Birds Of A Feather

[Yoda]

Here's Brian teaching Kip how to get his right forearm on plane. What a hoot that was! Kip was complaining about hitting his little pitches thin and fat -- and as we watched, he proved he wasn't kidding! -- so we got his right forearm set correctly, centered his head, changed his ball location and got him to use a little pivot to transport his swinging left arm into impact. Voila! The crispest little shots you ever heard and smiles all 'round.

[Yoda]

Here's how it's done by one of the PGA TOUR's Best Scramblers.

#1 An Open Stance and Plane Line.

#2 A wide-open Clubface...far more open than almost all you guys do it, but about average for TOUR players. It brings the gliding 'bounce' sole into play -- the whole purpose behind Gene Sarazen's great idea -- not the 'digger' edge!

#3 A sharply accelerating club into impact with the clubhead passing the hands in a full-fledged Flailing Action.

#4 A fine Finish. Note the minimum Foot Action. It's the same action you saw last year from Stuart Appleby on the 72nd hole to win last year's Mercedes.