Breaking: Bonus Tip

By Martin Hall

With Peter Morrice

Photos By Dom Furore

May 2009

To hit a high pitch, the clubhead should swing past your hands through the ball. That passing action adds more loft to the face. A good swing thought: Point the knuckles of your right hand down just after impact. Not the knuckles of your fingers, the ones on the top of your hand. When they point to the ground, the right wrist is straight and the left wrist bent -- that's what you want for a soft pitch.

Lessons for free

For more than a decade, Golf Digest, the PGA of America and Golf Channel have been teaming up to present PGA Free Lesson Month. To set up your free 10-minute lesson from a PGA/LPGA professional during the month of May, consult the list of participating teachers at PlayGolfAmerica.com.

Top Teachers

More than 6,000 PGA/LPGA professionals are taking part in PGA Free Lesson Month in May, including 2008 PGA Teacher of the Year Martin Hall (above) and the following PGA Section Teachers of the Year:

Dale Abraham, Southern California Section
Cody Barden, Georgia
Claude Brousseau, Aloha
Brad Clayton, Carolinas
Brian Damon, Northeastern New York
Jeff DelRosso, Connecticut
Scott Draper, Utah
Mark Durland, South Florida
Paul Haase, Michigan
James Kinney, Nebraska
Todd Kolb, Minnesota
Brian Lackey, Tennessee
Skip Maiwald, Midwest
Katherine Marren, Northern California
Jerry Mowlds, Pacific Northwest
Rob Randall, Iowa
Adam C. Smith, Middle Atlantic
Todd Trimble, Kentucky
V.J. Trolio, Gulf States

Ranked 12th on Golf Digest's list of America's 50 Greatest Teachers, Hall is the director of instruction at Ibis Golf & Country Club in West Palm Beach. He is the 2008 PGA Teacher of the Year.