How To Stop Pushing Iron Shots

In this video, PGA Professional Nick Drane explains how to stop pushing your irons.

Transcript

00:00Hi, my name is Nick Drane. I'm a PGA professional and Master Fitting Specialist here at the

00:09Titleist Performance Centre at Woburn. In this video, we're going to talk about how to start

00:12pushing your irons. The fundamentals within your setup are going to help you deliver the club in

00:17the correct fashion to hit the golf ball in your right direction. A lot of the time I see incorrect

00:23setup position primarily around ball position. So if I demonstrate for you now, if I have the

00:29ball position too far back in my stance, that's going to cause the club to swing out to the right

00:35with the club face open primarily, it's going to allow the ball to stay right of my target.

00:40Ideally, what we'd like to see is the ball just left of middle. So as I come into the golf ball,

00:47my club is now swinging more towards my target with the club face square to my path,

00:52and then I can start it at my target with a much straighter golf shot.

00:56One key part of being able to hit your irons in the right direction is being properly fit for

01:00them. So you're a PGA professional so they can fit you accordingly for your right lie angle,

01:04which is going to help you with a tighter shot dispersion. I'm now going to demonstrate to you

01:08what happens if the ball position is too far back in my stance. You'll see my target,

01:13the flag, out in front. If I now show you into my setup,

01:16my shoulders are now aligned a long way to the right of my target. If I put the ball position

01:25just left of middle where I ideally want it, my shoulders are now properly aligned,

01:33I can go ahead and hit the shot at my target.

01:43As you can see, that ball flew towards my target. The golf swing hasn't changed,

01:47but I've made sure that my fundamentals are correct. A really simple exercise you can do

01:51to keep an eye on your fundamentals and your ball position is with a couple of alignment sticks,

01:55or a couple of golf clubs will do as well, is pop one down parallel to your feet,

02:00and then I've got my other alignment stick relative to my ball position. So as you'll see here,

02:07it is just left of middle and it's going to ensure that I have the correct ball position

02:11every single time.