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1. and by the way I was a teaching pro for 6 years before becoming a technical rep for Callaway during which time I worked with staff players on the fitting side and those guys practice their distance control in slightly more detail than hitting their wedges flat out with 1 swing. Like I said 10 yards closer and this whole tip is useless as it was explained IMO

2. and by the way I was a teaching pro for 6 years before becoming a technical rep for Callaway during which time I worked with staff players on the fitting side (although I won’t name drop) and those guys practice their distance control in slightly more detail than hitting their wedges flat out with 1 swing. Like I said 10 yards closer and this whole tip is useless as it was explained IMO

3. and by the way I was a teaching pro for 6 years before becoming a technical rep for Callaway for 8 years during which time I worked with staff players on the fitting side (although I won’t name drop) and those guys practice their distance control in slightly more detail than hitting their wedges flat out with 1 swing. Like I said 10 yards closer and this whole tip is useless as it was explained IMO

4. @tatchy1001You obviously know what your taking about & i think the confusion or bad on my part was saying “it’s like cheating”,the contexts that i meant with this concept is,if a player practices & prepares more intelligently they are without question gaining a competitive advantage over the field & there competitors, because many pro’s & certainly 90% of all amateurs quality of practice is almost a waste of time.The premise behind every video i make is to practice smarter & score lower! dm

5. in response to you’re answer to BDiddy106. what happens if you have 228 yards want to hit it 153 to leave 75 yards and you’re either between clubs to hit it 153 (in which case you couldn’t lay up at 75 without manufacturing your second shot risking hitting a bad one, or you get a big bounce and it goes 163 and you have 65 yards to go with a bunker at 75 yards??????? yet again it makes the tip completely redundant as you’d have to take some off this “one swing” technique yes?

6. in response to you’re answer to BDiddy106. what happens if you have 228 yards want to hit it 153 to leave 75 yards and you’re either between clubs to hit it 153 (in which case you couldn’t lay up at 75 without manufacturing your second shot risking hitting a bad one, or you get a big bounce and it goes 163 and you have 65 yards to go with a bunker at 75 yards??????? yet again it makes the tip completely redundant as you’d have to take some off this “one swing” technique yes?

7. Fair enough then. I have watched some of your other videos and they are pretty good but just found this one to be a little strange as it suggest players use one swing and change the club to hit it different yardages yet as you’ve admitted if the distance isn’t the perfect number you’d have to swing softer (defeating the advice in the video)

8. So what do you think a pro or elite player would do in this situation, just hit down & except a random yardage?

9. They aim for a certain yardage to leave their favourite wedge distance but but as I’ve mentioned even they don’t hit it every time and if they do miss it they certainly wouldn’t just take a full swing knowing it would fly the wrong distance which again makes the tip pointless the way it was explained. I’ve yet to see a tour pro of any level have such control of their distances that wouldn’t mean they weren’t exactly at thei “one swing” distance

10. Nice video. I definately developed a solid 3/4 and a1/2 swing. It allows me to have 8 distances I can trust. Great method.

11. Interesting feedback my man ! Distance control will make a huge difference to scoring trust me.

12. Just out of curiosity what part of the video mentions 3/4 and 1/2 swings? or Have I missed something?

13. And if the video was teaching 3/4, 1/2 and full swing to offer 3 pre determined distances with each club offering 9 set yardages I would agree but this video offers 3 set distances from the one swing meaning big gaps and very little distance control IMO

14. The part of the video I am responding to is distance control. iGOLFtv has set yardages for a certain swing and club. I have developed several swings and clubs in which I use similiarly. I am expressing my own method of distance control. The comment was more for iGOLFtv, I see you have found this video to be very negative.

15. I use a very similar system to yourself only with 4 wedges and it is a pretty strong part of my game as a result. But that system goes against the advice on this video which (unless I’ve missed something) suggests using 1 swing and changing the club and therefore only being accurate method if you are able to lay up at the exact yardage you hit that 1 swing. I just think the video claims the method offers more than it does IMO

16. good point . good golfers know their club distances with one golf swing , but great golfers know their club distances with many golf swings ,

17. wow this is great. Went out today and measured 1/2, 3/4 and full swings with lw, sw, gw and pw, makes the game so much easier around the green! I also did that one- handed chipping drill earlier before sharpening my wedge control and that helped with my pitching technique. Thanx a heap dave.

18. Ok I am very confused. If you are using the SAME swing as you claim that means you are decelerating as you hit the ball. I would rather use a different backswing and be come through the ball with a consistent strike rather than using the same length of a backswing for everyshot and then trying to control the distance. If you could correct me wrong by explaining further please do so.

19. No, it’s the different club that affects the distance. For instance, a full swing with a 3 iron is going to go further than a full swing with a 7 iron. The difference in distance between wedges isn’t as extreme as that example, but it illustrates the point.

20. I thought the last was going to hang up, but came back just like you said. Nice shot bro!

21. I’m feeling good about my 3 and 4 hybrids as well as my wedge game, what I would love a tip on is my 7-5 irons.. I can relate to your style of teaching. Thanks for the vids. Cheers….

22. thats pretty bleeping awesome advice.  Thanks.

23. You should have 9 different distances with the same exact swing with 3 wedges… In your 3 wedges combined you should have 27 different distances written down and trusted…….. Thats what the pros ACTUALLY do.

24. So good…

25. On the second vue I can ‘t see anybody with the camera in front of you!

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