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In this analysis video, we're going to take a look at Tigerwood's famous st

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inger punch shot.

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Now, many golfers hit punch shots, but Tiger was most famous for hitting these

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stinger

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punch shots with not just long irons, but his three wood off the tee.

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In this video, we're going to discuss two keys for you to hit a better punch

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shot.

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Now you may not have the club head speed to be able to pull off hitting long st

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inger

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style two irons, but having a good punch shot as a go-to shot any time you feel

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like you

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lose your swing or even if you just need a little extra control is a good shot

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to add

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to your arsenal.

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Now Tiger has talked about his punch shot, his stinger, multiple times, and he

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frequently

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describes it as what's going on with his hands.

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He's described in many interviews that he has a lot of control and sensitivity

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with what's

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going on in his hands.

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So basically, that's where he feels all of his shots.

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The two things you'll hear him describe is that you need to, he's going to

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close the

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club face like crazy, which I'll reference another video really just helps del

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oft it.

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And then he's going to feel like he keeps his hands ahead of the club head long

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into

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the follow through.

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Now that's usually the challenging movement for most players trying to execute

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a punch

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shot.

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Many golfers have a lot of the speed more in the handle or in the club head

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where the hands

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are releasing all the energy in the club head and the body is just kind of

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stopped on the

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way through.

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So even though he's describing keeping the hands moving forward, the way he's

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doing

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it is by having quieter hands and having his body move the club head and the

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path of the

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hands around him through the follow through.

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This camera view doesn't highlight it as much, but you'll want to start off by

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having the

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ball position a little bit back in your stance.

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And you're going to have to make sure that you get a fair amount of shaft lean.

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So you can see that he has a significant amount of shaft lean.

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Now even though he has a significant amount of shaft lean, he's not going to

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take a very

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steep divot because he didn't create that shaft lean by lunging his upper body

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on top

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of the golf ball.

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So in order to hit this shot really well, you need to get your hands more in

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front of your

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body using the movement that I teach of the white movement, but basically just

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getting

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your hands more ahead, but not by doing so by lunging the upper body, by doing

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so with

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the movement of the arms.

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You want to keep your upper body slightly behind the golf ball so that you don

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't take

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a very steep divot.

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Tiger would describe that if you have too much hand activity or if you are too

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steep,

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then you'll get your spin rate to go too high and the ball will take off low,

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but then

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spin up and it will cost you too much distance.

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So in order to have that shaft lean, but then not take a deep divot, you have

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to have

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more of the energy moving the hands around and less of it down in the club head

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, extending

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it down.

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So as you saw, he had his hands well ahead, which you can see reflected in the

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angle

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of the shaft, but you'll see the actual path of the club head is not

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significantly down.

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It's pretty flat on the way through.

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It's definitely not traveling straight down into the ground and taking a big

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divot, and

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he did that because his upper body was slightly behind the ball, even though

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his hands were

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so far ahead, and he kept the handle moving by not flipping his wrist or scoop

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ing or having

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more of the speed in the hands in the club, he had it more in the body moving

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in order

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to keep the hands ahead.

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But if you're going to do that, you have to close the face more with shaft

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rotation.

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It's easier to see the shaft rotation from the down the line camera view.

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And one thing you'll notice is when he hit a lot of these fingers, he would

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take the

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club away in more of a closed or strong position.

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But then as he comes back down, he would describe it as right about here, you

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can see

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that the club face is, you know, it's on the closed side, but it's not overly

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closed.

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You'll see that down through there, he really closes the club face with shaft

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rotation, which

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allows him to get those hands ahead.

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Now one of the other things that this will show is many golfers trying to get

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the hands

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to keep moving forward and the body to continue turning will take the club path

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and go really

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outside in.

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Here you'll see that he still does a good job of controlling the swing path in

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swing

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direction, even though he has a significant amount of shaft lean and a club

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face that

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is more closed.

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So you're going to have to play around a little bit with using some path

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feedback to

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make sure you get the ball flight you want, but by getting the hands and

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working on keeping

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the handle moving on the way through, you too can have some shaft lean without

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taking

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really steep divots, which is one of the big keys to the stinger shot.

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One sign that you'll see that he's using more of the body continuing to rotate

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on the

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way through is compared to his normal finish, he'll have a significant amount

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more of upper

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body rotation and the shaft will be up more like this as opposed to down like

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that.

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That's an indication that his arms have worked more around and his body has had

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more of an

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intention of really turning as opposed to having those arms really extending

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out towards

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the target and having more of a full release which would typically yield a

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shaft slightly

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below parallel like this.

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So by comparison, this is a long iron hit on a part three.

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We don't know exactly what shot he's hitting, but you can see significantly

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less face closing.

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He's going to take a little bit more of a divot, maybe having a bit more hand

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action

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on the way through and you'll see that his finish position hits more of that

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shaft position

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like this.

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It's a little less rotation of the upper body and the hands got a little bit

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higher

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in the follow through as well.

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All those are signs that during his stinger even though he's got the shaft way

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forward,

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he's emphasizing the body rotation in order to keep the hands ahead of the

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target and

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not stick the club in the ground.

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So while you may not be able to hit the punch shot as far as Tiger, I highly

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recommend

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working on the skill of being able to have quieter hands through impact.

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It really helps with developing a go-to shot that you can use under pressure or

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when you

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You need a little bit more control.