If you are a beginner in golf, certainly your problem will be on getting the ball up into the air.
Newbies in golf are most likely to scoop the ball with the club in order to get airborne. They have not yet developed the trust in the loft of the golf club to make it happen in itself.The clubs you are using are designed to get the ball flying, having no scoop action, and even when using lower lofted clubs such as the driver and the 3 iron.
If you could not fully understand how golf clubs work, you will keep on subconsciously try to scoop up the ball. This will make you repeat the same action time and again. At best you might hit a terribly weak shot that veers to the right.
This is the Secret of this Strategy
When you swing towards the ball, your bodyweight must be changed from the back foot to the front. However, since you are scooping the ball up, your weight is shifting backwards or not at all.
When your weight transfers backwards and away from your target, your left shoulder is actually pitched up and the trail of your swing is altered. The right swing path is a circle, having the ground being its lowest point. However, your swing is currently an oval, with the lowest point around 3-5 inches in the air.
By now, you do know why your shots are simply making the ball skid along the ground rather than being entirely airborne. You are only in contact with the top half of the golf ball.
This concept might seem so difficult to understand for a newbie in golf, but believe it, you need your swing come in from a descending blow. This will allow for the finest use club’s loft.
By hitting toward the ground and the ball at the exact same time with a downward, power-packed swing, the ball is left without any other option but to travel up in the air.
If you fully understand this fundamental swing technique, you might see some divots being made in the ground. This is the finest! You now make your shots with the correct type of swings and hitting the ball, and the ground, at the same time.
Struggle for this divot each time you do a full swing. Soon, you will find it almost impossiblt to top the ball unless you commit mistakes.
Just try to remember this very crucial factor. Just keep in mind this one important factor: The divot is hypothetically to be made in front of the ball. When the divot is so big, it will slow the clubhead down before impact and you will end up hitting the ball short of the target.