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bub's Power Stroke
Instruction...
Brought to you courtesy of George Fitting - bub
and Mega-Links
PS
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Well,
how do we get around the golf course in the
least number of strokes? It is different in
Power Stroke. You will need to think about your
shots again. Sometimes, you will have to play
safe. You will need to figure out a way to get a
par on some holes where before you just gunned
it out there with no thought of the consequences
of a poor tee shot. The upside is a more
rewarding golfing experience. Your smart shots
will fill you with a satisfaction rarely felt
while clicking.
Your scoring club is not your Driver or your 3
Wood (while hitting off the tee). You can not
make birdie with your tee shots, but you sure
can make bogey or worse. Pay attention to where
you might find yourself if you hit an errant
drive. Maximize your chance at an approach shot
by putting your drives in the fairway. It isn't
how far you hit it anymore, it's where you hit
it. You have to drive in the fairway while
PS'ing. If you have to cut a corner off the tee
to hit your drive out there 280yds, it might be
wiser to hit a shorter club to get you to a
fatter piece of the fairway. It is much better
to hit a 4iron into a green from the fairway
then it is to hit a 6 iron from the rough.
On your approaches, it is wise to make a note
where the pin is on the green relative to any
trouble that may be surrounding the green. An
example: If the pin is on the right, wind is
blowing to the left and a bunker is on the right
side of the green, aiming right at the pin and a
slight late snap causing the ball to fade will
probably find the bunker. A smarter shot might
be to aim an extra 10 feet left of the pin. Now
a perfect shot leaves you a 10 or 15 foot putt
for birdie. A slight pull will still leave you a
birdie chance and that fade that put you in the
bunker before just might still be on the green.
The thinking part of golf will be just as much a
part of your game as the skills you use to
manipulate the golf swing. A more satisfying
game is your reward for learning how to PS.
Putting seems to be a little bit different in
PS. For one, it is much harder to get the exact
speed you want on your putts. Now, not only can
you miss the strength you want, you can also
miss-hit the putt too. This will take speed off
the putt. Also, hitting the snap is much harder
in PS (even though you don't really have to
worry about the snap, it is now considered swing
path). You now must concentrate not only on how
hard you need to hit the putt, but also on your
swing plane. You can swing in/out or out/in (or
the preferred, straight on line). This causes
both a loss of distance and the ball moving on
the wrong line. Try to concentrate on getting
the correct distances on your putts. It is much
easier to miss 3 and 4 footers in PS then
clicking so it is much more important, if you
miss your putt, to leave yourself a gimmie.
The same advice for putting can and should be
applied to chipping also. Don't get too
aggressive on your chips. Also, don't get too
lazy reading the slopes and stuff. Try to leave
yourself an uphill putt for your next shot. I've
won many holes by watching a guy/gal with a
straight forward chip either being too
aggressive and leaving a difficult saving putt
or by miss-reading the slope (up slopes mostly
seem to give players fits, they are always
either blowing way by the hole or coming up
horribly short), they leave themselves very long
awkward putts. Practice chipping on normal
medium greens. I would suggest you only use one
club, the LW chip goes almost the same distance
as your putts if you read the meters the same.
Gain a feel for how far your chip goes on flat
lies. Then practice chipping with various
degrees of slopes. The reason you practice on
flat surfaces first is so you gain a feel for
the distance. Now, you can compare what happens
off of different slopes to the normal chip off
of a flat lie. Make sure to evaluate your lie
correctly. No sense throwing away a hole because
of careless errors. My golf instruction on
chipping at my wind site are just as valid to
PS.
If you find yourself in the woods from an errant
tee shot, don't try the miracle shot. It is much
harder to control the trajectory of your shots
and trying to play a slower CHS shot can be
extremely difficult. Take your medicine, chip
out and try to save par with a good approach
shot. Many more holes will be won with a par in
PS then with clicking. Par is a fairly good
score although please be aware that there are
some PS'ers out there who consistently give all
but the very best clickers fits. You do not need
to birdie every hole to be competitive. A smart
golfer, an experienced golfer now will win more
of his matches as strategy comes into play more
in the game of PS. You will be rewarded for
playing smart. If you remember anything from my
PS pages, let it be that if you think your way
around the golf course, you are going to be a
formidable PS opponent.
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