a good bit of spin. I'm pointing this out because it might have seemed like I was making the same swings in those bunkers, but I can assure you my plays were quite different. But that makes your swing bottom so inconsistent—it creates a deep, V-shape crevice.
There was no digging.
Let me show you what I mean about creativity as I discuss how I play various shots around the greens. Justin Rose talks through his swing (YouTube) Whatever Justin Rose is doing, it’s obviously working. This produces a shot where the ball comes out soft and rolls once it lands. © 2020 DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED October 29, 2016. Don't worry about hitting it too far. Again, the longer your follow-through, the farther the ball will roll.The lob shot you should be hitting in all other situations is much easier to execute. Being a good short-game player is about being creative.
I needed help with my chipping, and Justin Rose's short-game coach, Jon Hearn, showed me a drill that's worked wonders. The longer the shot, the longer the follow-through in your swing. With wedge play, it’s all about face control.
In his method, the club hinges in the backswing and stays hinged as the body rotates toward the target. Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 Raw, 52-12F, 56-08M, 60-06K, Project X 6.5 shafts Putter: Axis1 Rose Proto with Lamkin Flat Cat grip Ball: TaylorMade TP5 (Gold #99) With the face open, you're not going to send the ball more than 30 yards.The tendency for amateurs on lob shots is to set up in a narrow stance, swing down too steeply, and let the club exit hard to the left. Those five golf balls show the five positions he … For example, Augusta has this crushed-marble sand that makes it harder to spin the ball. What TrackMan has taught me is that with your wedge swing path, because of spin loft, you can have a much bigger range of how you can swing the club through impact.
Your club can bottom out behind the ball, just like in a bunker shot, and you'll still hit it pretty well.Now that you understand the fundamentals, here are two techniques to consider. It's a hinge and pinch. This also is the shot I'd typically play if there's not a lot of sand in the bunker. Develop a routine you can trust. The claw helps quiet my hands in the stroke, which lets me roll the ball on my intended line a lot better.One way I've grooved a better stroke is with a drill where I tuck my shirt slightly into my left armpit. I'm trusting the leading edge—not the bounce—to nip the ball with That's distracting.
When the sand is fluffy, and/or you need to fly the shot longer, stand wider, open the face and let the bounce do the work. I don't aim my putter. That was perfectly fine, because the bounce of the wedge skimmed along the ground. 1 finished on top at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, earning his fourth worldwide title since late 2017. They say 2-to-1 is ideal, but the important thing is that these numbers stay consistent. You want your stroke to be more shoulder-driven.I think putting is the most creative part of the game, which gets me back to what I was saying about trying not to be so robotic in how you approach shots around the green. Watch Justin's favourite golf tips and you too could see a huge improvement in your game.Justin Rose's swing coach, Jon Hearn, provides analysis on how he helped to improve Justin's pitching. Justin says you'll make better contact. This gets that arm and chest working together. He explains why its important to have your feet and eyes working in unison.On the PGA Tour we often see Justin delay at the top of the backswing during his rehearsal swing. You can hit several inches behind the ball and basically get the same result as long as you keep the speed of your swing up. I picture getting the ball rolling down that tube. The World No. My ratio of backswing to through-swing is about 1.8 seconds-to-1. He explains how this helps him to stay 'closed' in the downswing, which produces more lag and therefore more power.Justin Rose reveals the main improvements he has made to his all-round game, turning him into a birdie machine. As long as the … On 14, I played a chunk shot to get the ball to run toward the hole. Sure, you've got to know some universal basics when you're about to hit a chip, a lob shot, a bunker shot or a putt. If I played a standard bunker shot from either of those lies, I might not have slipped on the winner's tartan jacket.The lesson here is that there's a lot more than one way to execute various shots around the greens. On 16, I had to get my clubhead super close to the ball to pinch it for extra spin. Justin Rose: Secrets Of My Game. If you don't have a 56, just use something less than a 60° lob wedge. Skim through the sand. That's why setting up ina wide stance with the face open is more appealing. My left arm feels long on longer chips—but my elbows crack, and my radius gets shorter when I don't want the ball to go very far. But there's no such thing as a stock play. If you want to save par more often, channel your inner Seve. The temptation is to take extra time over an important putt, and then try to steer the ball into the hole. Justin's first tip is to skip the lob wedge and use a 56° wedge. But that's going to add tension to your stroke. Seve's way of chipping might be easier for you. My bad putts happen when I get too slow going back and then too quick going forward. I think you'll find that if you adopt a right-brained approach for your game, you'll save par a lot more often.Now, say I'm in a situation where I need more spin, perhaps to stop the ball quickly to a close pin. You have to be so precise with your contact this way. As he addresses the ball, Justin has a secret 'ingredient' which helps him keep his body moving ahead of the club and stops him from flipping the club face over on impact. Many links courses, meanwhile, have finer sand where you need to use more of the club's bounce and create more swing speed.I could go on talking about how to hit various bunker shots for quite a while, but I'd rather leave you with these basics to work on.