Making Solid Contact

OVERVIEW

Three main factors determine the quality of the strike: ball position at address, location of the weight on the downswing, and flatness of the lead wrist at impact. The common contact faults—fat and thin shots—can be traced to errors in one or more of these areas.

Step 1

3 Primary Controllers

There's three controllers of what’s going to allow you to hit the ball in the center of the club face with ball first contact:

Step 2

2 Major Faults

Step 3

Learn to Control Swing Path

SWING THOUGHTS

Play irons just forward of center

Weight on front foot at impact

Left wrist flat at impact

To fix fat shots, shift left to start down

Hit ball first, then take divot

DRILLS