Nice article on pitching

[birly-shirly]

Not new, but new to me - and I liked it. Mark Roe seems to have done great things with Lee Westwood's short game. Some similarities to Utley in terms of philosophy I thought, but technique-wise likes a more upright action than SU.

http://www.golfinternationalmag.com/images/stories/articles/pitching/pageflip.html

Comments?

 

[duckslice]

Great technique. This looks like a great way to hit high soft landing pitch shots. But,in the caption, Roe states that his clubface is square to the path and plane when he’s at the top of his swing (page 4, bottom right pic). Correct me if I’m wrong: isn’t his clubface rotated open to the path/plane?

 

[mjstrong]

Yes, it is. Because of the rotation of the arms. He's just trying to say, "don't manipulate the clubface open or closed with your hands," I think.

 

[Waynkie Doodle]

There's some pretty good information in there. I liked it. Think I might have actually learned something.

 

[Kevin Shields]

Not trying to make it about me, but I love this article because alot of it is what I try to do and teach. Good stuff. His example of moving the club on a straighter path would make for a nice high VSP. Very accurate way of pitching IMO

 

[JonWil]

Great Article; good read after I got the controls set up right. Thanks for posting.

 

[Mike Thomas (sunmart)]

Ted Shulz just won the Champions tour event at Pebble Beach a couple with a set of Ping eye 2s. What a great golf club.

 

[niblick1]

There's an occasional Nationwide Tour player who practices a lot where I play who spends hours and hours hitting pitch shots with exactly this motion (maybe not as bent over in set-up). He tells me he focuses on getting the club in that straight up and down position.

Brian has told me a couple times now about how the twistaway like motion is getting the club too inside on the takeway on this shot. I am getting better but have a ways to go (from horrendous there's a lot of room for improvement).

 

[joep]

Couldnt you use the same swing for a full shot, if no why not.

 

[lookingtolearn]

Not trying to make it about me, but I love this article because alot of it is what I try to do and teach. Good stuff. His example of moving the club on a straighter path would make for a nice high VSP. Very accurate way of pitching IMO

I've experimented with this as I've noticed a lot tour players do it this way. Why does a high VSP help so much?

 

[Kevin Shields]

Little face rotation and high VSP makes it seem like a croquet mallet with loft. Very accurate.

 

[pm4610]

Did anyone have any luck printing this article out?

 

[birdie_man]

Good article...mostly well explained and illustrated.

Maybe a few too many restrictions for me (he is presenting HIS technique, I guess) but at least what he has presented is surely not wacky. It is orthodox. (and I mean that in a good way- not in a "this is the same old" way)

I like the "pro-pose"...and the full swing sequence.

PING Eye2...!