Water Witch
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- Jun 10, 2013
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New to this sight hope my fellow golfers can help. i know you want to make contact with the ball first and then the divot but my number one problem is my divots start 2 to 3 inches behind the ball no matter what i try to do (focus on the front side of the ball at address and throughout swing, putting ball further back in stance-sometimes a ridiculous amount--and my latest doozie---at the practice range putting a two by four just inches behind the ball to make sure i hit the back of ball first or hurt my wrist and elbows-kind of a shock treatment approach and modest success on range hasnt transferred to course) Surprisingly on the course i score moderatly well because even though my divots start well behind the ball they are so shallow as to almost not be called a divot making me think i am "sweeping "the ball a lot . This is on about2/3 of my iron shots, the other 1/3 are TERRIBLE. But here is the really bizare part that prompts my buddy to advise me to change my lie angle. When i lift the heel of my club up at address-to the point you could put your index finger between the ground and the heel of the club and my hands are of course real high and my arms and wrists and shaft are in a srtraight line and i swing from this position 90% of the time the contact is crisp,ball explodes of the face (15 yards more per club),and divot starts at the ball-now it is a short 3 or 4 inch divot deep by my standards and is shaped like a triangle(point at the ball fat base where divot ends). easy answer is to say keep doing that then but it feels really wierd, and looks like im lining up a putt from the fairway with my 6 iron at address and the most nerve wracking part is i always worry have i got the heel off the ground enough or too much .Is my lie angle bad or swing screwed up even worse than i thought. input appreciated. Thanks