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Full Swing · Technique

Match the face to your path before fixing path

When a ball curves, the instructor fixes the club face before the path. First set the club face a fraction open at the start so it starts matching the path and produces a straight push; only once you own that push do you go back and change the path.

Channel: Danny Maude

Watch official source at 4:10

Try it

  1. setting that club face maybe a fraction open at the start
  2. that might give you a straight push
  3. once you've got the push then we can start to then work on changing the path

Why this context matters

Instructor diagnosing why Niall's iron shots curve, mid-lesson on the course.