Jack says... I swing the wedge primarily with the arms, keeping body movement to a minimum for best possible balance and accurate contact with the ball.

Scott says..."In keeping with Jack's comments I think all players would achieve better results also by placing their body weight a little more on the leading leg/foot with the wedges.  Keeping your weight forward with the wedges will allow you to hit down on the ball a little more; in this starting position it is easier to keep the lower body a little quieter, plus allow you to keep the club more directed to target".  

For most golfers hitting around and about trees is perhaps one of the toughest spots for a golfer to navigate his/her game.  If I had to sum it up in two words, I would say most golfers are "too ambitious".   I believe I have mentioned the expression before...."round busters"...meaning rather than finding a safe place to advance the ball, the player attempts some heroic effort to go between, over,  around, or perhaps even through a tree.  YIKES!  In many cases this effort fails and the outcome is disaster....aka "round buster"....or shooting a "big" number.

Believe me, I am not asking the recreational golfer to bail out and go sideways, or backwards on every occasion.  Rather I am suggesting you pick your medicine carefully.  As I continue to remind my students...."golf is all about score".   Pick a strategy you believe you can accomplish and carefully, yes very carefully execute your plan.  

• Born Edinburgh, Scotland...
• Educated, Fettes College, University of Edinburgh
• Emigrated to the U.S. in 1920

Known as the "Silver Scot", Tommy Armour had the enviable distinction of being one of the best players of all time, plus one of America's greatest golf instructors.  The brochure above, dated 1953 was a promotional piece published by Simon & Schuster of New York.  I thought it particularly interesting on the rear cover it has listed 12 ingredients needed regarding "the simple routine of an orderly golf shot".

Armour won 25 U.S. tour events, including the 1927 U.S. Open, 1930 PGA Championship, and the 1931 Open Championship.   What made these accomplishments particularly interesting and noteworthy was Armour was blind in one eye, ( having lost it in WW1 in the British Tank Corps).

After having a very distinguished playing career,  Armour retired from playing in 1935 and turned his attention to teaching at the Boca Raton Club in Florida.  One of his most significant pupils was that of Babe Zaharias, perhaps arguably the greatest female golfer of all time.

Armour's book "How to play your best golf of all time" was one of golf's greatest selling books.  In 1976 Armour was inducted in to the World Golf Hall of Fame. 

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