Pre Shot Routine Matters

This week the PGA Tour returns to one of the toughest tracks on tour. The Honda Classic. Three of the hardest consecutive holes in golf  lovingly known as "The Bear Trap" 15, 16 & 17. These three holes can determine the winner and many have lost the event during this stretch. If you can get through then you are a survivor. Victory may be yours to have and hold or to lose. We all have courses or a stretch of holes that we play that crush a good round and pound it into the dirt of our scorecards. The best way to take control of our game and overcome our worst holes is to stick to our routine. If we stay with a solid Pre-shot routine on every shot we can get a little more on auto pilot. This is when we perform our best golf even under pressure. We have to let the mind go blank and tune in on feel. Make feel a big part of your routine this upcoming season. It will help you get through your own personal Bear Trap and claim your right to victory!

Improving your distance control and overall feel

Bernard Sheridan 

Par Breakers Golf Academy

Director of Instruction 

Distance control is crucial when it comes to playing golf at a high level, especially as it relates to iron play.

A great way to create more control with all of the clubs in you bag, and to add more feel to your game, is this simple drill that I have my students do on the practice range.

From inside of 100 yards choose three different targets and make each a different distance. For example, I like to use 25, 50 and 100 yards to start.

Start with your sand wedge and try to hit three balls to all three of the targets you have chosen.

Then do the same drill with your pitching wedge and continue using all of your irons up to your 7-iron.

What you will find is that you will have to get inventive as you go along, choking up to take distance off of different clubs and/or adjusting the tempo of your swing.

But you’ll be surprised at how quickly you’ll begin to hone in on your feel using this drill.

You can also try this same drill up to 150 yards, using your 150-yard club first and then working your way through the longer clubs in your bag, including your long irons, hybrids and fairway woods.

Try this approach when you practice and this will fine tune your feel and distance control for all of your clubs, which will make a big difference on the course when you find yourself with an in-between yardage. 

To learn more about golf or take an online lesson with Bernard Sheridan of Par breakers Golf Academy in Limerick PA. go to http://www.parbreakers.com and click on online lessons. If you live in the Philadelphia area and would like to take a golf lesson in person with Bernard Sheridan call you can book your lesson online also at http://www.parbreakers.com. Just click on the book a lesson icon at the bottom left of the main page or call 215-518-0435 to make your appointment to take control of your game today!

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