Today's Golf - The Love Wall

Today's Golf - The Love Wall
TODAY'S GOLF - Thursday, August 4, 2005
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IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Ask The Pro
2. It's Good For Your Game - The Love Wall
3. The Golf Doctor - TROUBLESHOOTING ON THE COURSE:
PART 1

ASK THE PRO

Q: I like to watch film of the old players like Arnold
Palmer, and I noticed that most of them use a lot of
wrist in their putting stroke. They don't look like
today's players, so were they wrong and the modern play-
ers right? -- R.G., via the Web

A: It's no secret that golf is in a constant state of
change. The same goes for swing mechanics, especially
on the putting green where the popular, wristy putting
stroke has given way to the more modern, shoulder-
dominated, one-piece stroke. Great putters such as Palmer,
Gary Player and Billy Casper used a wristy putting stroke,
one in which the hinging and unhinging of the wrists fuel-
ed the putting motion. A major reason for it was that
hinging the wrists worked best given the conditions of the
greens on which they played. On the whole, greens of three,
four and five decades ago were much slower and not as well-
manicured as the putting surfaces seen on tour today. The
wrist, or "pop," stroke was the most efficient technique
on slower greens since it got the ball rolling end-over-
end easily. Also, the pop stroke enabled players to main-
tain the putter head acceleration necessary to keep the
ball on the chosen line when the conditions were less than
perfect. It's not that all the greens were slow in those
days, but it was much easier for players to adapt a pop
stroke to fast greens than it was to adapt a shoulder
stroke for slow greens. While today's tour pros face
greens as smooth as sheets of glass, many recreational
golfers still play greens reminiscent of the putting
surfaces of yesteryear -- slower and bumpier. The end
result is that you should use a stroke that fits the type
of greens you play on: pop for slow greens, shoulder
stroke for fast greens.

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IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME

The Love Wall

If you're hitting it short and not striking the ball solid-
ly, it may be because you don't create a wall to hit over.
Most golfers simply slide their hips laterally toward the
target and don't rotate them nearly enough, so there is no
resistance to hit against. When you slide the hips without
rotating them, your release will be forced and jerky, a
mere flick of your wrists at the ball. One reason a tour
swing looks so smooth is that the release is caused by hit-
ting the front wall and not by a conscious manipulation of
any part of the body. The release is "passive," a key that
will allow you to create power and accuracy without trying
to.

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THE GOLF DOCTOR

TROUBLESHOOTING ON THE COURSE: PART 1

This is the first in a three-part series that will give
you a way to troubleshoot your swing while you're actually
playing the game on the course.

DIAGNOSING BALL FLIGHT

There are several things that affect ball flight. What
follows is an oversimplification that might not please
the purists, but it is close enough to allow you to
change your ball flight and save your round. Note that
we assume that you're aimed correctly with both your
body and your club face.

1. The path your club head travels through the impact
zone influences the starting direction of the ball.
Usually, a club head that approaches the ball from in-
side the target line starts the ball to the right of the
target line. If you make contact with your club head
moving across the target line, the ball follows the path
to the left.

2. The face of your club in relation to the path
influences the curve on your ball. When your club face
looks to the right (for a right-hander) of your path at
impact, you'll curve it left to right; if it looks left,
your ball curves right to left.

3. Where you strike the ball on the face of the club has
a major effect on the distance and direction of your shot.
Off-center hits don't go as far and have a tendency to be
off line. Hit the ball on the toe and it will probably fly
left. Hit it off the heel and it will go left to right

4. The speed of the club head affects ball flight. The
faster the club head is moving, the more it accentuates
errors at impact.

5. The angle of approach of your club head to the ball is
a factor; whether it's steep, shallow or just right makes
a difference in direction and distance.

Next week: Making corrections while you play.


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