Not the full 60-yard shot. Not the stock 80.
It is the one in between.
You know you can hit the 60. You know you can hit the 80. Then the number comes up 67, or 73, and suddenly you are standing there trying to manufacture something. Take a little off. Add a little speed. Shorten the backswing. Grip down. Maybe hold the finish. Here is where I used to get myself in trouble. I would turn a small distance adjustment into a new golf swing.
The course wasn’t asking for that.
Sometimes it was only asking for the same trusted motion to land a little farther. That is the job in this session. We are going to take a carry you already know and learn to move the landing point in small steps. No new swing for every number. No percentage chart over the ball. The previous landing gives you the next picture.
That is it.
If I were standing beside you at the back of the range, I would start with one comfortable wedge shot. Nothing heroic. Hit the shot you already know and watch where it lands. Now take another ball and try to land it just a few yards beyond the first one.
Do not fix anything yet or decide you need a longer backswing.
Just look at the first landing spot, move the picture a little farther, and hit the shot. That little exercise tells us quite a bit. If you can move the carry without filling your head with instructions, there is something useful to build on. If five extra yards immediately turns into a mechanical search, we have found the problem.
The previous ball should help shape the next shot. It should not start an argument about your swing.
