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2-MINUTE CLINICS

HOW TO HIT A THREE-QUARTER IRON

A three-quarter shot is one where you're hitting an iron less than its max distance. It typically flies lower and straighter, because you're taking spin off the ball. Here's how to get good at these shots. —Katie Dahl, one of Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers in America

Choose an iron that is one longer than normal (a 6 instead of 7, e.g.)
Set up with a stable lower body
Play the ball in the middle of your stance
Let the shaft lean slightly toward the target

Don't take the club back with just your hands and arms (above, left)
Place a club across your chest and rehearse torso rotation
Then start the swing with your belly button, not your arms (above, right)

Hinge the wrists upward as you take the club back (above, left)
End the backswing when your lead arm is roughly chest high
Feel like you're slowing down near the end

Don't rush back down to the ball
Keep turning your body well past impact
Let the club rehinge after the strike
Finish in a trophy pose, navel facing the target

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