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This drill is mastering clubface control.

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So, I use this mastering clubface control drill.

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Oftentimes with players getting ready for an event,

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more working on owning their swing.

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It's a great way of taking your mechanics

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and refining your feel or sensitivity to it

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so that you can execute different shots on the course.

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Now, with learning how to alter the path or the face,

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I love drills like the nine-shot drill

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or going from draw straight fade.

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Those are great ways to work on the sensitivity of the path in the face.

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But in this drill, what we're going to do is we're going to primarily work on

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curving it one direction but vary the amounts, the start lines, the targets

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so that we can master face-to-path control as well as face-to-target control.

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So, there are three stages to executing or to playing this game.

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Stage number one is you are going to try and hit

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three different amounts of curve to the same target.

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You're going to settle in on a curve that you like,

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and then stage number two is you're going to try and hit the exact same curve

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but to three different targets.

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So, you'll start, you know, let's say right edge of the green,

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bunker, and then left leg.

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So, we're going to pick dramatically different targets to switch up our visual.

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Then stage three is you're going to try and hit the exact same curve amount

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to the same target.

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So, stage number one is same target, three curves.

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Stage number two is same curve, three targets.

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And then stage number three is same curve and same target.

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So, in order to execute stage number one,

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which is the same target but three different start lines and three different

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curves amounts,

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you're going to have to get aware of how much the face is close to the path

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and you're going to have to get connected to the body alignment to help you

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control the start line.

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So, I'm going to start with trying to hit a slight draw,

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and then I'm going to add a little bit more draw until level three

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I'm going to be, or the third ball in this series,

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I'm going to be trying to hit a really big hook.

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So, I'm going to aim the stick closer to the left bunker

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and I'm going to try to start this one, you know, five yards right of it

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or pretty much over this flag.

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So, now I'm just trying to execute stage number one.

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Okay, perfect, so I hit a slight fade, so the goal of this game,

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and I'm glad that I did that because it reminded me to remind you

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that the goal of this game is to master the face-to-path relationship.

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So, I would much rather have it curve too much than the wrong direction.

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Good players tend to make some of their doubles and triples

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when the ball curves the wrong way.

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So, the goal of this game is to get through all nine shots

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without having the ball curve the wrong way.

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So, unfortunately, even though that was my first ball, I lost the game.

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Luckily, there was my first ball, so I'm just going to start over.

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So, we're going to try and hit the small draw.

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I'm going to make sure the face is maybe a little bit more closed on the way

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down.

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So, there we have a very slight draw,

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so a couple three-yard draw, a very slight draw,

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finished just right of the bunker.

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So, now I'm going to change my start line,

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and I'm going to hit a much bigger draw.

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So, I'm going to preset some of the face-closed,

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so I don't have to make a major change to my swing.

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So, club face is a little more closed.

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So, now I have a much bigger draw working its way toward the bunker.

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The wind is kind of holding it up, but that definitely drew about twice as

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amount,

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or twice as much, which was my goal.

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Now, I'm going to change this into a bigger hook.

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So, I'm going to aim off the green and try to get it to curve all the way back

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to the bunker.

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So, now I'm going to vary the amount of the club face closed,

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try to close it a little bit even more,

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and get the start line more to the right with my setup.

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So, really big hook, you might have seen my foot slide out.

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So, I definitely missed the target,

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but it didn't curve the wrong way, so I'm not out of the game yet.

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I'm going to try one more time to hit the big curve.

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So, close the face.

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So, that was much closer, that's finishing.

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It was just a slightly bit fat, but it finished in the bunker,

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and it started right of the green, so it matched the curve that I was trying to

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create.

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Now, for level two, I'm going to settle in on, you know,

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especially with this wind, and seeing that I hit a shot that went off to the

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right,

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or that faded when I tried to hit a little draw,

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today I'm going to try and hit more of the medium draw.

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So, I'm going to alter my start line back to those flags,

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and I'm going to try to hit maybe more of like a ten-yard draw instead of a

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five-yard draw.

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And that is pretty straight, just riding the wind.

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We'll try it one more time at the same target.

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I lost that commitment, and got slightly distracted by the other alignment

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stick.

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At least that's the excuse I'm using right now.

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So, there we have that slight draw until the wind hit it.

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So, now I have to try and hit the same draw, the same amount,

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but I'm going to move my alignment towards the center of the range.

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So, this changes, or this forces me to vary my visual,

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and make sure I can reproduce this just based on my feels,

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not based on getting into a groove or a pattern.

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So, a club tastes a little more closed.

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A little on the toe, but got the right amount of curve. So, happy with that.

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And then, we're going to kick it all the way to the left flag.

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So, this feels a little awkward because I'm aiming pretty much across the range

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This is great to do, especially if you're on a little more crowded range,

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and it gives you a slight sense of being uncomfortable

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when there's people around you and you're not aiming straight down where the

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stall is pointing.

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So, now, same amount of curve, that little 10-yard draw,

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or that medium 10-yard draw, I should say.

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Good. Started it pretty much dead where I wanted to get my 10-yard draw.

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So, I made it through stage number two with my one little mulligan.

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If I was being real strict on myself, I would have had to start over.

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So, now the goal is same target, same amount of curve.

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Now, I'm going to try to put three balls in the bunker, starting them over the

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flags.

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So, starting them at the flag.

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So, that's ball number one with the right amount of curve.

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And again, I've got a little fade wind, so it's killing some of the amount of

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curve,

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but that was pretty comfortable with what I want.

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A little less, but luckily I chose the medium curve.

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So, I'll call that close enough, finished.

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Probably in between the little draw and the medium draw, but I'll take it.

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And then, last one, this is it to win the game.

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And I left it out to the right.

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So, unfortunately, I've got to start over. You do too.

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This game is to help you master your club face control, both face the path as

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well as face the target.

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It's really good for skill building your awareness of the face rotation and

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motorcycle movement.

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Whether you hit fades or draws, just pick your comfortable ball flight.

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And if you happen to hit a double cross, the game is over and you've got to

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start over.

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Get good at this game and you'll have much more confidence in curving the ball

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the way that you want

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without the fear of the double cross on the course.