Pitch Shots with Penti Tofferi

Name: Pitch Shots with Penti Tofferi
Uploaded: 2013-04-08T17:54:20.000Z
Duration: 1 min 16 s
Description: We catch up with golf instructor Penti Tofferi for a great pitch shot lesson to help improve your golf game.

We catch up with golf instructor Penti Tofferi for a great pitch shot lesson to help improve your golf game.

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Instructor: Pentti Tofferi
Category: Lessons
Topic: Short Game

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I'd like to talk about the pitch shot today. The pitch shot in golf is the foundation for a good full swing, only it doesn't have the rotational power, it doesn't have the length of backswing back here and on the follow-through, but all the mechanics are the same in a pitch shot and a full swing except the power and the effort of rotation. It's a great way to go ahead and establish great fundamentals for the full swing, and a good thing to practice on the range a lot, and it's a very usable shot. One thing in the pitch shot that's very, very critical, I feel, is having passive hands. Remember, wristy is risky. Passive hands feel like the entire body is contributing equally to the golf swing. When you're short and miss the greens and regulations on the par 4s, or you're a little bit short on the par 5s, You're working with these pitch shots all the time, so it's a great practice shot as well as a great foundation for the full swing. Passive hands. Feel like the entire body is working together in this golf swing. Equal contribution of the entire body.