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Paul is an assistant professional working in Connecticut who combines a great natural swing technique with lots of power. Paul’s main issue, as is the case with most young players with his attributes, is controlling the ball. Paul stays quite centered during his swing and has a late release, so that a ball position that is back of center is almost guaranteed to produce a huge divot with a full swing. I like to have players with Paul’s ability to lag the club play the ball more forward, even with the wedges, as that will do a lot to decrease the angle of attack. Once Paul went to a start to his set up routine with his feet together, he could monitor where he put the ball in his stance, and it made a difference right away as his divots got much shallower. The second part of the lesson was about controlling the length of swing both back and into the finish, with what I would call a “knockdown” shot. I had Paul grip down 1 inch on the club, take what felt like a ¾ backswing with firmed up wrists, and stop his finish before his hands went past his face. Even though his attempts were longer than he planned he still produced much flatter, more penetrating shots. I end the video with a shot of Keith Mitchell hitting a perfect knockdown wedge at the Honda, a great model for anyone to copy.
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