Golf Instruction — Long Irons
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Making Contact with Long Irons
We have all heard them, we know what them mean, the jokes about in hitting long irons. Probably the best known is the one about God, lightning and trying to hit a 1-iron. Maybe the toughest club to hit. Did you ever have one in your bag? Our goal is to make golf more enjoyable and by that we mean shooting lower scores.The secret is to hit the ball flush, with solid contact.
There is something special about hitting a well struck long iron and watching the ball as it goes high and lands softly on the green. The first thing you need to do is to shallow the arc of you swing.
The key to solid hits with long irons is to have a shallow, rounded arc with your backswing and then to make contact with the ball at the bottom of this arc on your downswing. It is imperative to contact the ball with the clubhead following an inside the target line path. You want to hit the ball with a sweeping swing versus a steep swing that you would use with your shorter irons that you try to hit down and through the ball.
Try not to take a divot, because you will have a tough time getting the ball airborne. Again, you want to have a sweeping motion as you swing.
Don't try to kill the ball with all your might, just make a fluid swing and let the club do the work it was intended to do.
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