A few good examples who move their head low on the way back is Paula Creamer and Lee Westwood. Your address position should look fairly similar to your impact position. The tendency, for many players, is to either sway the head backward in the backswing , let it drop down, lift it up, or a combination of two or three of those things. Every extra movement will make it more difficult for you to return the club to a good position at impact. The less moving parts, the better. This is why flexibility and a solid gym routine can also help improve your game.
A major reason that you feel the need to move your head is because you want to have more power behind our shots. Most of the time, when you try to hit the ball harder, it actually goes shorter because you sacrifice centeredness of contact for speed.
Instead, focus first on making an impact with the center of the clubface and, second, on speed. The simple fix is to say, keep your head still throughout your backswing and downswing. Only after impact can you let your head move. A great example to watch an elite golfer do this correctly is Ernie Els. Draw an imaginary circle around his head or just hold your mouse cursor on his head.
This helps him make a solid impact and start hitting it pure much more consistently. When you take your practice swings, focus your attention on the movement of your head. Now, your tendency when you do this may be to tense up your neck muscles but be sure to stay relaxed. Relaxed muscles have greater control than tense muscles. So, relax your neck and shoulder muscles. Take a few practice swings and focus on your head movement. Notice when you have the desire to tense up your neck and shoulder muscles.
Also, another common reason that players hit behind it because they are trying to hit it too far. Another easy piece of instruction is to take a little more club so that you can have a better tempo. Instead of trying to mash everything, try taking an extra club on every shot and swinging easier.
Since you already know that you have plenty of club, you will subconsciously relax and have a much better tempo than feeling like you need to jump all over the shot. This will naturally result in a stroke that limits the unnecessary moving parts. Notice when you are releasing your clubhead. Your timing will depend on whether or not would you be having a scooping movement from the ball. Starting on with some basics will hold your interest longer and give you space to brush up on your skills.
Make sure your grip is good. If your lead hand does not quite hold the golf club right, things will start getting problematic for you.
Here are some ways to help you to start bottoming the clubhead. Tip : Pretend that the golf ball is an egg and you are trying your best not to want to pound down and crack it. This will allow you to soften up your hands. If you have a tee peg, it will come to use. Take your tee peg and mark it a couple of inches away from the golf ball. This way when you hit down into the ball, you will look for the divot to start next to the ball and then carry on for a good couple of inches in front of the ball.
Your clubface is the overriding key that will stop everything else from sequencing. As you start your downswing, you must make sure that your clubface is in a wide open position. This might come to you as a surprise as these days most golfers usually have the shaft pointed almost in the middle of their body.
You will notice very few of them have it lean forwards. However, if you notice carefully, you will see the most professional golf ball strikers have the shaft leaning forwards. Practice getting the bottom of your club to interact with the ground at different levels. This gives you an idea to feel how you are landing the club about the ground. Practice low point. On the flat surface of the grass, brush the ground in a certain spot with your club.
Try to hit the ground in an exacting spot. See how fast you can swing by glancing your clubhead with the top of a football or basketball preferably any ball which is a foot above your feet without making the ball move. It is better if you use a wooden table for this or any table that is well balanced and grounded. Imagine the table is a golf ball and then strike it to see your swing. By practicing these landing exercises, you will be able to check the different forms of pressure that you are producing at different levels and situations.
You can also work on your hand movements basically to loosen up those tight joints for a smooth swing at different levels with this exercise. When a lump of turf gets in the way between the clubface and the ball, it can get messy, infuriating, and can also result in your ball covering a much shorter distance than expected.
At the same time, if you are hitting fat shots time, you should not be ashamed of yourself. It has happened to nearly everyone who has ever played the game, including many professional golfers. Instead of jumping into conclusions, recognize your drawbacks behind your fat shots. Be consistent with your practice and work accordingly.
Correcting these shots take time. Be patient with yourself and steady with your improvements. I hope you will stop hitting the ball fat in no time. Ben's been golfing since he could walk. He played competitively through High School and then took a break. Now that he's living in the adult world and can afford to play every once and a while, he's gaining his natural feel for the game again. Ben has reacquired his passion for the game and wants to share the golf improvement journey with you.
Advertiser Disclosure: Golf Guy earns commissions from qualifying purchases. Table of Contents. Related Posts. One of the main faults behind hitting fat golf shots is the way your weight moves during the swing.
The basic key here is that your weight should move towards your back foot in the backswing and then towards the target in the downswing. For some golfers, there is a desire to lean back through impact to help the ball into the air. This might seem like the logical thing to do but will cause you to strike the ground before the ball.
As long as you have enough speed in your swing, the loft of the club and the backspin you create will do the job for you. Then as you start the downswing, step back into your original address position and swing through. This forces you to use your weight correctly. This is also a great drill to try if you have a problem cutting across the ball. If you want to stop hitting fat golf shots you need to learn how to compress the golf ball through impact. With your irons, you want to have the feeling that you are hitting down and through the ball - this will help you find the ideal angle of attack.
However, instead of thinking too technically about the angle of attack, try putting a tee in the ground a couple of centimeters in front of your ball. Lock your focus in on the tee - try to strike that and forget about the ball. You should soon start to develop a more downward angle of attack that delivers better contacts. Neil has worked for Golf Monthly for over years. Originally working with the best coaches in the UK to produce instruction content, he is now the brand's Digital Editor and covers everything from Tour player interviews to gear reviews.
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