Home › The Green Magazine › On the Links › Drills ›

 

Drills: How To Shape Your Shots

By: Chaz Moses

(page 1 of 3)

Golf isn’t simple. In a perfect world, each hole would consist of the linear, tee-to-green scenario. But, who would play such a monotonous game? In the real world players face holes with intimidating hazards, obtrusive tree-lines and severe dog-legs that require shots with a bit of ingenuity. More often than not, golfers find themselves in compromising situations. Duck-hooking a shot around a Pine or skyrocketing your ball over a Douglas Fir only for it delicately land on the putting surface takes practice. By adjusting ball placement, stance and club head position, manipulating shots—on command—can be your saving grace.

“Golfers need to have nine shots in their bag,” says Chaz Moses, Program Director of The First Tee of Essex County. “First is the straight shot with a high, mid and low trajectory. Next is the fade, which is a shot that starts left and moves right with high, mid or low trajectory. Third, is a shot that starts right and moves left, commonly known as the draw, with high, mid or low trajectory. There are many ways to accomplish these shots, but here’s how I do it.”

Comments

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.

Related Articles

  • Power Ball
    Ahh…the tee box, it’s where it all begins. We’ve all stood there, huddled on this scrap of grass while someone casually flips the tee to see who will take honors. It’s the prime setting for all pre-drive pageantry: the gloating, the waggling, the jeering. Then, a hush settles and it’s time to show and prove. But, like clockwork all those 300-yard drives you so humbly boast about don’t make an appearance. And as you aimlessly scratch your head and squint your eyes, looking for your ball in flight, there it lies with just enough gas to make it past the forward tees.
  • Morocca
     I arrived in Morocco on an April morning after a long but pleasant flight from Qatar. As the terminal in Casablanca filled with the morning’s soft golden haze I felt as if I had traveled back in time. To be precise it felt like I had traveled back to the 1960s (or at least the version of the 1960s that existed in my mind after years of absorbing several archived portraits of pop culture, both conscious and unconsciously). The set up was compact and minimal with long hallways and low ceilings.
  • Golf Utah
     Jack Nicklaus once said, “I never went into a tournament or round of golf thinking I had to beat a certain player. I had to beat the golf course.” Yes, beat the golf course. It’s a simple, reoccurring phrase many choose to toss around, unlike Nicklaus, as some philosophical one-liner, showcasing the depth of their mental aptitude. The command is straightforward: scope the land, see the shot and execute.