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What shot can you not hit?

Louise if you can have a try with a Callaway Steelhead 4+ it's probably the easiest club I've ever had off the fairway and great sound and distance. Pretty cheap now as a good few years old


yeah

i got a Callaway 5 wood + and a 3 wood steelhead

can hit them off the deck nicely ( most of the time )
 
A fade. I can hit a slice (not on demand) but cannot move the ball left to right. As Hawkeye will testify I can do a Bubba and hit the big hook or draw on demand but can't got the other way. Something I'll work on in 2013 although it's a long way down the list of things to improve
 
A draw.

Sometimes it works, but most of the time no matter how much I close the face, my body subconsciously squares everything up and I end up hitting it dead straight where my feet and shoulders are pointing.
 
Plenty! One that sticks to mind though is a 50 yarder over a bunker or hazard! Always over hit it..... Safe than sorry I guess...
 
A straight full shot.
Play with a draw and can just about hit a fade if required ( but as a last resort as really struggle). However, if I needed to hit a dead straight full iron I would struggle big time at the moment.
This is of course subject to change, as the golfing gods work in mysterious ways!
 
I Couldnt hit a draw even if my life depended on it. I have hooked a few but never a draw. I hit it straight or with a fade no matter how much I try.
 
I can't hit a 5 iron(its spreading to my 6i worryingly)! Irons below are fine, hybrids above are fine! But i cannot hit a 5i for toffee!

Regarding shot types, I can't really shape the ball (deliberately), I don't really have much interest in learning either. I tend to try and hit it straight and when I get better at hitting it straight, i'll be a much better golfer!!
 
High slice, may as well give up, yep I can do it all day on the practice ground but when I need one not a snowball in Hells chance.
 
Fade

Used to be my 'stock' shot

Now a thing of the past, and cant find a fade, full stop

I was the same till I got soft stiff in the irons... sorted.

My problem shot is hitting a draw. Its down to just occasionally... more range time needed.
 
I've drawn the ball for 30 years, last 6 months everything and I mean everything is a fade, less trouble I suppose so might just work with it as opposed to fighting it
 
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