Trick Shots

               Trick shots in golf have always been something that only few people can master. As I talked about in my sand bunker blog, Phil Mickelson is someone who has almost perfected trick shots. I say almost because no one is perfect at trick shots. Of all the people, I have heard of, Phil Mickelson is the best at trick shots that I know of.

               There are tons of different trick shots that someone can learn to use in golf. Some of these tricks include Driver off the Deck and the Left-Handed Punch-Out.

               Driver off the deck is a shot where you use your driver when you are in the fairway. The only spot that drivers are usually supposed to be used is off the tee box, always off a tee. You are supposed to hit off a tee because of how big the driver is. It is the biggest club in the bag, and you are usually not able to get a clean shot unless you hit off a tee. According to my book How to Hit Every Shot, it says that the driver off the deck is a difficulty 5 out of 5. “In addition to needing turbocharged swing speed, you also need perfect touch to just brush the grass with your club” (Golf Mag. 170). This pretty much just tells us that you need to swing faster than usual and you have to be able to perfectly brush over the grass.

              

In the picture above, it is a professional golfer names Rickie Fowler. In this picture, you can see him hitting the driver off the deck. As I talked about before, this show is unbelievably hard to perfect but if you can execute it correctly, you can hit the ball very far.

The other trick shot I talked about earlier is the left-handed punch-shot. The left-handed punch-shot is a shot that all right handed golfers should learn because it can help in the long run. The spot that the left-handed punch shot usually comes in handy is when your ball is stuck to the side or behind a tree. When the ball is on the side of a tree and you cannot get into your stance this is when the shot comes in handy.

In the picture above, there is a golfer using the left-handed punch shot. The ball is on the side of a tree so as you can see, he tilts his club so that he can still make good contact with the ball and also not hit the tree. Another way you can hit the ball this way is by using the backside of the club. Using the backside of the club usually is not as efficient because it is much harder to make contact with the back of the club. Like the driver off the deck, this is rated 5 out of 5 on the difficulty meter.

Question: How far do you think pros can hit a driver off the deck if they hit it perfectly? (Side note: Most pros can usually drive 300+ yards)