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Yeah I when I went out to practice in my backyard last night and hit those couple of shots, it felt soo solid. Im not sure if that will be the thing but Im definitely ready to get rid of this sickness.

Alright, I'll try stuff out this weekend. If my new technique doesnt already work and yours does I'll come back to you with the big news. Thanks

I have an extremely severe case of the s***** (rhymes with tanks), and I have had ups and downs trying to get rid of them. First, it was just with my wedges and 60-100 yard shots, but then it moved its little infectious ways into my irons. My team coach helped me by having my left hand more to the left, and that was working fine. The only problem was that I could not make a full swing that way, and was hitting my normal 135 with an 8 iron down to 100. But the shank worked its way past that, and having my wrist straighter won't help. I was in my backyard trying to figure out what was wrong, and I think I've found it, but haven't been able to try it out yet. Im hitting my driver the best I ever could right now, perfect little draw, everything is nice. But my short irons and wedges are causing me lots of trouble. I was doing my normal swing with my driver and that was working fine. So I went out back with a 56º and figured it out. My plane was inside-out, and I was keeping my right elbow against my side on my backswing (Im right handed). I made sure I had my right elbow all the way out and that the club head was straight coming back. Doing this I hit a couple full swings and the ball went soaring perfectly. I haven't been able to see if this is really the cure for me yet, but does this sound right to anyone?

Well yeah of course. If you don't have your hands in front of the ball you'll end up trying to scoop the ball, and then hit it thin, shank, skull, etc. But if your grips are really worn, then the club head will twist through thick rough and defeats the purpose entirely. Cheers

Yes thats a great technique. I use that a lot with my bump and roll shots. I usually take a Pitching wedge, 9 iron, or 8 iron if Im close to the green with a good shot, and just let the ball roll right up to the pin.

Overall its better to keep both soft, yet firm to have good control over your shots. But I think a fraction softer grip in the left hand is best. This way you won't be stiff in your chipping, but you won't be like jello.

Yeah the grips are extremely reliable and keep full control of the club. I may have worded the right hand part wrong. Don't use all the grip of the club in your right hand, but just imagine the right hand guiding it. Use even pressure, but if you think about the right hand guiding the club it will be much easier.

Wow sorry it was a little late and I forgot the most important part. YOU MUST ACCELERATE THROUGH THE BALL. If not you will end up whiffing your club right under the ball if its in a good lie, or skulling it if its bad. Thats how you get the ball to have a little backspin on it also. A good practice routine for this would be: Go to the range or anywhere you can practice chipping. Find a spot to chip to, and hit a couple shots as you normally would. Then, practice taking an extremely short backswing, 1ft at the most. To get the ball to the same position before, you need to accelerate, and you will end up getting a better result.

Make sure that your wedges don't have worn down grips. Those are the clubs that always need to have good grips on them. If not, you will end up turning the clubhead, ESPECIALLY through thick rough. I recommend the Golf Pride Multi-Compound Decades , they are sooo nice. After you check the grips, practice using the right hand more than the left when taking the club back, but with a firm, but loose and easy grip. The left hand is just along for the ride basically, and if you use the left hand more you will end up pulling or pushing shots. And lastly, get fitted for wedges if possible. There are so many variations for wedges that its impossible to figure out what to use. Have a professional at a golf shop fit you for a good club.

Swing easy and with a nice loose grip. Make sure that when you address the ball that the back of your left hand's wrist doesnt cup. Check and make sure its nearly straight with the right hand over the thumb.

Just make sure you're following through your swing all the way. Forcing your knees down causes you to swing different and a bit akwardly so just concentrate on hitting through the ball.

Walking relieves so much more stress than riding in a cart. If you hit a bad shot you walk it off and can let your mind drift in between shots. If you're in a cart, you have no time to think about things other than golf so it can leave you stuck on a bad shot, which will in turn lead to another bad shot . And simply put, walking is better for you.

I have a relative that works at a private country club, and they find and fill hundreds of milk crates all the time. And most of the golfers use top dollar golf balls seeing most are on the "richer" side, so finding brand new proV's is very common.