Game going the opposite way - problem fixed

Question
QUESTION: I had been emailing how, after a tip from pops about standing more erect, I started hitting the woods and hybrids nicely but had been struggling with the short irons (and also about my problem with shanking full shots after a certain amount of time).

Up until yesterday, I got to the point where I got pretty consistent down to the 9 iron (I play hybrids all the way down to a 38 degree club - I just constructed a Snake Eyes  Quick Strike Approach Hybrid and I have a 9 iron that is 1/2" longer than my others).  Also have a Macgregor VFoil 50 deg gap wedge and I get 120 yards out of it (it also works nicely for flop shots).  

I discovered yesterday that the 52, 58 and 64 deg wedges work way better if I stand a little farther from the ball and flex my knees a little more.  I waa actually able to swing away and hit them nice and straight (with the high trajectory expected).  Before, I was doing all the anti-shank drills and the problem would go away but would come back.  Not only that, something just didn't quite feel right.

ANSWER: Lou:

Congrats.  Never fixed, but under control.  Amazing how the simple things work...like backing up away from the ball.  

Eddie

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QUESTION: Seems like golf is a constant game of tweaking this and that.

Answer
Lou:

You're right again.  I was told when I was a kid that golf is a game of misses, not perfect shots.  And because of human nature, we are always looking for something better, a different angle, a different view, or a different tip.  In golf, it's maddening, because no matter how well you play, you could always play better.  I remember when I shot 62 at the par 71 Dobson Ranch Golf Course in Mesa, Arizona.  I was 18 years old and in college.  Best round of my life..still is.  Do you know I could have saved 3 more strokes without really trying?  I remember missing 2 putts inside 4 feet and leaving a bunker shot in the bunker?  It always can be better.  That is the lure to guys like you and me.  Always tinkering to find a slot for improvement, maybe a club, maybe a tip, maybe a training aid.  In any event, keep having fun Lou.  

Eddie Kilthau
PGA Member