Golf Tip#4 The Soft Four-Wood
Take yardage gaps out of your bag
This tip was ahead of its time in that most of the guys on Tour now hit utility clubs. However, you'd never see a Tour player choking down four inches on the club unless he was trying to hit a low shot. Instead, they alter their timing. For example, Tiger Woods is always toying with his shots: soft 8-iron, hard 8-iron. For the average player, altering your timing is death, so gripping down an inch is the best way to get a more solid, controlled hit (or a "soft" hit). Equipment advances have made the original tip obsolete because with hybrid clubs and TrackMan launch monitors, most players shouldn't have yardage gaps in their bags anymore.
This tip was ahead of its time in that most of the guys on Tour now hit utility clubs. However, you'd never see a Tour player choking down four inches on the club unless he was trying to hit a low shot. Instead, they alter their timing. For example, Tiger Woods is always toying with his shots: soft 8-iron, hard 8-iron. For the average player, altering your timing is death, so gripping down an inch is the best way to get a more solid, controlled hit (or a "soft" hit). Equipment advances have made the original tip obsolete because with hybrid clubs and TrackMan launch monitors, most players shouldn't have yardage gaps in their bags anymore.
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