Golf Pitching Tips to Implement in your Game

March 14, 2011 - PRLog -- Over sixty percent of your golf score can be attributed to the short game.  So, the degree that you can successfully execute the golf pitching shot is critical to a solid golf short game and improving your score.  To help you get the most out of your short game on or off the course, here are some critical golf pitching shot tips to accelerate your development. Implement below given pitching shot tips in your daily golf practice routine to accelerate your development and rapidly lower your score [http://www.golfhelptips.com/v/pitching-practice.html].

Golf Pitching Shot: Setup and Execution

When you are ten to seventy yards from the hole, the “golf pitching shot” is probably your best option.

1. The golf pitching shot spends more time in the air than on the ground, so use a more lofted club such as a sand wedge (54 to 58 degrees loft) or lob wedge (59 to 62 degrees loft).
2. Slightly open your golf stance.  Ensure you are positioned so that the golf ball lies slightly forward from the middle.
3. Place your weight so that sixty percent of your weight is on your left foot and forty percent is on your right foot. Keep this weight distribution throughout the golf pitching shot.
4. Move your hands down the golf grip and position them in front of the ball.  Grip the club slightly firmer in the golf pitching shot than you would for a normal golf shot.
5. Keep a steady pace and swing your torso back and through the golf pitching shot.
6. To control your distance, use the 7-8-9 golf pitching shot method where you swing your straight left arm back to the particular “hours” of a clock to achieve consistent distance control.  For example, if you swing your left arm back to the “7-o’clock” position and hit the ball 30 yards, then your 7 o’clock shot is for 30 yard golf pitching shots.  Practice this method until you know your distance for “7 o’clock,” “8 o’clock” and “9 o’clock” shots.

I hope above given useful golf pitching tips will remove your frustration and enhance your golf shot playing skills. Everything is position, timing and gripping, focus on all these things and lower your golf score.

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