Golf Swing Instructions and Tips - Iron Shots Part 1

Iron Shots will generally occur at distances of 70 to 200 yards or more from the green.

Iron shots refer to full shots from the fairway or rough, using clubs ranging from the wedges and short iron nine, eight, and seven to the middle irons six, five, and four and long irons three, two, and one. These shorts will generally occur at distances of 70 to 200 yards or more from the green. The technique is the general swing along with the few subtleties to these clubs:

Iron Shot Tip 1. There are two schools of thought on positioning the ball in the stance when hitting the irons. The simplest method is to position the ball out form the left heel in the direction your body is facing for every club in the bag. A slightly more complex method is to gradually move the ball back toward the middle of the stance when changing from the longer to the shorter irons. Fro example, the 2 iron would be positioned at the left heel, whereas the 9 iron and wedge would be positioned in the middle of the stance. The other irons would be positioned respectively between those two extremes.

For the beginner, playing all the shorts at a position in the stance out from the left heel is recommended. Not only is this the simpler method, because it takes one variable out of the game which is the ball position at the bottom of the swing arc, but it also encourages a forward weight shift to the left if crisp contact with the ball is to be achieved.