Simon Davies, Golf Coach

Simon Davies
PGA Assistant Professional
simon_davies1@hotmail.co.uk

Hi Tom,

It wasn’t ideal conditions we had to work in on Sunday, however you still

managed to impress me and I am seeing some definite improvements in
what was only our third session.

You are beginning to develop feel and understand why you are hitting
good shots and the occasional bad one. This is very impressive and
encouraging as we have only had three sessions!

To recap to main points from Sunday’s session;

Set, Look, Hit Drill – three pitching

positions
• “7-5” Position
• Turn the upper body and set the arms at 7 o’clock with the club
head opposite the hands.
• Hold this position, look and make sure that;
• The shaft is parallel to the ground
• The club face is square – the toe of the club should be pointing up at
the sky
• Look back at the ball and hit
• Make sure you release the club and hold the position

• “9-3” position
• Turn the upper body and set the arms at 9 o’clock to form the “L”
position.
• Hold this position, look and make sure that;
• The arms are at 9 o’clock (a change in position which change the
distance of shot)
• The club face is square
• The shaft is going through your right shoulder
• Look back at the ball and hit
• Again make sure you release so that your arms are pointing at 3
o’clock and hold the position
 • “11-1” position
• Turn the upper body and set the arms at 11 o’clock, just short of a
full swing.
• Hold this position, look and make sure that;
• The arms are at 11 o’clock
• The hands are opposite the right shoulder
• Look back at the ball and hit
• As this is the longest pitch, really focus on turning the body through
impact smoothly as this will maintain control
• Hold your finish and keep balanced

Conduct the “set, look, hit” drill with three balls, hitting one ball for each
position, just as we did in the lesson.

Do the drill for each of your three wedges, which will then give you nine
distances

Change wedge once you achieved an average distance for each position

Before playing, this is a great warm up drill to loosen the muscles and
engage the brain as the drill progressively builds the golf swing.

One point to watch out for was your alignment.

Ensure that you are set up square to the target with your body, a few
times your body was aiming right of target!

Use your pre-shot routine when practising and this should correct your
alignment inconsistencies.

Keep up the hard work!

Simon