I may have eliminated my fat shots!

[c21heel]

As I have posted before, my tendency over the past few years has been to swing over the top and/or hit an ocassional fat shot. These faults have kept me from improving from the 5-8 handicap range for the past 5 years.

Thanks to some lessons with Brian I have all but eliminated the flip and have finally managed some axis tilt. However, I have seen many people play good golf with a flip and not hit the ball fat.

Today on the range, I worked on turning the shoulders on the backswing and straightening the right arm downward to begin the downswing. I didn't hit a single fat shot after that. In fact, I thinned the ones I didn't hit solid.

What did I accomplish by thinking about the right arm extending as the first move to start the downswing? As always, thanks for the help.

 

[Brian Manzella]

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Maybe your left shoulder has moved UP more as a result of your attempt to straighten your right arm.

 

[c21heel]

After reviewing some video of my swing, turns out my tea cup was tilted the wrong way. I was leaning into to ball on the downswing in what appeared to be a trapping move that was causing me to hit the ball fat. If it's not one thing it's another!