Stop taking those deep divots

Are you a golfer who takes really deep divots when you hit your iron shots?

If this sounds like you, then read on.

When a player takes deep divots, this is most commonly associated with a swing where the arms are working out of sync with the player’s body movement, producing a steep swing angle. To fix this, I will show you a very simple drill today that will help shallow out your angle of attack and stop you digging.

Step 1 – Place your golf ball on a tee that is higher than you would normally and address the ball with a mid-iron. Teeing the ball up is key to this drill as it will give you the feedback as to the improvement of your swing.

Step 2 – Swing smoothly to the top of your backswing making sure that you fully rotate your body.

Step 3 – You should now swing through to a complete finish trying to clip the ball off the tee. The focus should be on swinging your arms and body together and you must not try to hit at the ball. Trying to clip the ball will shallow out the bottom of your swing and help eliminate those deep divots.

If your swing is still too steep whilst performing this drill, then the feedback will be received via the ball strike. A steep angle while teed up will cause it to strike high on the face and the resultant feel and sound will be‘clunky’.

As your swing shallows, you will begin to hear a nice click as the ball is struck.