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[Golfer_Girl_Irl]

i am extremely inconsistent with my wedges and irons, my putting and driving are solid and consistent.

This inconsistency is costing me so many shots!

I either shank or catch my shots fat.

Any tips, to gain consistency?

[Ping33]

Weight towards the target on your chips, and don't break your wrists. Start with short back swing, center ball in your stance to start, do not break wrists or elbows on back swing, WEIGHT TOWARDS TARGET and follow through with head down until making contact. If you are right handed, keep your weight on left foot/side towards target on back swing. Reverse if you are left handed.

Practice this, the weight towards target and not breaking wrists/elbows on back swing are the most important part. Don't worry about taking a divot, etc., as you just want to make good ball contact. These two things, weight and wrists/elbows helped me tremendously in my chipping when I got back into the game. I now consistently hit the greens in one shot using this method, weight and wrists/elbows. Very easy to remember and not complicated.

You may want to try this with your fairway iron shots. Start with the chipping and then move on from there. I think you may be surprised. I found this tip on the internet, youtube, and it works. Main thing is weight towards target on the chips. It lets you get under the ball, it is very rare that I will skull a ball or get a worm burner.

I guess it sounds like stack and tilt, but I have never played around with that. The above works for me and was incredibly easy to master.

Edited by Ping33, 31 December 2011 - 02:06 PM.

[jaskanski]

Don't panic.
Whenever I get a little loose with my shots, I always go back to my set up routine and the fundamental basics. Make sure your grip, stance, ball position and posture are correct EVERY time. Without a consistent routine to start from, you cannot hope to be consistent from a swing standpoint - if the set up is too variable, the resulting swings will be equally variable too. Basically, to get the best possible chance of returning the clubhead back to it's correct impact position, you need to maximise the possibility by keeping the set up consistent. Get these down cold before working on any other area.

[Aimee]

if you are hitting "fat" or shanking a lot, check your weight distribution, you may be on your back foot too much or swaying back instead of rotating "in the barrel". See if you can get someone to video your swing if you don't want to invest in a lesson with a PGA Professional.

[DaSportsGuy]

It's sounds dumb and obvious, but keep you head still and your eyes on the ball. Sometimes I just have to stop and remind myself that when I think I'm good enough to get over the ball and be automatic on every shot.

[Golfer_Girl_Irl]

Was hitting my irons really well, but all of a sudden have gone to muc.

Any adivce?

[bmellisen]

One round hitting it bad i dont over worry, its golf and its hard. Two rounds in a row i check grip and posture and ball position to see if see if something is out of wack. Three in a row i go see my pro.

[bobfoster]

Consistancy is the Holy Grail of golf ... even the pros never really achieve it ... the advice here will help (keep your head stable, your swing path consistant, etc., etc.) ... but ,,, at the end of the day, it will always be a matter of degree ... there's just too many movements involved in the golf swing for anyone to ever reach consistancy ...