Hitting a nice drive is always a great way to start off a hole. It gives you confidence to complete the rest of the hole, which is a big part of it. Don’t get me wrong I have started out plenty of holes with great drives (for me) and still ended up scoring miserably. Often times I get what feels like a decent swing with the driver, but ends up as more of a “pop fly”. Which leads smart-ass comments from my equally-hack buddies which inevitably elude to baseball. “…and he pops out to shallow left field.”, "Nice hit, Magglio", etc. On the next tee box-or, cough, if I tee up a mulligan- my natural reaction is to try to tee the ball lower. I always thought that pop files came from having the ball teed up too high. PGA instructor Frank O’Connell shows in this video that is not necessarily true. He suggests the next time you fly out to right field, go against your natural instincts and try teeing up the ball a little higher.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Pop Flies
Hitting a nice drive is always a great way to start off a hole. It gives you confidence to complete the rest of the hole, which is a big part of it. Don’t get me wrong I have started out plenty of holes with great drives (for me) and still ended up scoring miserably. Often times I get what feels like a decent swing with the driver, but ends up as more of a “pop fly”. Which leads smart-ass comments from my equally-hack buddies which inevitably elude to baseball. “…and he pops out to shallow left field.”, "Nice hit, Magglio", etc. On the next tee box-or, cough, if I tee up a mulligan- my natural reaction is to try to tee the ball lower. I always thought that pop files came from having the ball teed up too high. PGA instructor Frank O’Connell shows in this video that is not necessarily true. He suggests the next time you fly out to right field, go against your natural instincts and try teeing up the ball a little higher.
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