INSTRUCTION
BOOK
A TEE
TIME
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PLAY IT AS IT LIES
quick tip
How to properly take your game from the practice range to the golf course
aking your game from
the practice range to the
golf course doesn't always produce the same results.
Jason Smith, PGA teaching professional at Classic Club, thinks
part of the reason why that
happens is because golfers
don't account for the variety of
factors they face while actually
playing the course.
Whether it's a ball below
your feet, factoring in wind direction, or trying to fade or
draw the ball, there are various
elements that arise while on the
course that normal driving
range practice doesn't always
take into account.
"When I give lessons, I try to
emphasize how to play the
"when i give
lessons, i try
to emphasize
how to play
the course."
– Jason smith
pga professional
course and the various situations players may find themselves in while playing a
round," Smith says. "Most
courses in Southern California
aren't flat, so lies are going to
be different throughout the
round. I want to know what
type of shot my player is struggling with, so we can replicate
that situation on the range."
Smith thinks this part of your
HOW TO PLAY FROM
A SIDEHILL LIE
game can be improved with
ere's how to play the
three steps during your preshot when the ball is
shot routine:
below your feet:
v Analyze the situation.
v Align yourself to the
v Pick out a target.
left of your target. The
v Commit to the shot.
click
ball has a tendency
Then, it's all in the
to contact
to go right from this
setup. "I believe, as did
Jason smith
type of lie.
Jack Nicklaus, that setting
about golf
v Use a little more
up properly is 90 percent
clinics
knee flex in your setup
of executing a good golf
and during the swing.
shot. Mastering your pre-shot
Maintain that knee flex
routine and setting up properly
throughout the swing.
on every shot are things you
can take with you on the course
v Shift your weight a little
consistently."
forward, toward the target.
Smith wants golfers to recogYou don't want to have a
nize which shots they aren't
weight transfer to your back
hitting well so they can address
foot, it will almost always
those with their PGA profescause you to top the ball.
sional to help them improve.
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