Hitting Fat Golf Shots? Stop Hitting Behind The Golf Ball With These Simple Tips

If you are hitting fat golf shots, there are a couple of reasons this may be occuring. Hitting the golf ball fat refers to hitting behind it and taking too big of a divot. In a correct golf impact position, the clubhead will hit the golf ball first and then take a divot after the golf ball. Hitting the ground before the golf ball is an error that will leave golfers frustrated as they'll lose a lot of distance and consistency from this.

If you are hitting fat golf shots, your clubhead is bottoming out in your swing arc too early causing you to hit the ground before the golf ball.

In order to make solid contact with the golf ball, it's important to be in line with the ball at impact. If you are leaning back and have too much weight on your right or back foot, you can get caught with your club head too far behind the golf ball as well.

The hands must lead slightly at impact to produce the solid hit necessary for good golf ball flight, maximum power, and proper trajectory. Getting too wristy or handsy can cause the clubhead to come into golf ball before your hands do.

When the angle between your right forearm and the golf club breaks down and forms a straight line, you've lost a great deal of power and will not be able to recover. This is caused by releasing your wrists too early in the downswing. In the downswing, you want to swing the club down with your arms and not with your hands or wrists. Maintain your wrist set and angle as long as you can up through just after you've hit the golf ball.

It is important to understand that your golf swing release will take care of itself without having to consciously think about it. If you focus on swinging your club towards the target immediately after impact, you will be able to release the golf club properly then. If you lose your wrist angle in the downswing, this is an early release. An early release can cause fat golf shots, thin shots, and also pulled shots to the left.

A golf swing that is too steep will lead to bigger and deeper divots. A golf swing that is more on plane correctly will promote better divots. A golf swing which is a little more on the flat side may not lead to taking much of a divot at all with your golf shots.

Hitting the golf ball with solid contact is the first step to playing better golf. When I am giving golf lessons, the first thing I focus on is getting the student to hit the ball solidly. I don't worry about the direction of the golf ball right away. Once the contact of the ball is consistent, it is much easier to straighten out the ball flight direction.