How To Hit Your Irons Closer To The Pin
Golf clubs are designed with two main features that control the flight of the ball; loft and grooves. The loft controls the angle of which the ball flies as it is directed off the clubface. With a lower number iron such as a four iron, the ball will fly lower to the ground than will a higher number iron such as a nine iron, where the ball will fly much higher. The grooves on a club provide ball spin. When the club is property swung, the golfer “traps’ the ball between the ground and the clubface causing the ball to spin up and squeeze away towards the target.
To take advantage of the design of the golf club and ball and to hit irons close to the pin, the golfer must learn a swing that supports the following mechanics: One; 90 of the golfer-s weight must be on the foot closest to the target and two: the grip end of the shaft must be in front of the club head so that the club strikes the ball first and not the ground. This may seem counterintuitive; hitting down on the golf ball to make it rise upward and with backspin.