Johnny Millers 'Single Best Tip' to beat pure iron

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Johnny Miller might not have won as many main titles as some of his contemporaries, but that doesn't mean that he was a llow. Far from it.

In the course of his career, Miller won 25 times on the PGA tour, including a US open title at Oakmont in 1973, which contained a final round 63. In fact, Miller was one of the best ball strikers not only of his time, but ever. This means that if Miller shares his insight into the swing of a golf club, it would be advisable to listen.

Miller already headed for an instruction article in 2013 Golf magazine This contained what he called as a “single best tip” about ball strikes. Try it down and try it. The chances are good that they will soon beat the ball better than ever.

Johnny Millers Single Best Tip

Even today I get nervous in the first tee or when I play with people, I don't know well. When I came on tour for the first time, I was nervous all the time, especially when I was faced with a hard shot, e.g. B. to beat half a wedge over water or a long iron from a tight lie. So I came up with a drill – maybe my best tip! – To help me feel the most important parts of my rocking and to build up the self -confidence that is necessary to pull off the shot. I call it the drill “brush brushes” and I am sure that if you try, you will take better recordings.

Use the toes of your club in the area to make a line in the grass and then straighten it over the line. Make half a swing and try to brush the grass on the target side of the line – not a huge divot, just a light brush – and then repeat. I do it twice in a row because it conveys a good rhythm: “brush collapse”.

It just sounds, but you actually have to do so many things right to brush the grass in the right place that if you do this, you can rest good mechanics. Success in this exercise prevents them from catching the floor behind the ball, which is the fastest way to hit a really bad shot.

The trick is to get the butt of the handle even or in front of the line before you exclude your wrists and brush the grass with the clubhead. Most amateurs make the mistake of excluding their wrists when the rear end of the handle is still behind the line, and some players release the hinge when the butt is still behind the right leg. However, if you lead the clubhead with the handle and delay the removal by the last possible moment, you will receive this crispy impact in the tour style, with the shaft with iron or wedge leaning slightly.

This drill not only brings you into a better impact position, but also offers you a ball-first contact, regardless of your lie. Everyone can make appropriate contact on a flat range, but on the course they will be uphill, downhill lies and lies, where the ball is either above or below their feet. Slopes like this tend to worsen the impact problems, and if you have the kind of swing that strips the grass behind the ball, you have nothing more than a perfect lie. Guide with the handle, then brush. I've been with Golf for 60 years and this drill beats it all.