Video: pitching practice from the PGA

[mgranato]

 

[Kevin Shields]

If anyone's had the pleasure of watching Mickelson up close practice the short game, I'm sure they have realized its a life altering experience. I have a million greenside shots and it still made me question my own existence.

 

[ekennedy]

Is there a more underrated, under appreciated or under practiced art than pitching? I like Senden's action as well. The tempo is incredible.

 

[wulsy]

Nice. Thanks for that.

Brian, what's your take on the straightness of the left arm on these short pitches?

 

[mgranato]

If anyone's had the pleasure of watching Mickelson up close practice the short game, I'm sure they have realized its a life altering experience. I have a million greenside shots and it still made me question my own existence.

Everyone (players and spectators) was watching him. He would drop a few in the thick rough, get the balls all the way down by stepping on them, and then hit those soft landing short-sided pitches like he was tossing them out by hand. There was two distinct levels of pitching going on around that green.

 

[drewyallop]

Link is dead on my iPad.

Drew

 

[Frans@France]

 

[aaron_lohan]

I once saw Vijay at the Open one year grip his 3 wood left handed with the toe of the club pointing to the ground and hit bunker shots from a pot bunker and get them stopping almost dead no roll within 3 feet of the hole; it was one of the best sights i've seen, the other pros were struggling to hit normal bunker shots as close as he was.

 

[ZAP]

At some point I think a full short game lesson is in the cards for me. I am dreadful out of sand and don't have much of a clue from 50 yards.

 

[ekennedy]

I once saw Vijay at the Open one year grip his 3 wood left handed with the toe of the club pointing to the ground and hit bunker shots from a pot bunker and get them stopping almost dead no roll within 3 feet of the hole; it was one of the best sights i've seen, the other pros were struggling to hit normal bunker shots as close as he was.

I once saw Gary Player, faced with an impossible shot from deep rough, take the toe of his 7 iron and ...wait? What was the topic again?

 

[lia41985]

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iPad users: you can view the URL for links like these that shoe up on your device by clicking the "Reply With Quote" button for the post--just paste the URL to Safari. Thanks for the video, mgranato!

 

[Jared Willerson]

This is a great video. Nothing more pure than watching pros pitch the ball.