I've been fascinated by the number of golf commentators who seem worried over Tiger's pitching woes this past week. You may have heard Geoff Shackelford on Monday's Morning Drive, adding his voice to those with serious concerns.
I'm reminded of the reaction Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers had to the concerns that wracked Packer Nation (it is their fanatics, for the ones of you outdoor the United States) after the crew began the season with a single win and two losses. On his weekly ESPN Milwaukee radio show he said:
"Five letters here just for everybody obtainable in Packer-land: R-E-L-A-X. Relax. We're going to be OK."Since then the Packers have won 9 of their last 10 games and most football analysts expect them to make the Super Bowl in a couple of months.
Trust me, oldsters. Tiger may be nice. R-E-L-A-X.
But a number of you will be struggling the equal way Tiger (and most of the sector) did this past week, so I felt it is probably profitable to cowl the fundamentals of pitching once more.
One of the most "hit" posts I've done was a summary of the pitching episode Paul Azinger did for the Golf Channel Academy series. (Here's the link if you'd like to check it out again.) In that show Zinger talked about the difference between chipping and putting, and I tried to include as much of his instruction in the post as I could.
Since Tiger changed into the usage of chipping technique this past week when he possibly should have been pitching, it might appear to be a simple intellectual mistake he needs to accurate. (And permit me repeat, Tiger wasn't the best one making that mistake. It's simply that every one of Tiger's botched chips were given TV time. Such is the load of being Tiger.)
Ironically, GC hasn't seen healthy to encompass any clips from Zinger's pitching display within the educational films at their site. But I did control to discover the following video that Zinger did several years in the past. It's short however it is a totally clean demonstration of the primary pitching approach he talked about on GC.
There you've got it. Use the bounce of the club -- that you do with the aid of hitting the ball while the shaft is perpendicular to the floor, now not leaning ahead -- and maintain your fingers "tender" at the same time as you preserve your body turning.
See? It's not so hard. Tiger will be exceptional... And so will you, if you simply put in a little practice time.
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