Joe,
I would like to hear New Year’s Resolutions from you and Jody The Evil Twin.
Reggie
Hi Reggie,
Here are a few, maybe these will trigger you to add more or modify them:
I resolve to hit more fairways than I miss.
When the green is in reach with a short iron, I resolve to hit more greens than I miss.
I resolve to get more pitch shots within 20 feet of the flag more often than not.
I resolve to get more chip shots within 10 feet of the flag more often than not.
I resolve to get more lag putts within 3 feet of the hole more often than not.
I resolve to make at least 2 out of every 3 short putts, (3 to 4 feet).
I resolve to control my temper by replacing cuss words with nonsense words. Sometimes this leads to laughter, which is the best medicine for whatever ails you.
Jody’s resolution is to avoid making stupid resolutions.
Have a great 2006 anyway.
Joe
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Joe,
What does it mean to “fan it open” on the backswing?
Orlando
Hello Orlando,
Fanning it open means the clubface appears to be opening gradually during the backswing, with the idea of keeping the clubface square to your turn. Some people start their backswings by instead keeping the clubface square to the target line too long, resulting in the face being shut at the top of the backswing. Two bad things can happen here, either you keep it shut during the downswing and hit a pull hook, or you open it too much on the downswing and hit a push slice. Of course it seems if you deliberately open the face too much during the backswing, then you have the same problem in reverse. If you think too much about fanning it open on purpose, then you might drive yourself nuts trying to guess how much to fan it, so in my opinion, if you are at the correct position at the top of the backswing, your natural turn has already taken care of this fanning issue without you having to think about it.
Joe
What does it mean to “fan it open” on the backswing?
Orlando
Hello Orlando,
Fanning it open means the clubface appears to be opening gradually during the backswing, with the idea of keeping the clubface square to your turn. Some people start their backswings by instead keeping the clubface square to the target line too long, resulting in the face being shut at the top of the backswing. Two bad things can happen here, either you keep it shut during the downswing and hit a pull hook, or you open it too much on the downswing and hit a push slice. Of course it seems if you deliberately open the face too much during the backswing, then you have the same problem in reverse. If you think too much about fanning it open on purpose, then you might drive yourself nuts trying to guess how much to fan it, so in my opinion, if you are at the correct position at the top of the backswing, your natural turn has already taken care of this fanning issue without you having to think about it.
Joe
