Knowing how to read greens will lower your score. Reading your divot may be just as important. It’s a great way to understand where your swing may be in trouble.
Pay attention to the direction and depth of your divot. For your iron shots you should be taking a thin divot up to the length of a dollar bill just beyond the point where your ball was resting. If you are falling back during your swing you will never take the right divot.
This is a summary of what you can learn:
Take a straight divot up to a dollar in length just beyond your ball position.
1/ Too Deep: You are swinging with TOO STEEP of a swing. Bending your leading arm in the backswing and creating too much lag angle will cause this problem. Using GOLFSTR+ to train for straight leading arm in the backswing is a great solution. CLICK HERE for this great brain trainer.
2/ Too Deep at the Toe: You are swinging “over the top” from the outside to the inside of your target line. (Standing too upright can also cause this problem.)
3/ Too Deep at the Heel: You are swinging too severely from the inside to the outside of the target line. (Swinging too flat at a low angle can also cause this problem.) Swinging from the inside and straight up your target line will give you the preferred result.
NOTE: Your set of clubs, length of arms and legs will all affect your swing. A professional club fitter should be consulted to ensure that you are starting with the right equipment. For more detail on reading divots and corrective measures Click Here: Reading your Divot: GOLF-INFO-GUIDE by Thomas Golf.
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