Grooved Golf Swing Series - How To Play In The Wind And About Doglegs

When you are walking past greens on holes that are yet to be played, make it a habit to look at the pin position. Is the pin on the left or right? Is it in the centre of the green? Such knowledge can be very helpful when you come to play this hole.

Why?

Well if the pin is situated on the right of the green, you will want to place your ball on the left side of the fairway and if the pin is situated on the left, you will want to place your drive or shot before your approach shot on the right of the fairway, wont you?

What if the hole is a dogleg? You certainly cant see the green from the tee and will probably just blaze away, trying to get your ball on the short grass of the fairway. Anywhere will do, you think. Right?

Well, as stated in a previous article, it is a good idea to place your ball on a particular part of he fairway, or at least try to. Therefore, knowing on which side of the green the pin is situated, you will at least know where your drive should finish allowing you the best approach to the green possible. This means that if the pin is on the left of the green, and the dogleg is to the left, you will not try to get around the dogleg, but will try to get your ball to finish short of it, on the right side of the fairway.

Sure, it is a bit further to the flag, but the angle will be far superior. On the other hand, if the pin is situated on the right side of the green, then you will try to get around the dogleg with a draw, if you can do this, or cut the corner a bit to finish on the left if you can.

All this thinking and action is possible because you had a look at the pin position as you were passing a while ago.

Think like this all the time in other situations, and watch your score tumble.

Now a thought about windy conditions.

How do you feel when the wind is blowing hard? Pretty dreadful isnt it? You feel you will not play well today, and most likely, you will hurry a bit to get it over.

You will hurry your shots and try to fight the wind. Then you may become angry which upsets your equilibrium, results in more adrenaline and your score goes up and up. Not really the way to go. Right?

Well, how else can you play under these conditions?

What the pros do is to become even more careful and pain staking than normal. They recognise wind as a very major challenge with huge difficulty. So they become even more patient than usual and do not let their emotions get the better of them. They do not become angry and the adrenaline does not flow. The better the player, the nearer the top he finishes.

Here by hangs a lesson we can all learn. In the wind, do no hurry, do not become angry or upset, and have great patience. Remember that on the day it is the same for all players. So if you can adapt to the difficult conditions as well as you can, you may be surprised to see how near the front of he field you finish.

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