Hit down on the ball. You can\u2019t get away from this advice. It\u2019s like bad weeds in your garden that you spray and dig up and think you\u2019ve gotten rid of them and a month later there they are again.<\/p>\n
Why do you keep hearing this nonsense? Because it kind of makes sense. <\/p>\n
The club is way up there in the backswing and it has to come back down to get to the ball, so in that sense you are hitting down on the ball. <\/p>\n
But that is not the sense that too many golfers interpret the words. They think it means to be hitting down steeply. That is the sense that leads to frustration because they end up chopping down.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll admit if you hit down like that, you can get some pretty good shots out of the effort with the short irons.<\/p>\n
But with the lesser-lofted irons, it doesn\u2019t work so well. Forget about it with your fairway wood, and don\u2019t even mention your driver.<\/p>\n
Instead of hitting down, think about the spot where the club travels level with the ground, because it does that eventually. With an iron, it\u2019s then just a matter of addressing the ball so that it lies a little bit behind that spot, and a ball on a tee is positioned a little ahead of that spot. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s all there is to it.<\/p>\n
Remember \u201c13 clubs, 1 swing<\/a>\u201d from a few months ago? Remember about hitting the ball forward?<\/p>\n There\u2019s no \u201chitting down\u201d in any of that. Don’t hit down. Hit forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hit down on the ball. You can\u2019t get away from this advice. It\u2019s like bad weeds in your garden that you spray and dig up and think you\u2019ve gotten rid of them and a month later there they are again. Why do you keep hearing this nonsense? Because it kind of makes sense. The club … Continue reading Hit Down With Your Irons \u2014 Not<\/span>