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Do your 7 iron, 6 iron and 5 iron all seem to go the same distance?

Most golfers think they need more speed.

But often, the real issue is how the club is being released through impact.

If you’re flipping the club, you’re adding loft, losing compression and making it almost impossible to get proper distance gaps.

This toe-divot drill helps you feel the clubface rotate, the hands stay ahead, and the body actually work through impact.

Try it slow first — it’s not about hitting perfect shots, it’s about training the release.

Save this one if your irons all bunch together.

Stop trying to square the face by throwing the trail wrist.
That move loses lag, adds loft, and makes compression disappear.
This split-grip drill teaches you to keep the trail wrist passive, rotate the shaft, and let the face square while the body keeps moving.
That’s how you de-loft the face, create shaft lean, and strike it with real compression.
If your irons feel weak or inconsistent, this is exactly the movement we check in a GRF lesson.

Low, flighted pitch shots come from controlled rotation — not dragging the hands or flipping the clubhead.

Start with the trail hand split, feel the face open and close, then bring the hands back together and keep that same release pattern.

The key is the lead side:
drop as the club goes up, then pop as the club comes down.

That’s how you get forward hands, cleaner contact, and a pitch that checks then releases.

Most golfers think they’re “using the ground”…

But what they’re actually doing is standing up, thrusting the pelvis forward, and blocking the arms.

That’s why the strike gets thin. That’s why the hands have to rescue it. That’s why it disappears under pressure.
The key isn’t just pushing up.

It’s learning how to push back from toe to heel, create braking force, and extend the lower body without compromising the upper body.

When you feel this properly, the swing starts to make a lot more sense.
If your strike disappears under pressure, this is probably the move you’re missing.

Book a lesson with Marcus at GRF and learn how to feel it properly.

This move exposes a lot of bad ball-strikers.

Not because they aren’t athletic.
Because they’re creating force in the wrong direction.

Most golfers try to “use the ground” by standing up, thrusting the pelvis forward, and extending the chest.

But that closes the space the arms need to release the club.

Then the hands have to save it.
That’s why your strike can feel random.

Thin one. Fat one. Push one. Hook one. Then randomly flush one.

It’s not random.

Your body is running out of space.
The fix is learning how to push back from toe to heel, create braking force, and extend the lower body without invading the arm swing.

If your swing feels athletic but your strike is unreliable, this is probably the lesson you need.

Book a lesson with Marcus at GRF and learn how to create force without losing space.

Feel like you should hit it further than you do?

You might not need more effort.
You might need better brakes.

Most golfers hear “use the ground” and immediately push up, thrust the pelvis, and extend the chest.

It feels powerful for a second…
But it usually blocks the body, traps the arms, and leaks speed before it ever gets to the club.

The goal is to push from toe to heel, create braking force, and let the lower body extend while the upper body keeps rotating.

That’s the difference between forced speed and usable speed.
If your swing feels powerful but the ball doesn’t go anywhere, this is probably why.

Book in with Marcus at GRF and learn how to create speed you can actually use.

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