Golf Australia

A-GRADE IRONS

His coaching résumé includes World No.1s Tiger Woods and Justin Rose, his reputation for approaching the game from a slightly different angle precedes him. Here, the Canadian zeroes in on improving your iron play.

A lot of my coaching focuses on alignment and ball position. That stuff is vital because the ball is just sitting still. You can stand to it in a way that gives you a mechanical advantage to leverage power and accuracy. In golf, so many people aim right, get the ball position too far forward and then try to get the ball back to the target. One thing we are always focused on is making sure everything is neutral. It’s not very sexy, but it helps with consistency and competency.

That presets a downward strike at impact, with the low

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