A brief one nowadays. Butch Harmon has a brand new article and video at golfdigest.Com on a way to play a pitch shot off a significantly uphill lie. First, here's the video:
And here's a image taken simply after the instant of fact:
Of course, you know the key thing is to set your shoulders to match the slope. You want to be swinging UP the slope, not INTO it. You know this because you hear it over and over on TV, right?
Butch additionally shows that you move the ball a bit ahead for your stance and use a less-lofted iron, like a 9-iron instead of a sand (or lob) wedge. He additionally reminds you not to end at the shot. Since the ball is going to go almost instantly up within the air, you've got to make an extended followthrough to create enough pace to get the ball to fly a ways enough.
I want to add one thing to this, something that you can see in the video that will make it easier to get all of this right. Compare the incorrect setup around the :09 mark with the correct setup around the :29 mark. See how his head is over the ball in the first setup but behind the ball in the second setup? If you get your head just behind the ball at setup, you'll automatically put the ball slightly forward in your stance.
Butch continually makes matters so clean. Watch the video as in many instances as important to ensure you apprehend what he is doing.
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