You've decided you could do with a lesson and you're about to visit your pro....
More than 300 readers took part in a multiple choice survey organised by the PGA and the answers are below.
50% of those who responded were PGA Pros, with golfers who typically shoot between 82 -90 being the second best represented category.
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Using a low lofted club, and assuming a centred strike on the clubface, if the clubface alignment and swingpath direction are pointing in different directions at impact (e.g. the club is swinging to the left with the clubface pointing to the right), which direction will the ball most closely start towards?
ANSWER: The clubface (52% were correct). The golf ball's initial starting direction will always start closer to the clubface aim than the swingpath.
52%? Let's hope that all the pros got that right and everyone else was wrong!
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To create a ball flight where the ball curves to the right.........
ANSWER: The leading edge of the clubface must be open to the direction of the swingpath (91% were correct).
91% that's pretty good... better than the last question for sure.
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The appropriate description of a slice is....
ANSWER: A ball which starts left of the target, curves right and finishes right of target (81% were correct).
Not bad at 81%. Still worrying the amount of wrong answers, 20% is a lot.
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The swingpath and clubface alignments that create a hook shot are....
ANSWER: The clubface is Closed to an In to Out swingpath (50% were correct).
50%?? Oh, come on! Either the pros know everything and just aren't passing the information to the people they are teaching or it's the blind leading the blind! 50% don't know what causes a hook?? WOW!!!
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The swingpath and clubface alignments that create a push slice shot are....
ANSWER: The Clubface can be open to all swingpaths and the target also (21% were correct).
21%???? You ARE having a laugh! That's like taking your car to the garage and your wife works there as a mechanic, better still you go to see HER for your golf lessons!
If pros don't even know what creates a bad shot then how are they supposed to fix them?
Is it really just hit and hope?
I know I'm ranting again but I don't make this stuff up... here's the results in black & white on the PGA website...
http://pga.info/News/40882053.htm
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