Taking a Divot

Although i do try and hit down on the balls as much as possible i dont really ever seem to create a divot, is this because i am not hitting down on the ball enough? i angle my club into the ball to create less loft but again dont seem to be taking any divot? Any advise?

you could do what that seemingly plugged last piece of advice menitioned orrrr...

hows your spine angle through impact? a mate of mine has the same problem and tends to come up on the shot. whats your bad shot, top or thin many?

just saw your handicap, do you even have a bad shot lol

Hi Alun, well to start mate im cack handed so you could say there is a hell of a lot wrong with my swing!!!ha ha But to be honest i am not the most straightest of hitters and favour the fade, cant really purposely draw the ball but i dont see me not taking a divot as a problem but just wonder if its due to not hitting down on the ball enough? i was always trying to just take the ball cleanly off the surface when i learnt to play golf and have ever since until a lesson and watching more n more golf. I now understand that most of the hight comes from the ball being squirted off the club face rather than it just hitting it.

Ive always been almost scared to take a divot in the past thinking it would resemble the old Tom n Jerry comedy juddering through my arms esp on hard ground!!!

wow your doing well with your "flaws" to be down to 14chp. great tip for getting better strikes is to set up to the ball and put a coin/another tee/bit of paper 1-2 inches in front of the ball then when you swing try to take out the coin. Don't really worry about where the ball goes. this helped me no end and my striking is pretty decent.

lol dan, did it help you at all? take many divots? improve striking at all?

Or was it just an expensive waste of time lol

I wont tell you the bunker drill using a �20, �10 and �5 notes then