Golf ball position when taking your stance

Author: Paul Evans

Author: Paul Evans

Golf ball position when taking your stance The position of the golf ball in relation to your feet varies depending on what club you are using. Let me explain further. Nowadays, Drivers have steep faces and so the ball needs to be teed up to achieve an ascending strike on the ball. The lowest point of the swing should be under your sternum (chest bone). Therefore you will need to position the ball just inside your left foot. This will allow an upward strike at the ball, sending it high, straight and long! With regards to the longer shafted irons (in the range of 2 5 irons) , youre not looking to take large divots, but to gently nip the ball off the grass as the club sweeps through on the downswing. With a more neutral descending swing, you will limit the amount of backswing you put on the ball, which will get maximum distance on the ball as a result. For these irons, position the ball just left of centre of your stance, this will mean that the shaft is angled ahead of the ball, unlike the driver where the left arm and shaft is one straight line. Now with short irons and wedges, the lowest point of the swing is slightly after the ball, so that you hit the ball first and then down into the turf. This action will create loft and backspin as the balls resistance against the turf and up the grooves of the club creates a wonderful spinning effect. Remember, hitting DOWN into the ball and then the turf has the effect of a high trajectory and back spin and therefore, greater control over the ball. Now many golfers try to scoop the ball up and hit an upwards shot, when the complete opposite is needed! Trust in the loft of the club and it will do what it is designed to do, dont try and help things along. A good drill to check that the ball is correctly positioned in relation to the feet is to first (having selected your club) stand with your feet together and make sure that the call is in the centre of your feet. Then depending on the type of club you have selected, with a driver for example, the left foot should stay put and move your right foot to the right to just outside of your right shoulder. Next for the longer irons, same starting position, but this time move your left foot about two inches to the left and again your right foot in line with your right shoulder. Finally, with the shorter irons (when making a full swing) move both feet so that they are in line with your shoulders. Chips and Pitching wedges require slightly different ball positions and will be the subject of the next article Hope this helps and if you would like further information, please click on the following link www.howto-break80.comAbout the Author:

Paul Evans is a Teaching Professional with the EGTF (European Golf Teachers Federation)

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