One Minute Golf Tips

Positioning The Ball.

BALL POSITION - where do we place the ball so it goes away correctly?

Golf Instruction Quote Let WorldGolf.com find you the best instruction for the best price. Your Name: Your E-mail Address: Your Address: Looking for: Private Instruction Group Lessons Custom Golf Schools Comments:

Every one of our swings has something in common. The lowest point of the bottom of the swing arc is always basically on our sternum (centre of the chest) or generally between our balanced feet or stance. So every swing should touch the grass on our sternum. If the ball is sitting there, waiting patiently, and we simply swing the clubhead through the bottom - solid impact will be the result.

Small variations are quite acceptable. I think the short irons (7/8/9 wedges) might be played one ball aft of sternum centre, mid irons (4/5/6/) on centre and long irons (1/2/3 and V woods) one ball forward of centre.

Lets talk tee'd up (NOT TEED OFF).

Place the teed up ball between the target foot heel and toe. Why? Think simple physics and the swinging pendulum motion. If your driver is at the "bottom of swing arc", on the sternum, the normal upward arc will put the sweet spot right on the backside of the ball and make it GO AWAY. Simple! Effortless!

Incidentally, don't hesitate to place your driver head, to start your driver head from that sternum position. The common forward press has a distict tendency to hurt timing and rhythm.