by Anne Cain, Anne Cain Golf Academy

When playing your iron shots to the green, accuracy and control are much more important than distance. Perhaps you can do your maximum swing and hit a 7 iron 150 yards, but can you do it repeatedly and make it go straight? You might hit better shots by taking more club and less swing. Forget the macho thing, it won't make your score any lower!

Consider this chart out of Ben Hogan's book. Hogan could hit a 7 iron a maximum distance of 160 yards. But, in competition, he played it at 135 yards. Why did he intentionally give up the yardage? Because he made more birdies this way! You might have heard interviews recently with both Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in which they both admitted working on hitting more "knock down" and "punch" shots into the greens for better accuracy. I don't know about you, but if Hogan, Woods, and Mickelson have applied this strategy with success - I'd give it a try!

	Regular	Maximum	Minimum
From:
Driver	265	300	235
Brassie	250	270	220
Three Wood	235	250	210
Four Wood	220	230	200
One Iron	195	220	185
Two Iron	185	210	175
Three Iron	175	200	165
Four Iron	165	190	155
Five Iron	155	180	145
Six Iron	145	170	135
Seven Iron	135	160	125
Eight Iron	125	150	115
Nine Iron	115	140	105
Wedge (Pitch)	50 in	105	in to green
Wedge (Sand)	25	40	in to green

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Anne Cain, Anne Cain Golf Academy

LPGA instructor Anne Cain is one of Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America.  She was a finalist for LPGA Teacher of the Year in 2002 and 2005 and was named a “Favorite Instructor” in Golf for Women magazine (readers’ survey).  As a player, Cain won two professional titles and was an All-American selection at the University of Georgia .

Located at the serene Golf Club of Amelia Island within walking distance of Summer Beach Resort and The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island , the Anne Cain Golf Academy provides students with a variety of golf lessons. Private, individual training is offered as well as luxurious vacation packages that include accommodations and rounds of golf. The academy's ability to customize a program for an individual golfer or small groups up to 4 people makes the academy unique in the industry.

The Anne Cain Golf Academy is conveniently located less than thirty minutes from the Jacksonville International Airport

Anne's Professional Accomplishments

• GOLF Magazine Top 100 Instructors in America Award winner
• Named by Golf Magazine as one of the Top Instructors by Region for the state of Florida
• Nominated by peers for LPGA Teacher of the Year Award (1999, 2002, 2005)
• Named as a "Favorite Instructor" in Golf for Women
• Contributes golf instruction articles to GOLF Magazine
• Became the first LPGA instructor to become an authorized instructor of Homer Kelley's The Golfing Machine. This book is the leading technical manual on the physics and geometry of golf. Fewer than 100 pros have been authorized worldwide.
• Cain's published article "Einstein's Golf Lesson" is used by Johnson and Johnson in training its pharmaceutical sales managers the importance of coaching and building skills "one at a time".

Taking lessons from Anne Cain is fun. She uses many different tools and teaching techniques to help me "feel" what I need to do in my swing. The video technology helps a lot, too, because I can see exactly what I need to do! I use the "HOT LINES" technology three times a week and my game is showing the improvement. My handicap has gone down to a +2 index, and I recently had a top-5 finish in my first AJGA event.

Micah Jacobsen, Amelia Island, Florida -- Age 15, Ranked #4 in U.S./ #1 in Florida

The Anne Cain Golf Academy offers a wide array of packages from luxurious onsite hotel accomodations to Beach Front condominiums at the adjoining Summer Beach Resort.