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Slicers: Try to Hook It

Doing the opposite will fix that miss to the right

By Butch Harmon

Maybe you only sometimes hit that big slider to the right off the tee, or maybe you fear it every time you step up. Whatever the case, a slice happens when the clubface is open to the path of the swing at impact.

The move that typically leaves the face open is the back shoulder lurching toward the ball at the start of the downswing—a common problem when golfers swing hard. When the shoulder moves out, it pushes the club onto an out-to-in path, and the clubface will usually be open to that path when it reaches the ball. Fore right!

To break this ugly chain, I’m going to give you some hook-producing moves, which will quickly correct a slice.

First, close your feet, hips and shoulders to the target at address.

Second, swing the club back slightly to the inside as you turn your shoulders to the top.

Third, start the downswing by shifting your lower body toward the target, taking care to keep your right shoulder—for righties—back and in.

Finally, swing your arms and the club out and through the ball, letting your left elbow fold down and the upper part of your left arm stay close to your side. Your right arm will release over your left, squaring the face. It’s the quickest way to fix a slice.

“Coming down, keep your right shoulder back and in.”

USE THE SPLIT-HANDS DRILL TO LEARN TO RELEASE

There are a lot of things slicers can do on the range to feel what it’s like to square the clubface. My favorite is the split-hands drill. Set up normally with a driver, but separate your hands a few inches on the club. This grip will make your right arm feel long, which will help the left elbow fold against your side as you swing through. That folding action causes the right arm to rotate over the left through impact, which squares the face. At first, make slow practice swings to feel the right arm release. Then, hit balls with a three-quarter swing. I bet you’ll see the ball start turning right to left.

Butch Harmon is a Golf Digest Teaching Professional.

Source: https://www.golfdigest.com/story/slicers-try-to-hook-it

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Euchre Tomorrow Night!

February 26th @ 6:00PM
Check-in @ 5:30PM

 

Grab a sandwich, have a drink and enjoy great company.

 

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Breakfast at the Club
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February 27th
8:00am – 10:30am

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Get better swing plane where it matters, near the ball

By Matthew Rudy

The same few words seem to pop up when describing Bryson DeChambeau’s game: Unique, quirky, or even strange.

What isn’t strange are the results. DeChambeau won his third career PGA Tour event at the Northern Trust, smashing the field by four shots with elite ball-striking using his single-length Cobra irons. DeChambeau hit 16 greens on Sunday on his way to his fourth round of 69 or lower at Ridgewood Country Club, and he made just six bogeys on the week.

The precision and consistency in DeChambeau’s game comes in part from his determination to make every swing on the same plane—literally. “I’ve run his swing on my 3D analysis software, and Bryson is literally more planar than the swing robots they use to design clubs,” says Golf Digest 50 Best Teacher Michael Jacobs. “Even if you wanted to try to do that yourself, I don’t think the average player has the coordination. He really is unique.”

But even with DeChambeau’s idiosyncratic method, there are things you can take away and use to tweak your game. “What gets weekend players in trouble is pushing and pulling on the club with too much force that’s perpendicular to the direction of the swing,” says Jacobs, who is based at Rock Hill Golf & Country Club in Manorville, NY. “That forcing of the club makes the club respond ‘out of plane,” which requires you to make a compensating move to recover.”

You don’t need to try to get your swing on a consistent plane throughout, as long as you can produce more consistency through the “execution phase,” says Jacobs—which is about hip high to hip high. “That’s where swing plane really matters,” he says. “Film your swing from down the line, with the camera on the ball line, and practice making swings where the club doesn’t move very much off the plane line in that phase. That’s going to come from a more neutral address position, where you aren’t aligning your shoulders, hips and feet at different targets, and from more neutral body motions. Get that phase down and you’re going to hit much more consistent shots.”

Source: https://www.golfdigest.com/story/steal-bryson-dechambeaus-secret-to-swing-consistency?fbclid=IwAR3X9BoXNIBzbhod3-_rCiWFhzl0sNFHXueGP_q-8irRDNpqnvQN8xvPN-U

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Wide = Far: How to get more out of your full-swing shots

Written by: Keely Levins

The Jutanugarn sisters had one heck of a 2018. Older sib Moriya picked up her first LPGA Tour victory, while Ariya won the U.S. Women’s Open title, was LPGA player of the year and moved to the top of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings. So when they give advice on better ball-striking, it’s wise to listen.

One of Moriya’s favorite drills to hit it higher and farther is as simple as it gets.

Take any full-swing club and set up to the ball normally. Now adjust your feet so they are several inches wider apart, and then start hitting shots.

“We call it the flat-feet drill,” Moriya says. “It helps shallow out your angle of attack, which is going to help you hit it more solidly using the club’s proper loft.”

Moriya also uses this drill to slow hip rotation, which improves her swing’s timing. And a wider stance has a benefit for amateurs: It helps prevent the common fault of swinging with weight on your back foot to try to “help” the ball up. Your weight should shift into your lead foot in the downswing.

To improve this drill, alternate hitting 10 balls with the wider stance and then 10 with your normal stance.

 

Written by: Keely Levins

Source: https://www.golfdigest.com/story/wide-far-how-to-get-more-out-of-your-full-swing-shots-moriya-jutanugarn

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Congrats to our raffle winners!

Congrats winners!

Thank you to all for participating and congratulations to our winners.

Grand prize winners

John Stucker – Winner of free admission for 2 at a BCC Event

Mike Wilson –  Winner of $100 Gift Card

Brad Chapman – Winner of 2019 Cart Pass

Jeff Mauck – Winner of 2019 Golf Membership

Donated Prize Winners

Congratulations you have won a donated prize in our 2019 Membership Raffle.

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Valentine’s sale starts now!

Nothing says I love you like the gift of golf!

We will have the following on sale until February 14th

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– Two rounds of golf w/ cart

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Euchre tonight!

Join us for Euchre tonight!

January 22nd @ 5:30PM

 

Grab a sandwich, have a drink and enjoy great company.

Sandwich Combo $10
Includes fries and a drink with your choice of sandwich.

Choose from:
Stack and Cheese Sandwich
Chicken and Cheese Sandwich
Club Sandwich w/ Cranberry Sauce

 

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What’s coming up!

Breakfast at the Club
Join us for breakfast tomorrow!
February 6th
8:00am – 10:30am

Raffle Drawing
Enter to win by next Sunday!
February 10th
5:30pm

$25 per ticket
Tickets can be mailed or turned in to the club up to the date of the drawing

The lucky winners will receive:

1st Place: Annual Membership
2nd Place: Annual Cart Pass
3rd Place: $100 BCC Certificate

 

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Michael Breed: Try My Secret Move To Flush It From Any Lie

By Michael Breed

do a little prep work. I’ve learned from all my years in New York that spring lies—those muddy ones with no cushion under the ball—are prime territory for fat shots. And when you hit a few of those, you can lose it fast. Let’s talk.

Golfers who are afraid of hitting the ball fat tend to bend over too much, with their weight on their toes. They feel more in control if they’re closer to the ball. But your body will find its balance as you swing, so you’ll pull up and dump the club behind the ball (fat) or hit it thin. To stay in the shot, set your weight in the arches of your feet. Next: ball position. With an iron, play the ball in line with a spot on your body between the buttons on your shirt and your chest logo (short irons in line with the buttons, longer irons farther forward). I’ve got a 6-iron here (see below).

Now I’m going to give you just one swing key to think about: Drive your left shoulder closer to your left hip as you start the downswing (far right). That’s probably a strange concept for you, so let’s break it down. I want you to shift toward the target and feel like your upper body is leaning that way, your spine tilting left—we call that side bend. That will shift the low point of your swing in front of the ball so you hit the ball, then the ground. You’ll love that crisp impact, and your confidence will soar because you won’t be worrying about the next iffy lie.

That move—left shoulder toward left hip—also causes your upper body to turn open slightly. Perfect, because that brings your arms and the club back in front of your body, which is another key to avoiding fat shots. Golfers blame fat contact on a steep, choppy swing, but a shallow swing will often skim the ground before impact—and that’s fat, too. The common denominator is, the club hits the ground too soon. Driving your left shoulder forward will prevent that and add compression to your strikes.

So get the ball in the right spot, set your weight in your arches, and focus on that left shoulder. You’ll have the pieces in place to hit it solid—and beat those muddy lies. Come on, spring!

BUTTONS TO THE BALL

Focus on two positions at address: (1) Weight in the arches of your feet, never on your toes; (2) Ball just ahead of your shirt buttons (for a middle iron).

TURN INTO YOUR RIGHT SIDE

Let your weight shift to the heel of your right foot, and be ready to drive forward. What you do next will determine how solidly you strike the ball.

LEFT SHOULDER TO LEFT HIP

This is the key move for solid contact: Drive your left shoulder toward your left hip to start down. When you feel like your spine is tilting left, you’ve got it.

Michael Breed is Golf Digest’s Chief Digital Instructor.

Source: https://www.golfdigest.com/story/michael-breed-try-my-secret-move-to-flush-it-from-any-lie?fbclid=IwAR2ERgVTzktnW8ZDLALciU3BPxhatDGluxXi8GJJV10PaKFSoS1kltvxEpE

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Enter to win great prizes!

Raffle Drawing February 10th

$25 per ticket
Tickets can be mailed or turned in to the club up to the date of the drawing

The lucky winners will receive:

1st Place: Annual Membership
2nd Place: Annual Cart Pass
3rd Place: $100 BCC Certificate

What’s coming up!

Breakfast at the Club
Join us for breakfast tomorrow!
February 2nd
8:00am – 10:30am

Euchre Game Night
Join us next Tuesday!
February 5th
5:30pm

Sandwich Combo $10
Includes fries and a drink with your choice of sandwich.

Choose from:
Stack and Cheese Sandwich
Chicken and Cheese Sandwich
Club Sandwich w/ Cranberry Sauce

 

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