Breaking 90
Now that you're on the verge of shooting in the 80s, you'll want to be able to handle situations that call for curving the ball. Consistency for you means hitting more greens, and that requires the ability to hit different kinds of shots. The basic shotmaking tools are the fade and the draw—and it's not too soon to start learning them.
To hit a fade, I make two adjustments to my setup, then make my normal swing. First, I aim as far left of the target as I want the ball to start. Second, I open the clubface (below), pointing it to where I want the ball to land. I love relying on my fade. In the second round of the 2006 Tournament of Champions, I hit a big fade into the seventh green and made the putt for birdie that turned my day around and put me on track to win.
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