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The 9 shots - Do you have them.

Yep.
All of 'em.
In the bag, ready when I want them.
Each one to order, on demand.





No, not really.
I can hit them all but to order..?
Maybe the high fade.....
 
I would say that I'm quite good at controlling my trajectory. However, I can hit a cut (read: slice) with any of my clubs on demand. I can hit a draw fairly comfortably with my irons but really struggle hitting a draw with driver.
 
As Eric Morecombe might have said to Andre Previn in the famous sketch if it had been set on a golf course, ‘Your playing the wrong shot’ , retort being ‘I am playing all the right 9 shots, just not necessarily in the right order!’
 
You'd have to define "demand" a bit better for me..

Can I hit every one every time? No..
Can I hit every one if you give me 3 or 4 chances at it? Possibly

In all honesty, Id probably struggle with the high shots. I can hit medium (standard) and low, but high is a bit of a tricky one..
So, to answer your question... No..

An old club pro who taught Gordon Brand Jr told me, to hit it high, break your wrists earlier in the backswing. It's got me out of trouble so many times
 
The only ones that I can manage are high straight, high fade and low fade. I naturally hit it high and with the first two its 50:50 whether I hit one or the other - so not really to order!
 
I can manage all 3 straight ones, all 3 draws and the low fade. But struggle to purposely do the mid & high fade.

Once I’m able to get back out on the course & range I’ll be working on the fades .
 
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