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The Less Than Full Swing

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My loss of distance which has occurred pushes me to play to hit further than what I use to. Lay up isn't per se in my vocabulary. What might occur is to lay up to a distance and mishit and have too much distance....So unless there is specific hazard ahead which requires a lay up...I don't. I have also developed 3/4 shots with sw/gw/pw/9/8 for more control and wind and during normal conditions cover the distance points between clubs. The strength of my game is hitting proper distances inside of 140. Aim, well sometimes...Ha
 
I have often play tee shots with full wedge shots or gap wedges in mind. Half wedges are more difficult than full, at least for me.


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As much as I can. It’s not super creative or revolutionary, but I often times, depending on other variables, will drop a club and do a lesser swing. Gives me much more control and always results in good shots.
 
This was a facet I had to force myself to not only learn How to hit, but learn how fun it can be.

I used to full swing a 60 about 115. Then one day I asked myself what the f**k that gained me? Answer was nothing.

Handicap pretty much immediately dropped.
 
I avoid the "laying up to a yardage" thing like the plague.
Would much rather try my luck with a partial wedge shot, than being farther back and having to hit a full iron shot.

Despite it being a more difficult shot, I would much rather play a partial wedge.
 
KY Golfer said:
Like playing a variety of different shots. Sometime because I have no choice but too.
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The 90 punch shot with 50 yards of slice? I have had to play that a time or 2!

I love being able to flight a shot down, if that is from 180 or 60 yards. Or hitting a 3/4 lob wedge that hops once and stops.
 
AUWU11 said:
As much as I can. It’s not super creative or revolutionary, but I often times, depending on other variables, will drop a club and do a lesser swing. Gives me much more control and always results in good shots.
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I do this too and the rewards are much better for me. My buddy tends to swing a full swing and his accuracy suffers for it. He always questions why I am shooting a 6i when he is shooting a 7i or even 8i. Another benefit is that I don't tire down so bad as when taking the full out swings.
 
I try and go with the safe shot but I do have some creativity when trying to hit some shots
 
Obviously, as a high capper, it's hard enough hitting distances using just a full swing. Still, in addition to the modified or partial swing with 9i and less, I've found I can effectively control distance with longer clubs like my 5w by gripping down and shortening my backswing.

I think with that club in particular, it's out of necessity as there's a large gap with clubs I can depend on between my 6i and 5w. In addition, slowing everything down usually helps in making solid contact - even if it's with a slower club head speed.

The round I played a while back using just 4 clubs really opened my eyes to how well even someone at my level can "feel" how much less than a full swing is needed to hit a certain distance.
 
I was very good with partial shots when I practiced them before kids and marriage. Since then I mostly lay back on par 4’s and par 5’s to ideally 88 yards for a full LW. If I can’t get closer than 30 yards it’s better for my scoring to lay back as I make more birdies with a full LW or SW than I do with approach shots from 30 to 70 yards.
 
I like trying different shots. Often due to trouble I get myself into.
 
Carrying 5 wedges, you have to be creative. I enjoy doing creative shots .
 
I like to play with trajectory and shape on approach shots, using shorter swings to control spin make the game even more fun to me.
 
I use a lot of partial shots, 1/4, 1/2, 3,4 with different clubs. Use those a lot.
 
It’s something I’ve been working on last few years but this year really gonna put some work into.
 
I started playing with a starter set. Odd numbered irons only. So I learned how to hit 1/2 and 3/4 shots early. Today it is second nature for me to take the club back to 9 o'clock and hit a partial shot with most any club in the bag. This really helps these days I am not able to reach most of the par 4's or par 5's anymore due to lack of distance on my clubs. I almost always have something from 20 to 100 yards to the green. Creating a shot is just automatic now.
 
I play all kinds of knocks downs, half and 3/4 shots some by choice others to play under trees, into slopes, roll ups, ect
 
Don't really have a good handle of partial swings in my game yet.
 
I prefer to have a full shot (100-125) on approach but I will attempt to manufacture a shot based on yardage.
 
I can do 3/4 and half shots with wedges, maybe my 9, but I don't really do quarter shots with 9 or P.. would rather up it to my 54
 
golfinnut said:
I love playing half & 3/4 shots all the time. Whether it's to take spin off a shot, shot into the wind, swing easy, etc. I hit wedges like this all the time instead of full swings (y)
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Very important in windy conditions not just with wedges but through the bag I think. It makes playing par 3's in high winds much easier.
 
If I need to shave off some distance on a specific yardage I'll simply grip further down the club and still take my full swing.

The 3/4 shot is something I work on sometimes but not enough to bring it into a round.
 
I don't like to hit a full swing with anything more lofted than a PW so end up with a lot of half swings for anything around 60-120 yards.
 
My 54* full swing is an 80-85 yard proposition, so I'm with that guy. Full swing until that point. I have hard enough time with repeatability, so this is the correct approach for me at my current state of my game. I do use 3/4 and 1/2 swings inside of that, but over it, I am much better off with a normal swing than trying to make a "feel" shot at those distances.
 
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