Winter is a great time to finally add a pre-shooting technique to your Game that you can stick to and help you under pressure.
Many of us play most of our golf on the same course and are guilty of choosing our club down the road. After that we go up 20 short yards because we have never been able to lie, the wind and the temperatures since the last time we played a shot from the same place.
One of the keys to good pre-shot etiquette is making sure that, regardless of the shot, it’s the same. So it’s the same for a full swing, a short game shot or a putt. We know to be confident about taking more time but, if we can get it right, we can get you a more controlled time and it will help us save time as it will save us time to hit better.
Sometimes we play well and there is almost a bit of a false sense of security. We just walk up to it and hit some good shots but all of a sudden, all of a sudden, we hit a bad shot and it’s like, why did we do that? And sometimes it’s not a bad shot.
We’ve hit it right and it’s just subtle and probably because we’ve never paid enough attention to what you’re doing or where the slopes are. A good pre-shot route captures all of this every time.
Listen
First, analyze the lie. If it’s bad, we may not be able to hit the shot we want to hit. We may not be able to carry the distance we need to carry to need you.
Ask questions that the golf course asks you. What’s the weather like? What is temperature? Is it hot? Is it cold? Is it windy? Is it humid? Because not all shots from the same range will require the same golf club each day.
Also, analyze your destination. Will it go downhill? Is it a kingdom? Is it going up? Is it coming down? All these things have been questioned.
Your new process
Once we’ve answered these questions and chosen our club, make your practice swing away from the Golf Ball, so we’re probably behind the ball. Too many people look where they are aiming, stand on the side of the ball, practice the exchange and get on the ball.
So make your swing behind the ball, two is ready, stand behind the ball, and look at your target where you want the golf ball to finish. If you were to really look at it and analyze it in hindsight, you wouldn’t be so left on the goal line as we are.
Then choose a spot a few inches in front of the ball, which corresponds to that, and enter it with your eyes in that place. So you aim for the face of the club at that time, because it is easier to face the face on something that is two centimeters in front of the ball, rather than 150 meters away from it.
Then, when the face is in shape, get your feet together, and have your feet and your ClubFace all the same. So when you take your set, your body is aligned.
A lot of people build their shape and put in a clubface, the face is a little important and you build your feet at that point.
Benefits
It may not look like they have a certain method but they will build this up over the years and it will look very natural. Some, like Justin Rose, have a set process while others do it at high speed but everything they do is the same. Then, when they go down the stretch, they can repeat that.
Other players, when they feel it, will be able to exchange more and more. We all feel emotions, no matter where the measure is played in, but the pre-shot audio process will only help with this.
About GED Walters
GED is a top 50 golf instructor and one of the leading instructors in the Northwest. For more tips follow GED on Instagram – GedwalflyGolfGolf
