Hi, I have a pretty good idea on how far I could hit my short irons, PW-130, 9i-150, 8i-160-165. But as I move up in the irons, the increments of yardage increase seems to diminish and I'm struggling to figure out what it is that I'm doing that would cause the loss in gradual increase in distance.
My swing feels ok and sounds pretty solid as I'm hitting them off the mat, but I seriously struggle to hit let's say 190 on the fly with a 6i. So to put it into a different perspective, I feel like I'm almost hitting my 6 thru 3 clubs at only about 5-10 or so yards difference (total)? and that's from balls that I felt were decently struck.
To get back to the fundamental part of golf, every article I've read tells the reader to address the ball for long irons closer to your left heel (relative to the low irons). My question is, I tend to press my clubs a bit at address, so if I move my 3i let's say and address the face closer to the left, if I don't move my hands further to the left (almost on top of my left knee) that effectively increases the loft, no? and I feel like that is precisely the reason why my longer irons all play about the same yardage, b/c the manual tells me that I'm suppose to move my club towards the left as the club gets longer. So to counter that theory, I'm trying to address the ball in the center a bit more, but the club seems to dig a bit too much and I have a hard time turning in time to hit straight shots.
Sorry for the long post.
My swing feels ok and sounds pretty solid as I'm hitting them off the mat, but I seriously struggle to hit let's say 190 on the fly with a 6i. So to put it into a different perspective, I feel like I'm almost hitting my 6 thru 3 clubs at only about 5-10 or so yards difference (total)? and that's from balls that I felt were decently struck.
To get back to the fundamental part of golf, every article I've read tells the reader to address the ball for long irons closer to your left heel (relative to the low irons). My question is, I tend to press my clubs a bit at address, so if I move my 3i let's say and address the face closer to the left, if I don't move my hands further to the left (almost on top of my left knee) that effectively increases the loft, no? and I feel like that is precisely the reason why my longer irons all play about the same yardage, b/c the manual tells me that I'm suppose to move my club towards the left as the club gets longer. So to counter that theory, I'm trying to address the ball in the center a bit more, but the club seems to dig a bit too much and I have a hard time turning in time to hit straight shots.
Sorry for the long post.
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