Adjust Low Point
The final step after raising our radius up is to effectively lower it back down, albeit in a controlled manner. The drill in the case is something I call a line drill.
Jump into any bunker and draw a line in the sand. The goal is to gently brush the sand on or around the low point. Make sure to not swing briskly or take large swaths of sand. Your goal is taking your radius feel from the last drill and gently lower it till the club is brushing the ground in the right place.
Put it into Practice
Becoming aware that there is a pattern to your inconsistency, tracking results of the above the drills and putting in the investigative work over time to move those results forward is big step toward obtaining your goals.
The last step is to put in the time to taking the feels that you achieved and transferring them over to ball striking. Use your impact point and start line feedback to guide your ball striking. If your goal is to hit a draw, a necessary component is to start the ball right. So, if you hit slightly fat and started the ball left, your goal on the next shot would be to eliminate at least one of those errors, then making or at least trying to make the adjustments necessary after each shot.
We want to avoid the common golf phenomenon of, just one more. Just one more trying to do the same thing that didn’t work on than last one. Don’t be afraid to examine your information and alter your goal per golf ball.
Matt Henderson, PGA, is Director of Instruction at TPC Las Vegas
