How can I stop hitting fat golf shots with my irons?
I hit my golf irons very fat all the time. I hit the driver and fairway woods with decent contact and distance, but most of my iron shots seem to take a huge divot and pop up and don’t go very far. Any golf tips to help me with this problem?
The most consistant source of this problem is not necessarily with your golf swing specifically. It is more with hitting behind the golf ball with your golf irons. You are really hitting more ground than you are ball. I read about a great golf tip to help you work on this and I have used it in the past.
Next time you are at the driving range, mark you golf ball by putting a tee even from your golf ball, but about 1 inch outside it. Hit your normal golf shot and then compare your divot to where the tee is. You will probably see that the golf club made contact with the ground behind the tee. This shows that you are definitely hitting way behind the ball.
Keep working this drill and add this step. Concentrate on hitting down (not too steeply) on the back of the golf ball. My teaching pro actually told me to pick a particular dimple to keep my eye on. Combining this with the golf tee in the ground helped me with this problem early in my amateur “golf career”
Hitting irons can be a challenge in many ways. I've got more golf tips if you struggle with other iron problems.
If you want to stop chunking or hitting it fat try to hit the ball then the ground.TRY to put your club face on top of the golf ball.TRy this and it worked.I did this and i got better in golf and shot 68 on 18 holes
Posted by: cool at June 18, 2006 01:15 PMwhat do you mean by puttingh the club on top of the ball?
thanks
cool
When you say to try to put your club face on top of the ball, I can't picture what you mean. Do you mean pretend you are going to hit above the ball or pretend you are going to hit the ball straight into the ground? Thanks.
Bill
Posted by: bill at January 8, 2007 07:06 PMIt seems that even when I place the ball BACK in my stance, I still hit it fat. I generally have good hand-eye coordination, but for some reason I hit it fat no matter what.
I also slice my driver. I'm a lefty. Many will say that being a lefty is my only problem.
Posted by: Decarius at September 21, 2007 06:37 AMIt seems that what ever i do i can not stop hitting a fat shot. how do i fix it? thanks!!
Posted by: matt at January 8, 2008 11:03 AMI mean that the golf ball is on the ground and just go up to the ball when ur about to hit then instead of trying to put it on the ground put it right above the ball.Try just to hit the ball concentrate of hitting the ball or try this drill>>
go to the concrete and swing the club u feel that u dont want to hit the concrete or else u will brake ur club so try swinging on the concrete and it sould work?? peace????? =]
incomplete wrist hinge at the top without any leverage. hinge your wrist early, you will release the club a bit later and the ball will fly.
Posted by: Chris at March 4, 2008 10:40 PM
