ARE YOU A LAZY GOLFER golf iron set up MISTAKES 

Mark "Euclid" Crossfield. Love the geometry - makes so much sense.

wow. that may be the best 10 minutes of golf instruction put to video I have ever seen.

That's fascinating. I've never thought of the relationship between iron lean, and grip in that way (and no coach, in the 53 years that I've been playing, has corrected me on it!). That explains a lot as I'm not entirely sure that I do readjust my grip when I put my lean in!!! Thanks Mark.

You know, that's probably the best informative vid for irons that iv seen. Crazy simple and should absolutely help me going forward. Thank You!

Mark, these are the 'next-level' type golf tips that I look for. As a guy struggling to break 80, it's things like this that are the real things that I need to be aware of and you constantly deliver! THANK YOU.

One of your best video’s over the last few months!

First tip was a HUGE light bulb moment for me! I burn hours on golf videos on RU-vid, but none have stood me to attention as much as this. Thanks mate!

I watched your video this morning as I was extremely frustrated with my iron play, I went out with a friend today and played, I shot 75 with ease and if not for a couple mistakes could have been better. My irons shots were very much better and I seemed to hit them a bit further as well, thank you for a great video, light bulb 💡

Hey Mark, just wanted to thank you. Your second tip got me back on track. Well done son!

Superb Mark , never realised how much of a difference this makes, on another note, my club ocd was scratching at the screen to try and clean that poor iron :) keep up the good work. Cheers

Great explanation. I'm terrible for hitting my irons right and now I know why hoping this can save me a few shots in my next round

Man this makes so much sense the first tip especially.. I never noticed this in my setup .. but after this video I really make sure to have a good connection with my club at address .. man this helped me out a lot bruh .. cheeers !!

Great tips , I am returning to golf after 20 years and going to be going up the driving range at the weekend, I will put these into practice

Wish I knew this years ago! Great video Mark especially in reference to club position. Thanks

Thanks Mark, just makes so much sense..... GENIUS

I just changed my grip to be stronger so I need to check my hands when I do my set up. Lately my irons had gone uncharacteristically further right as of late. Many thanks for the tips!

The shaft lean in relation to the inside of the lead leg was a new one for me! thanks

After watching the vid I headed off to the driving range, soooo much better impact and therefore penetrating flight. Thanks Mark,

I watched this video on Tuesday night and spotted things that had crept into my game, on Wednesday I went to the local driving range to work on set up, grip/hand position and face alignment. Today, Thursday 25th August, I played in Penrith Golf Club Seniors competition and scored a hole in one on the 10th! Mark, thank you for your great advice as ever.

Can you do an episode on the driver, the hardest club to hit properly. Must have missed your previous episode, went back and watched it

Great video Mark makes so much sense. Good to see you are keeping your irons clean bruh...!!!! ha ha ha

I think you need to change the title of the video to- "things you should know and do with your irons but probably don't". As with other comments below this is so logical and rings true with so many things that I do. But, if you have never been told or shown something, then you won't know it. Great video.

1st advice is huge, thanks

Great video. Very helpful

Excellent video Mark, with some eye opening information on setup that I can honestly say I never heard or was told about. Thanks from a subscriber in Nova Scotia.

Thanks Mark. What I really like about your tips is that you concentrate on fundamentals. This enables us to build solid ground on which to develop our game. Because these tips are universal we can adapt them to suit individual swings.

Wow - I definitely had my handle way to far back. Strikes were so crisp at the range today. Was thinning so much yesterday! Let’s see if it holds.

I almost didn't watch this video, but I'm so happy I did. Thoughts I've never even thought about, but should have....

Great tips mark. Quality content well delivered.

So many aspects to playing this game. I set my grip up on my left side before addressing the ball. I'll check today what that does to the face & shaft lean! Thanks Mark!

Mark thank you! I do exactly what you demonstrated in the beginning where I adjust my hands forward after setup and grip. How frustrating to watch the ball go right! Excellent video. Can’t wait to do this correctly.

Great tips! I've applied many of the techniques in your videos, and at the age of 57, I've shot 80 and 81 in the past week, my previous best score being 87 in my 20s!

Your best content is your instructional videos! Golf guru had a way of explaining stuff that the average golfer can understand and practice without a pro being present.

Ian Wooshnam was, is a great ballstriker. His long irons were quite a lot up at the toe end. All launch coditions are relative and high toe needs a touch open face to produce a straight shot. Nowadays it is far more easier to get fitted for clubs than back in the 80’s. If you’re short person or tall for that matter it is most recommendable to get fitted quite early in your golfing life.

Watched this video the other day, just got back from the range, absolutely flushing it thanks! Was really struggling with irons, pushing everything, realised i’ve been gripping it then adding shaft lean… d’oh! Thanks Again Mark! Top notch as always 👍

Excellent video. I will take this information to the course.

Spot on Mark, you never want to be "jamming it in" - you can do yourself a very painful injury. And on the golf course too!

This one should be required viewing✔✔

Mark, excellent content. You're showing us something we probably don't think about and quite honestly I can't say I've seen other instructors talk about the setup, shaft lean, lie angle this much (except when discussing club fitting) etc.. I play in a seniors' league and I keep seeing guys overdoing the shaft lean thing to their detriment, as well as the always evil reverse pivot with guys hitting the ground behind the ball because they're falling backwards. I liked your comment about stance width as a fix for the balance issues.

Wow... this is a densely packed one when talking about that lie angle. Totally appreciate that content! It's easy to overthink on the course just as it is easy to be lazy with an iron setup. There's definitely a couple things in here I need to keep my eyes on. Thanks bruh!

This is amazing, I was trying to teach my high handicap brother and couldn’t explain the shaft lean and grip relationship as well as you did. Great info here

Blooming fantastic this video is Mark. I never realised my set up was so wrong! I took your advice and shot a very steady 83 gross, not bad for a 17 handicap. Could easily have been 4 shots better as well. Hit the ball so straight and in balance. Thank you for posting the great content 👍

Tip 1 is GOLD! If you think about this and implement it for each shot it will improve ball striking and shot direction. Will save a bunch of strokes.

That shaft lean/grip advice is amazing and I can't believe I've never heard it before. I'd been struggling with maintaining shaft lead at impact. I'd previously done exactly as Mark showed. Set up, then leant my hands forward. Obviously from that in order to hit it straight I needed to correct by returning my hands to the initial position and the pre-shot lean became redundant. Just used this method and added a couple of degrees instantly.

Thank you Mark! I’ve been struggling all season with my irons. I was doing the first mistake. I took your first tip right to the course in league last night and was much improved! Looking forward to getting on the range!

I have taken dozens of lessons over the years. I never been told of the concept of taking grip with lean forward towards lead leg to setup the club and grip. If anything I always have backwards shaft lean just after setup. I have always setup with club in middle of legs and square on the ground. after watching this videa, I feel that this is possibly what always has me with a closed face at impact and is giving me a snap hook more often than not. it also seems to explain to me why I have always preferred having the ball back in my stance. I can't wait to get back out and try this on the course.

Mark, this was very informative, Great video

Great video would like to see a video on how to hit the ball higher with driver, I tend to hit it low even teeing it up higher.

The first example is definitely me. Thanks for the tip. Gives me something to work on.

You play on the Muppet Tour and yet you come up with this sort of stuff. Amazing !!!

I made mistake No 1 always with my long irons. I noticed the mistake every time but didn't know how to fix it. Now I know. It's pretty obvious... now... Thanks Mark!

Excellent vid. I absolutely have floppy leg syndrome, particularly lead leg on backswing. Swing thought is intended to use ground forces, seldom happens. Widen stance, simple but makes complete sense. Lovin your work!

This is an excilent point thank you keep Up the good content !

Another great video Mark. Thank you. These explanations of swing paths, club lie etc are excellent for a newbie wanting to understand the game.

That was a very good lesson, thank you

Thanks Mark, really enjoyed that. I often feel that when I put my hands forward and hit down i end up hitting a snap hook but sounds like it might be my initial set up. Will be trying that for sure.

For 3 years my shots as a lefty were hooking right. During my iron fitting in April, the fitter noticed the toe of my club was up off the mat and asked if my shots were hooking left. My new clubs are now 2* flat and I have a nice little fade.

Thanks Mark, this helps.

Great tips Mark.

I was hitting to the right of my target last round and couldn’t figure out why. Nailed it! Club was slightly open at impact with my slightly inside swing.

Thank you Mark for this instruction. Pure gold basic information on set up that is so key yet I have never heard anyone mention before. Also will be experimenting with lie angle adjustments. Thanks

That was a great video and many things not thought about often. The forward press is definitely something I have done. Set grip and then forward press, ball drifts right.. thanks!

That soiled club face is the stuff of nightmares...

Excellent stuff there, Mark. I'm going to be paying closer attention to my grip and shaft-lean relationship.

Cheers Mark I the one who moves shaft then grip 🤦‍♂️

Using to have low hands and toe up, when I want to. make a controlled "spinner" - when comming into the ball very flat. One hop and stop typically on such stop - used typical for 8-9-pw shots

Just came in from a game and I hit every iron shot shit. Looks like I committed a number of your set up mistakes. Many thanks and off to the practice area for me🙄

Great information and well explained thanks for sharing 👍👍

Totally guilty of this, really started to add bits to my set up routine to eradicate them.

The first point is me, 100%, but until watching this video I never realised that's what i do. I had to go grab a club to check. Educational as always 👌🏽

Always thinking outside the box always get me thinking about my game and my issues 😂

Great tips. Light bulb moment for me with tip 1; But brah, dirty irons - thats embarrassing 😂🤪

Well done mark 👏 👍

Nice job as usual Mark. Love the content. 👍

Fantastic Mark.

I'd love a lesson with you cause I have been watching you for years and years and I don't think I do any of the unorthodox things you ever mention but I dont hit the ball as well as I think I should

How have I never heard the hand inside left leg with varying shaft lean depending on club? That makes a ton of sense and either never clicked to it or maybe I don't do that. Have to grab a club and see what my setups look like

Just brilliant to see Harry Enfield diversifying….

Currently, I set up strong grip, aim, then right before backswing I put in a slight forward lean, If I understand you correctly I should induce the forward lean before I take the final Aim??

Great stuff, thank you 😊

Watching this has reminded me, I must clean my clubs.

Nice seeing a pro with a nice clean club face 😂😂😂

Q-on your first error with shaft lean and face. When I turned the face to align then took a swing, when the face returned to strike it resulted with a hook. Is there any difference between 'turning' the face and 'closing' the face? ie if there is a difference, what is it?

I have a annoying habbit of just looking away when I take my shot...I think I start to look up way to soon, I know when I've done it because I have no "vision memory" of the shot between transition and the ball being in the air, normaly strike etc suffers because of it... Recently with irons looking at the ground right infront of the ball and ignoring the ball has moved my low point forward to that point instead of directly at the ball and made strike consistency much better. Also stopped my slight head sway away from target in the backswing because then I wouldn't be able to see that point. Visa versa with driver, looking at the back of the ball has kept me more back, I sometimes smother the ball and start getting a out to in negative attack angle and a high short spinny push cut...

As far as the club not sitting correctly to match your grip, after you have already taken your grip…. Since I’m rarely trying to play a dead straight shot anyways, I’ll take my grip, set up to the ball, then decide what shot I’m going to hit according to how the club is sitting. The only way I readjust my grip is if the shot shape truly matters on that specific shot. I probably need to change this bad habit. lol But, on the bright side…. It gives me plenty of practice hitting different type shots. Haha To be honest…. I think I play better by having a specific task at hand(shot type), instead of trying to “neutral” everything, every time.

This is great.

nice hat collection you have. bravo 👏

I am sending Coach a message about you saying your 6 is really a 5!!

Mark, this didn't work for me, it messed up my ball contact quite a bit. Fortunately, I'm working with a local golf instructor, and the reason this didn't work is because setting up with your hands holding the club forward changed the relationship between the club length and the ground, and setup is when we want to establish that distance correctly.

Defo helps

Set up mistake #1 fix is awesome. Aim club with hand on inside of thigh, then open stance. Love it!

That would be me

Yep I’m a lazy golfer 😂😂 wonder if my iron set up is shit 😂😂always draw, pull or hook them . Not very often I slice 😩😩😩

Love the dirty clubs, man after my own heart

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Why can’t I get a good height with irons or woods. My ball rises about 4 ft and that’s about it

You're wrong the world is flat. 🌎 🔨

If i showed my club pro a dirty club face like yours the first 15 minutes of the lesson would be a bollocking about keeping the groves clean and looking after the clubs...

If I didn't make mistakes I wouldn't need you.

The lazy golfer does not clean his clubs...*cough! 🫣🤫