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04/10/2024

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00:00So this is the first of five tips for playing in the winter and obviously what

00:08we find a lot you get in some wet fairways you get muddy lies and a great

00:12tip is really I think is to play them much like you would do a fairway bunker

00:16shot. So for that in mind what I would tend to do is I'd narrow the stance down

00:20a little bit. I'd actually the other thing I always encourage players to do

00:24is to aim towards the front of the ball. So of course in the winter we've got

00:28pick and place. So my ball is finished here so what I'd actually do here is I'd

00:32turn it round so I can actually see the line so obviously I'll use that for

00:36putting but in this instance I'm going to put it down like this. So now when I

00:41actually address the ball I'm actually looking at the front half of the ball

00:44and this will ensure that I catch the ball first rather than the turf because

00:47as you know on a damp fairway if you hit behind the ball you're just going to end

00:51up with no distance whatsoever. So if I demonstrate narrow the stance down

00:58looking down the fairway I'm looking towards the front of the ball and I can

01:05see how the balls come off there really nicely it's got turf second and I've got

01:10a nice shallow contact that I haven't dug down into it and that's really critical

01:14when you're playing off wet fairways. So here's a really important tip in the

01:18winter ground conditions are going to get a little bit soggy we need to get

01:22more stability so what I work on is actually narrowing the stance down and

01:25of course that also has an effect of just bringing the spine a little bit

01:28steeper so it'll actually help lower your ball flight which is a good thing

01:31this time of year. So you can see here I've set up for my normal three wood

01:34shot so my feet I put the balls down to measure where I normally would be so

01:39I'd stand to here we'll just give this one a hit so that will be my normal set

01:47up to there. So now what I would practice is literally standing inside of these

01:54balls so I'd actually have my stance a little narrower here same idea and I can

02:04immediately feel I'm a lot more stable from that setup and that's something

02:07that we're all going to need this winter. So my big bugbear about golf balls is I

02:12see a lot of golfers with all sorts of a jumble in their bag and really you want

02:16to find a ball that's best for you there's a lot of great ball fitting out

02:19there in the pro shops you can find out what is the best ball for you and once

02:23you do definitely fill your bag with it. Certainly in the winter my feeling is

02:27find something a little bit firmer and you'll find a little bit more distance

02:30off the tee and certainly when you get on the greens they're really damp that

02:33firmer ball will definitely roll out a bit easier. So a major improvement I

02:37think in golf in the winter is the clothing. You've got these companies now

02:41offering the base layer, mid layer and outer layer and you can move so much

02:45easier than with the old equipment. So jackets are now much lighter so this is

02:49the first time today it's actually stopped raining so I'm going to take

02:52this off and you can see here I've got this nice smart layer on underneath but

02:57they're really warm and of course the other great thing about these jackets is

03:00they're so light they don't add any weight to your bag. So I've got the mid

03:04layer that keeps you really warm I can move a lot easier than I could with the

03:08old equipment then I've got a base layer underneath and that really keeps me nice

03:12and warm but as I say the movement is the big thing and I think you know if

03:15you haven't shopped for golf equipment for a few years get into your local pro

03:19shop and have a look around and get yourself something smart. As the weather

03:23gets colder I always think it's a really good idea to actually carry a golf bag.

03:26There's several reasons for that as you know the green keepers have to rope

03:29areas off so you can actually walk straight to your ball if you're walking

03:32and I also think you know with the colder weather you definitely work a

03:35little bit harder so it's better for you and it's better for the ground as well

03:39because less trolleys on the golf course. The other thing you can consider I've

03:43got a full set here but then maybe play with a three-quarter set or even what

03:47I'm really keen on which I've often run competitions is have a seven club

03:51challenge so you take two long, two medium, two short clubs and a putter and

03:55it's a really interesting way to find out the differences between your clubs

03:59and obviously at this time of year the difference between say a six and a seven

04:02iron starts to get quite little so I think that's quite an interesting

04:06addition to your golf game in any case so definitely if you're able to give it

04:11a try these bags are really light now they're fantastic really well balanced

04:14and I definitely am a big advocate for that in the winter.

04:24So there's five simple tips that I think will help your winter game so I hope you

04:29enjoyed them.

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