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Unless you are trying to do something special with the ball you should try to learn to hit your irons just barely tee up. I mean like an 1/8". Just enough to give you a perfect lie. This will alow you to get that compressed feeling and still assure that theres nothing in the way of the club face. I must admit its easy to get in a habit of teeing iron higher than that. I liked to sky my 1 iron when I use to carry one and I would tee it up like a full 1" above the ground. But again I was trying to hit a particular shot. I would find my self teeing mid to long irons higher and higher beause it does make them easier to hit but what you get is a shot that flys high but not very far to often.

Im gonna go with Jack. Some have said the level of competition is better today. I would like someone to tell me who is Tiger's Arnold Palmer? or Gary Player? or Lee Trevino? or Tom Watson. If im right, there are about 30 major victories between those four player and thats not all of the people who challenged jack. This lack of competition today I think can be blaimed on the PGA and the number of exempt player they allow. It totally smothers out the up and comers. But thats anouther issue all together.

The funiest tee story. At TPC at Sawgrass many years ago on a wensday practice round Fultom Allem and Jim Dent are playing together. On the 18th tee Fulton hit two balls off the tee and steps aside. Big Jim dent steps up and tees his ball a mile in the air as he has always done. Fultom steps up as if to measure the hieght of the tee and asks "Jim, why do you tee the ball up so high?" Jim pounds one down the middle and says while walking away "so I want top it". Needless to say there were people rolling with laughter.

Foward press is usually use as a swing trigger (as stated earlier) and/or to preset the hands to a degree. As a swing trigger a foward press is as good as any other as long as you dont have other movements going on before the swing. But to preset the hand? Ive never really like that and I can only think of one golfer who has done this to any degree of success and that's Mark Mcumber. Im sure there are others but not many i bet.

Course management is going to be what seperates the good from the bad in high school golf. When I played many moons ago there were allot players on each of the teams I played against who could shoot low numbers when they were playing well, but very few that could do it when things were not. You are going to have bad days, bad lies, bad weather. You need to learn how to make the best shot given the situation you find yourself in. I think the best way to acomplish this is to practice on the course and create situation for yourself on the practice range and try to duplicate trouble shots. My advise would be set yourself up and scheduel of range, short game and on course practice. I would spend the least amount of time on the couse actually trying to shoot a number.