HI Shawn,
Thanks for all your teaching.

How to do find your Intermediate point when you are on the course ( with no tee) ?

How far ahead of the ball should the IP be?

Where is the end of the video (hitting out of the divot)?

Hey Neal! Sorry about that! Hey we are human; we are very intent on making sure the message gets through and things sometimes get lost; see the “specialty shots” video for now and we will get around to the Moe Norman hitting fairway woods out of divots soon!

Shawn,

Where is your bent right elbow on your chest exactly when it starts to straighten? Seems like it is almost in the middle of your chest. Is that possible?

Gary

Love this! I’ve always liked Dave Stockton‘s unconscious putting method which keeps the mind “out there” on the line instead of trying to be careful with mechanical movements. This is very similar.

When I’m playing, I pretend I’m messing around on the practice green . . . get a decent idea of the speed and line, keep my eyes on that line, walk up and immediately send the ball into the hole. No practice stroke over the ball. The more carefree I am the better the results.

This was an amazing experience. Eyes on the tee in front / on the IP just before the execution of the shot has turned out to be bang on.

1. Tried keeping the tee 8 inches front of the ball.
2. Tried keeping the tee 4 inches in front of the ball.

Before this with the “Shawn” setup keeping my eyes on the tee head (which one cant see really) I was hitting straight or a fade.

With this method I hit almost every fairway. Tee which was further forward (8 inches) did not give me consistency as I got a few pushes , a hook and very high Trajectory.

With the Tee /IP closer, I did miss and my miss was a hook. I hit 4 hooks out of the 20 balls I hit. Trying to figure out why, One of them I know I tried to hit with all my might, the others – in the setup although aligned to the ball – ip – target, the feeling was I was aiming way too Right. That would result in this hook. The remaining went so straight and long with all of them lying near each other, have never been able to do that before ever.

The hook does worry me, as keeping the eyes on the tee at least eliminated the left side for me.

Thank you for such Quick answers to the questions. Am here as directed.
Shawn two questions:-

1. I notice the ball position is up front almost near your left big toe. I used to keep it there but since seeing other videos of Sav and you, I had got my ball position back a bit, more on the inside heel.
2. Alignment question:- Hitting the Fade or draw. Do I stand setup to the Ball- Intermediate Point – Target and then hit left of the IP for fade and Right of IP for draw ? Or Setup / stand left or right of the IP and hit there for fade or draw?

Hi Shawn, sorry you keep mentioning “goldielocks” I don’t know what you mean?

Shawn, unrelated question but what glove with black palm do you use

This is the single best chipping video on the Internet. Bravo.

This has been so important to me. The one challenge I now have is slowing down the start of the downswing. After many years of just firing from the top, I’ve found that if I slow the start of the downswing I can make that “throw” to the target and I crunch the ball. Shawn, what drills do you recommend to help slow the start of the downswing and let gravity take control?

Hi Shawn. I reckon you ought to do a “detox” series because honestly most of your fantastic drills are the complete opposite of what many of us have been experiencing over decades and it really takes some time to “shed” those old habits. Eg – the most difficult moves to “allow” for me – allowing the head to bob up and down, allowing the hips to rotate fully whilst allowing heal to rise if necessary, not firing the right side, freeing the arms to swing “unconnected”, slowing transition. When I do these things with a target focus, I’m pasting the ball, but there was so much resistance and old habits to overcome first.

Shawn–Could you please direct me to the best video(s) for shallowing the club.

You are such a devoted teacher and I truly appreciate your gift and methodology for teaching this wonderful game. Thank you.

Hi I’m new to golf only been playing a month im not a complete begginer but I’m still a novice so i was just wondering is there anywhere I need to start or do I just consume as much knowledge as possible? Cheers thanks

Timely series. I was just watching a recap of the Senior US Open today and the lack of rear foot thrusting was the first thing I noticed. There wasn’t one player that I saw that thrusted at the ball. Then after that video finished YouTube auto played the 1982 US Open, the same thing, not nearly as much thrusting as todays players.

I’m going to have to try this drill, I remember it from your early days on YouTube but I haven’t tried it since then, I definitely have a small thrust but have great contact and direction when I work on keeping that foot down on the range.

Good to see you’re nearing 100%, Shawn.