Not taking a divot.

[Kevin Lutes]

I admit it. I've played golf for 32 years and can probably count on both hands the times that I've taken a proper divot. It just drives my crazy. Any advice for a frustrated 'skuller' would be much appreciated. Thanks all.


Kevin

 

[bertsmith]

Where do you play the ball with your irons? Is your swing flat or upright? Do you normally get center of face hits? If not, where?

 

[Kevin Lutes]

Where do you play the ball with your irons? Is your swing flat or upright? Do you normally get center of face hits? If not, where?

I swing more flat than upright. I'm 5 foot 11 tall. I play the ball forward all the time. I don't adjust ball position. That probably the major problem but it's a bad habit to break.

 

[Kevin Shields]

The flat might be keeping the face open, so to avoid sawing off every shot you might semi flip it square and avoid a divot.

Steepen shoulder turn and turn the face to the ball sooner?

 

[Brian Manzella]

You have to start with the ball in a reasonable locate at address.

Now, here is your problem as I see it:

You have your right shoulder TOO FAR BACK at impact.

To get a sense for where it needs to be, stick an alignment stick in the ground where the club needs to be at impact. Set up without a club and make a faux-swing and make a pivot that presents your hands to the stick in a direct fashion.

This will show you where your right shoulder needs to be at impact, and might fix your problem all be itself.

 

[Todd Dugan]

I can highly recommend this training aid Compression Board

 

[mgranato]

To get a sense for where it needs to be, stick an alignment stick in the ground where the club needs to be at impact. Set up without a club and make a faux-swing and make a pivot that presents your hands to the stick in a direct fashion.

This will show you where your right shoulder needs to be at impact, and might fix your problem all be itself.

I'm really digging this.

 

[Kevin Lutes]

You have to start with the ball in a reasonable locate at address.

Now, here is your problem as I see it:

You have your right shoulder TOO FAR BACK at impact.

To get a sense for where it needs to be, stick an alignment stick in the ground where the club needs to be at impact. Set up without a club and make a faux-swing and make a pivot that presents your hands to the stick in a direct fashion.

This will show you where your right shoulder needs to be at impact, and might fix your problem all be itself.

Uh, a heck of of lot lower than I ever imagined. Thanks Brian. You schooled me on divots around 8 years ago in Louisville. I should have taken heed.

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

Uh, a heck of of lot lower than I ever imagined.

Very common when i get people who are scrapers like you, they generally also have a large lack of secondary axis tilt which is what gets that shoulder lower through the ball.