TWO-MINUTE CLINIC
STEP ONE FEEL A STRETCH AT ADDRESS • Play the ball in the middle of your stance. • Keep your weight evenly distributed between your feet. • Let your arms reach out to the ball. • Feel a stretch at your elbows ( right ). Stop Thinning Your Irons These adjustments will keep you from skulling it over the green BY RUSHI OZA I WILL SAY ONE THING ABOUT blading an iron shot: The ball goes pretty far. That might please a beginning golfer whose priority is to advance the ball in any way possible. For the rest of the golfing population, a thin shot is rarely satisfying – even when it works out. Catching the ball on the upswing with the leading edge of an irons is a fault that is easily curable. Follow these steps to avoid it. – WITH RON KASPRISKE
STEP TWO MAINTAIN THE TRIANGLE
• Keep the feeling of extension in your arms as you start back. • Let your torso rotate the club away from the target. • Maintain the look of a triangle between your arms and club (left). • Don’t let your elbows bend (far left ).
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32 GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRIC A
JUNE 2026
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