Hit Down Dammit! Golf Instruction

Letter of the Week

This week a very good question, from Barry Martin of Kew Gardens, New York.

Barry wrote:

Thanks for the ebook. It's really great. But, I have a very basic question that the book doesn't really address: Exactly where on the ball should I aim to hit it before the club face continues into the ground? Just shave the side of the ball closest to me? the middle of the ball? Where? Thanks.

Barry

Many golfers, like Vijay Singh, say they don't even see the ball when they hit it. But others, like Nick Faldo, are very specific and can tell you which grooves on the clubface hit the ball! In terms of hitting down, as we are descending on the ball and approaching from inside the target line, the spot I would have you focus on is the upper half of the ball vertically, and the inside right quadrant as you look down on the ball and pictured the top half divided into quarters. Much easier to say with a picture, as shown, with the arrow indicating the  approximate angle of hitting down.

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