Other Issues For Golf Blocked Shots (Video) - Lesson by PGA Pro Pete Styles
Other Issues For Golf Blocked Shots (Video) - Lesson by PGA Pro Pete Styles

A couple of other factors that you might want to consider if you are still blocking the shot, blocking golf shots when you go out and play, this is really a bit about course management as much as swing technique. So a blocked shot, we’ve established to the shot that shoots to the right hand side of the intended target. It generally goes straight out. It doesn’t curve much. It just goes straight out to that right hand side for the right handed golfer. The consideration course management that wise might be that if there's danger in that right-hand side, danger in that position where I'm occasionally blocking the ball to.

We’ve got options. Either I'm going to aim down the left-hand side to compensate for my blocked shot and there's nothing wrong with doing that as long as you are not actually aiming at trouble down the left. So aim the left half of the fairway to accommodate for a little bit of your block. Alternatively use the club that you don't think will actually reach the hazard. So if there's a hazard out there at 250, and I think well my hybrid club is not going to go 250, I can aim down in the middle. Knowing that if I do block it slightly, it's probably not going to reach the hazard anyway. So you can be a bit smarter with your club selection and your alignment selection. You don't always have to aim straight. You don't always have to hit driver. The other consideration where you might be feeling that you are blocking the ball is the fact that we've talked about the sort of sliding past the ball or spinning out, and drops the club too far and behind you. That might be happening when you are trying to hit the ball too hard. So if you're looking at forcing an iron onto a green, let's say I've got my 8 iron here. If I've got 170 to go with an 8 iron, that's probably not going to reach for me. So I am going to end up having to hit the ball harder and harder and harder to try and get it to reach. As I try and hit this too hard, I get myself out of sync. My lower body goes too quickly. The club drop to the inside too much. What I might be better doing is clubbing up one or two clubs, swinging a bit smoother. As long as I still focus on releasing my hands correctly, I am not holding it off, I'm going to go up a club. I'm going to swing nice and smooth with my body, but really release my hands through. And if I do that correctly, I should feel that I'm going to block the ball less times. So use your course management to try and encourage yourself to avoid those blocked shots. 2016-07-13

A couple of other factors that you might want to consider if you are still blocking the shot, blocking golf shots when you go out and play, this is really a bit about course management as much as swing technique. So a blocked shot, we’ve established to the shot that shoots to the right hand side of the intended target. It generally goes straight out. It doesn’t curve much. It just goes straight out to that right hand side for the right handed golfer. The consideration course management that wise might be that if there's danger in that right-hand side, danger in that position where I'm occasionally blocking the ball to.

We’ve got options. Either I'm going to aim down the left-hand side to compensate for my blocked shot and there's nothing wrong with doing that as long as you are not actually aiming at trouble down the left. So aim the left half of the fairway to accommodate for a little bit of your block. Alternatively use the club that you don't think will actually reach the hazard. So if there's a hazard out there at 250, and I think well my hybrid club is not going to go 250, I can aim down in the middle. Knowing that if I do block it slightly, it's probably not going to reach the hazard anyway.

So you can be a bit smarter with your club selection and your alignment selection. You don't always have to aim straight. You don't always have to hit driver. The other consideration where you might be feeling that you are blocking the ball is the fact that we've talked about the sort of sliding past the ball or spinning out, and drops the club too far and behind you. That might be happening when you are trying to hit the ball too hard. So if you're looking at forcing an iron onto a green, let's say I've got my 8 iron here. If I've got 170 to go with an 8 iron, that's probably not going to reach for me.

So I am going to end up having to hit the ball harder and harder and harder to try and get it to reach. As I try and hit this too hard, I get myself out of sync. My lower body goes too quickly. The club drop to the inside too much. What I might be better doing is clubbing up one or two clubs, swinging a bit smoother. As long as I still focus on releasing my hands correctly, I am not holding it off, I'm going to go up a club. I'm going to swing nice and smooth with my body, but really release my hands through. And if I do that correctly, I should feel that I'm going to block the ball less times. So use your course management to try and encourage yourself to avoid those blocked shots.