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8th October 2018 10:36 AM
#1
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How do you play the sexiest shot in golf? (aka “the stinger”)
I’d love to be able to hit a 3w or hybrid stinger into the wind. One that almost skims the grass and stays low low low and goes goes goes. Any tips? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgH-MNr-Fi8
Last edited by Jono; 8th October 2018 at 11:03 AM.
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28th November 2018 08:38 PM
#26
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Touring Pro (PGA)
Thanks Raz and Virge.
I tried playing the stinger on the course last week. I got the low part right but it went way left. Need more work on this.
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1st December 2018 09:21 PM
#27
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Rotate the upper body more, don't try and close the face with your hands.
Just deloft the face with the upper body rotation.
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1st December 2018 09:28 PM
#28
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Touring Pro (PGA)
Originally Posted by
virge666
Rotate the upper body more, don't try and close the face with your hands.Just deloft the face with the upper body rotation.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
Yep, I subconsciously bow the left wrist more and shut the face down. Will try keeping the hands out of it and rotating more with upper body.
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1st December 2018 10:36 PM
#29
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You have to simplify it.
All you are doing is delofting the clubface and hopefully doing it with enough clubhead speed to keep the ball in the air.
Set your angles on the downswing, shallow the clubhead through the release and rotate your upper body to deloft the face. you only need to deloft it by about 6-8 degrees, If you start trying to use your hands to close the face as well - it is hook central.
Test it out with 8 irons and punch shots... get it right there first.
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17th March 2019 07:21 PM
#30
Originally Posted by
Daves
If you watch the video closely you should be able to pick up the key set up points. For me it is shoulders dead level, no tilt at all, and weight well biased to the front foot. Ball position in the middle and then adjust body and aim for the flight shape you are after.
I carry a u85 wiron for this exact shot, with a little change in stance it's actually a really versatile club that I use more than I thought I would and find it super easy to hit
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17th March 2019 09:24 PM
#31
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for me when I try to hit it low, I get too much backspin and just climbs the wind. The harder I try the worse it gets.
So just play it back, close the clubface to compensate, and swing with less wrists and just bunt it. with run, will go just as far as a normal shot with that club, and into the wind much further.
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18th March 2019 08:04 PM
#32
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Originally Posted by
markTHEblake
for me when I try to hit it low, I get too much backspin and just climbs the wind. The harder I try the worse it gets.
So just play it back, close the clubface to compensate, and swing with less wrists and just bunt it. with run, will go just as far as a normal shot with that club, and into the wind much further.
I suffer the same, and I also get much more success with the closed face bunt.
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