How To Hit A Stinger Shot | Golf Monthly

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How To Hit A Stinger Shot | Golf Monthly
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00:00 Right guys, you've probably seen on social media
00:01 that really cool shot that people refer to as a stinger
00:05 that launch really low and runs forever.
00:07 Tiger Woods has hit a couple of those in his career.
00:10 I'm gonna tell you exactly how to do it.
00:12 The secret is to try to get to the ball
00:15 with as little loft as possible on the club face.
00:19 To do that, we have to de-loft it.
00:21 And we do that by, first of all,
00:23 trying to get the hands more in front of the golf ball
00:27 at impact, all right?
00:29 So how do we do that?
00:30 We have to try to feel like the body
00:32 moves left towards the target
00:35 and that the hands really push forward, okay?
00:39 The secret is too, to not leave the club face too much open.
00:43 And if you want a shot that really runs out,
00:47 we also need to make sure that we don't hit too much down
00:50 on the golf ball, because the people that try this
00:52 in the beginning, they just swing straight down
00:55 into the ground and you're gonna create too much backspin
00:58 if you do that.
00:58 So a little tip is to tee up the ball a little bit,
01:01 almost like the same height as a three would.
01:05 If you hit too much down on the golf ball,
01:07 you're literally gonna hit it underneath the golf ball
01:09 and you're not gonna hit the ball at all.
01:11 So this force you to be a little bit more shallow.
01:15 And if you can be shallow with hands in front
01:17 of the golf ball, you're gonna de-loft the club face
01:20 and you're gonna lower that spin rate.
01:21 So I'm gonna see if I can do it here.
01:23 So move the ball actually kinda in the center of your stance
01:28 push the hands forward already in the setup
01:31 and with the teed up ball, feel like you're swinging
01:33 more around the body with the hands more in front
01:36 of the golf ball and that golf ball should launch
01:39 way lower and run forever.
01:41 (whistles)
01:45 So that right there would make it popular on social media.
01:52 Give it a go, share with your friends,
01:54 see what you can do.
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