Weather
Into the wind.
Into the wind, swing the next-longer club easy. The ball stays under it.
What's going on.
A hard swing into the wind adds spin. The ball climbs and stalls. Carry dies short of the still-day number. The miss is the balloon, not a lack of effort.
What's already OK.
A committed mid-iron is already a swing. The wind is asking for a lower one.
The one thing.
Swing the next-longer club easy.
The drill.
Easy longer club
A mid-iron that is one more than the still-day club. Ball a touch back of your stock mid-iron spot. Full swing.
10 balls. Same easy swing.
The longer club does the work. The swing stays easy.
On the course.
The ball stays under the wind and still gets there. It does not climb and stall.
- Easy longer club: 10 balls
- Next windy hole: next-longer club, ball a touch back, swing easy
Watch these clips.
Official YouTube. Start times are the bit that teaches this idea, not the whole channel.
They name swinging harder into the wind as the miss. Watch the longer-club, easy-swing bit. Skip the later knockdown talk and the yardage counts.
Watch why a headwind makes the ball climb and stall. Spin is the enemy into the wind. Skip the number callouts.