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Old 06-19-2008, 09:04 PM
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Re: Balls do make a difference

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Originally Posted by Golfaddict View Post
Living in rural America still has it's little perks. I can walk a block and be at the local football field. At the begininng of every season I take my wedges to the field to get on track. I knew when I could hit my pitching wedge from endzone to endzone my swing was pretty much in tune.


I preferred baseball fields.

I've done the football field thing too, but just from a distance point of view. I'd go goal line to goal line with a sand wedge and try not to go beyond the end line or short of the goal line. It's good practice in that regard, but the average green isn't 53 yards wide.

Baseball fields, on the other hand, make better targets for a few reasons. First, they're small so they're more demanding. Second, they make better visual aids in that the infield grass represents the green while the infield dirt represents the bunkers. Plus, if you're hitting directly towards home plate from the direction of center field, the backstop helps keep long balls from going too far.

I used to stand on the pitcher's mound and then pace off whatever distance I wanted to practice from and then I'd hit fifty balls and count how many landed on the infield grass. My personal best was 42 out of 50 with an 8-iron from 154 yards.
But any iron can be hit to a baseball field and like I said, the visuals are more realistic than just a big wide end zone.

So if you have access to a baseball field, I recommend you try it. Once you start doing it, you'll get hooked on seeing how many balls you can land on the infield grass and I guarantee you'll be far more precise with your approach shots when you're on the course.


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