LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Hitting good wood shots but bad iron shots? Thread: Hitting good wood shots but bad iron shots? View Single Post #2 11-22-2005, 12:04 PM YodasLuke Lynn Blake Certified Master Instructor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 1,314 What to do? Originally Posted by Daryti I can hit the fairwood fairly good, straight with 5 wood around 200 yards, just pick up with right forearm and hit down. With the iron, 50% of the shots I can feel that my club is too layback. A single handicap friend told me that I need more roll on the iron, as the iron sweet spot is higher than the wood. With the driver, can hit fairly straight, sometime on the toe with pushing shot, but the distance is only 240 yards, very low and no rolling after the ball lands. Any obvious reasons, faults and ways to fix? Too flat backswing for iron? etc.. To summarize: Driver: accuarcy fair good, bad shots is the toe shots, pushing to the right, distance is my problem: 230-240 yards, low shots with no rolling. Woods: with ball on the ground, hit very well. Irons: clubface layback at impact, sometimes hit behind. Thanks in advance. Something that I'd check immediately is ball position. The ball moves back and up plane for the irons. You may be bobbing and the bobbing could be a compensatory move for a poor ball position or a lack of extensor action. There's no certainty unless I see it. The reason for my statements is that you say the woods are being hit well when on the ground. Most that have problems hitting down have the same problem with all clubs, but you're only having problems with the irons. The plane could be a problem if it's being bent. __________________ Yoda knows...and he taught me! For those less fortunate, Swinging is an option. YodasLuke View Public Profile Send a private message to YodasLuke Visit YodasLuke's homepage! Find all posts by YodasLuke