Manufacturing shots

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I'm sure most of us know how far we hit our clubs, 5 iron 200yds, PW 150yds etc :o but........
If you are in between clubs, which end of the bag do you find easier to manufacture an in between shot?
Do you find it easy to take off 10-15 yards off a 3 wood or hybrid or do you find the wedges easier to adapt to the in between shots ?
 
I find the higher lofted clubs are miles easier to adapt to in between shots. Doing half or quarter swings with wedges is a lot easier with a pitching wedge than a 3 wood or hybrid imo.
 
I find it easier with full shots. I can play a cut with a full shot to knock a bit off, but I can't do this with wedges. I'm currently working on a punch shot with my wedges, where I can use the same swing for 90, 80, 70, etc, but using different clubs to change the distance. Tis is very much a work in progress!
 
I can and have practiced hitting all clubs 'easy' to get in-between distance.

Can't remember when I last used that shot with a 5 or 6 iron though.

7 (125) and 8 iron (115) get used quite frequently that way as do Driver, 3W and Rescue. 3W and Rescue can be cut to take more off too.

Wedges are the clubs that most non-full swings are used with though. In fact, full wedge shots are rare..
 
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I prefer taking a bit off the shot - go down the grip and cut off the follow through with anything in the long end of the bag.

Feel like the speed of body turn controls distance with shorter irons, particularly from 90yds and in.
 
If I'm between clubs I prefer to take the longer club and go down the grip an inch, which takes approx 7yds off the shot. If I take the shorter club and try and hit it a little harder it usually ends up missing right and still being a little short.

Using an old set of blades seems to make fades and draws easier to manufacture but modern clubs with a greater 'gear effect' are harder to work.

Knock downs, and bump and runs are part and parcel of being a member of a links club but they don't migrate to parkland courses too well.
 
Going down the grip takes about two yards off, not five. Ten yards difference between clubs. Three to four degrees difference in loft, and a half in difference in length. It's the loft that makes the most difference in terms of yardage.

To hit it less far, you need less club head speed. Going down the grip won't do much.
 
As a handicapped golfer, I'm not that consistent with my yardages, so I'm not convinced trying to take 3 yards off my 7i is going to be effective. I can already hit it any where between 180 and 140, purely by accident. Going half an inch down the grip will probably just make me hit.it harder.
 
I wouldnt go so far as to call not hitting something as far, a manufactured shot......

Manufactured shots are the real fun ones and I think essential to have in your arsenal, like a low hooked 9 iron, a high sliced 3 iron, a punched 50 yd 6 iron, a flop shot etc etc doing them to order can save shots and give you a massive sense of achievement.

An old pro I knew called Bob Collinson (reminds me a bit of our Bob here) and a great teacher, would ask the guys that thought they were great golfers to show him some 'flair', "lets see you hit a 4 iron like a wedge....." most hadn't a clue but would try, the ones that could were usually pretty special
 
DarthVega said:
I wouldnt go so far as to call not hitting something as far, a manufactured shot......

Manufactured shots are the real fun ones and I think essential to have in your arsenal, like a low hooked 9 iron, a high sliced 3 iron, a punched 50 yd 6 iron, a flop shot etc etc doing them to order can save shots and give you a massive sense of achievement.
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I agree with this. Shots that are not full are just three quarter versions of the same thing.

Manufactured shots are the stuff of Seve legend. I tried one myself last Sunday. Said I was going to cut a 3 iron about 30 yards from left to right to a distance of about 160 yards. I executed it beautifully but did not aim far enough left and gently slid it into a lake. Again....
 
bobmac said:
I'm sure most of us know how far we hit our clubs, 5 iron 200yds, PW 150yds etc :o but........
If you are in between clubs, which end of the bag do you find easier to manufacture an in between shot?
Do you find it easy to take off 10-15 yards off a 3 wood or hybrid or do you find the wedges easier to adapt to the in between shots ?
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I'm quite happy to play knock down shots, shape it, swing easy or grip down to hit different yardages with whatever club from driver to wedge.

However, I'm far more concerned about my gaps nearer the green.

from 200 odd yards taking off 10 - 15 (a 5 yard range) isn't likely to make much difference to my score. 5 yards or 15ft would make a big difference if putting from 18 foot instead of 3 foot and even 25 foot over 10 foot adds up over 18 greens.

For me I tend carry the extra wedges, leave a gap between 4 iron and wood / hybrid maybe tweak the loft a little, perhaps even carry a strengthened 5 iron no 4 and weaken a 3.

Do what suits you it doesn't matter, as long as you practice and can cover your gaps wherever they may be.

As a pro you could teach manufacturing short game and long game shots to suit your pupils needs.
 
I find it easier to manufacture the wedge shot but the long end is less important to me so that's where my big gap is.

I have a 20yd gap at the long end, but since all of our greens are around 30yds long, if I need an inbetween yardage I'll usually take the shorter club and I'm happy near the front of the green if I hit it straight.

I'm sure I could take 10yds off a wedge (and I often try to) but from that distance I want to get close not just on the green so more often I'll be trying to take 3 or 4 yards off, but having more wedges means I have to do that less often.

Murph, play the cut with the wedges. The ball doesn't cut but the extra loft takes about 5 yards off, or at least it does for me :)
 
My standars shot is a half, probably 3/4 swing anyway, so I rarely hit full out, it just brings in errors.
Don't go down the shaft any more either because that brings in inconsistency.
Intrybnot to fit in between distances - insteadni'll decide whether the trouble is at the back or front and take the appropriate club to avoid it
 
Longer clubs I'll go down the grip and hit a full shot with full commitment. Shorter clubs tend to be more of a 4/3 or 7/8 swing.

At the moment any swing would be good but just got to be patient....
 
5, 6 and 7 irons are my 'imagination' clubs. I hit all sorts of shots with them and which one I use for any particular shot can change from day to day, hole to hole. Is this a result of having learned golf on links and moorland courses - and a muni with tiny hard green that required imagination+++ if you were going to get a ball to stay on a green.
 
I used to be very good with a 7 iron, I could hit all kind of shots with it.
A stinger 2 iron was also a great safety shot.
And Phill's flop shot was fun but rarely used in competition. [for younger golfers that shot has been around for about 200 years]
One of my party pieces was using a 3 iron to get out of a plugged lie in a bunker and hitting blind left/right drives.

Sadly all memories now although when I take my half set to the local 9 holer I occasionally surprise myself.
 
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