golf with all the celabrating and drinking that's going on over there!! Ha! You a G. McDowell fan, or is that a stupid question? lol!

[James_Black]

How do you have time to Golf with all the celabrating and drinking that's going on over there!! Ha! You a G. McDowell fan, or is that a stupid question? lol!

Perfect time to go golfing!

Since everybody else was at the pub we had the course to ourselves!