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Proper Pitch Shot Technique

Even highly skilled golfers experience genuine fear around the greens at times.

Hit a couple of pitch shots fat and lay the sod over the ball — or skull one into your playing partner’s bag — and your confidence evaporates for the rest of the round.

The reason this happens so frequently traces directly back to how pitch shots are traditionally taught.

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The conventional method positions the ball off your trail foot with an open stance and your hands significantly ahead of the ball at address.

And the logic seems sound — if you’re hitting it fat, why wouldn’t you move the ball back in your stance to guarantee clean contact?

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Chuck Quinton

is the founder of the RotarySwing Tour online golf instruction learning system. He played golf professionally for 8 years and has been teaching golf since 1995 and has worked with more than 100 playing professionals who have played on the PGA, Web.com and other major tours around the world.

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