How To Stop Pushing Iron Shots

Hi, my name is Nick Drain. I'm a PGA professional and master fitting specialist

here at the Titles Performance Centre at Woburn. In this video we're going to talk about

how to start pushing your irons. The fundamentals within your setup are going to help you

deliver the club in the correct fashion to hit the golf ball in your right direction

A lot of the time I see incorrect setup position primarily around ball position

So if I demonstrate for you now, if I have the ball position too far, if I have the ball position too

far back in my stance, that's going to cause the club to swing out to the right with the club

face open primarily and it's going to allow the ball to stay right of my target. Ideally what we'd

like to see is the ball just left of middle. So as I come into the golf ball, my club is now swinging

more towards my target with the club face squared in my path and then I can start it at my target

with a much straighter golf shot. One key part of being able to hit your irons in the right direction

is being properly fit for them. So you're PGA professional, so they can fit you accordingly for your right lie angle

which is going to help you with a tighter shot dispersion I now going to demonstrate to you what happens if the ball position is too far back in my stance You see my target the flag out in front but I now show you into my setup

My shoulders are now aligned a long way to the right of my target. If I put the ball position just left of middle where I ideally want it

my shoulders are now properly aligned, I can go ahead and hit the shot at my target

As you can see, that ball flew towards my target

The golf swing hasn't changed, but I've made sure that my fundamentals are correct

A really simple exercise you can do to keep an eye on your fundamentals and your ball position

is with a couple of alignment sticks, or a couple of golf clubs will do as well, is pop one

down parallel to your feet, and then I've got my other alignment stick relative to my ball position

So as you'll see here, it is just left of middle and it's going to ensure that I have the correct ball position every single time