Fundamental Information
How to Fix a Bad Curve in Golf
A bad curve in golf becomes easier to fix once you understand the ball-flight physics behind it. Learn how swing mechanics and impact conditions shape each shot.
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify how different club face angles affect ball flight.
- Understand the relationship between swing path and shot shape.
- Learn how to monitor feedback to improve turf contact during your swing.
Tyler Ferrell. Golf Digest Best Teachers in California, 2026-27. The only person named to both Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers in America and Best Golf Fitness Professionals lists. Author of The Stock Tour Swing.
Video Transcript
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Here in the fundamental information section, we're going to fill in the gaps
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as to a lot of the what and the why of how golf just works. So we're going to
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talk about the physics behind what makes the ball curve the way that it does,
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how
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to monitor feedback, how to monitor turf contact. We're going to get on the
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same
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page as far as vocabulary and we're going to look at how to define whether
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the club face is open, closed, how to define if the what the path is, if it's
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shallow, if it's deep and we're going to go over the process of learning or
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what
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we can expect when we're going through all the other sections here in the
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GolfSmart Academy system.
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00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.320
Here in the fundamental information section, we're going to fill in the gaps
2
00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:09.760
as to a lot of the what and the why of how golf just works. So we're going to
3
00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:13.910
talk about the physics behind what makes the ball curve the way that it does,
4
00:00:13.910 --> 00:00:14.280
how
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00:00:14.280 --> 00:00:18.160
to monitor feedback, how to monitor turf contact. We're going to get on the
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00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:18.360
same
7
00:00:18.360 --> 00:00:23.680
page as far as vocabulary and we're going to look at how to define whether
8
00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:28.280
the club face is open, closed, how to define if the what the path is, if it's
9
00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:33.440
shallow, if it's deep and we're going to go over the process of learning or
10
00:00:33.440 --> 00:00:33.800
what
11
00:00:33.800 --> 00:00:36.920
we can expect when we're going through all the other sections here in the
12
00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:40.120
GolfSmart Academy system.
Tyler Ferrell. Golf Digest Best Teachers in California, 2026-27. The only person named to both Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers in America and Best Golf Fitness Professionals lists. Author of The Stock Tour Swing.
Fundamental Information
How to Fix a Bad Curve in Golf
A bad curve in golf becomes easier to fix once you understand the ball-flight physics behind it. Learn how swing mechanics and impact conditions shape each shot.
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify how different club face angles affect ball flight.
- Understand the relationship between swing path and shot shape.
- Learn how to monitor feedback to improve turf contact during your swing.
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.320
Here in the fundamental information section, we're going to fill in the gaps
2
00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:09.760
as to a lot of the what and the why of how golf just works. So we're going to
3
00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:13.910
talk about the physics behind what makes the ball curve the way that it does,
4
00:00:13.910 --> 00:00:14.280
how
5
00:00:14.280 --> 00:00:18.160
to monitor feedback, how to monitor turf contact. We're going to get on the
6
00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:18.360
same
7
00:00:18.360 --> 00:00:23.680
page as far as vocabulary and we're going to look at how to define whether
8
00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:28.280
the club face is open, closed, how to define if the what the path is, if it's
9
00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:33.440
shallow, if it's deep and we're going to go over the process of learning or
10
00:00:33.440 --> 00:00:33.800
what
11
00:00:33.800 --> 00:00:36.920
we can expect when we're going through all the other sections here in the
12
00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:40.120
GolfSmart Academy system.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.320
Here in the fundamental information section, we're going to fill in the gaps
2
00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:09.760
as to a lot of the what and the why of how golf just works. So we're going to
3
00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:13.910
talk about the physics behind what makes the ball curve the way that it does,
4
00:00:13.910 --> 00:00:14.280
how
5
00:00:14.280 --> 00:00:18.160
to monitor feedback, how to monitor turf contact. We're going to get on the
6
00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:18.360
same
7
00:00:18.360 --> 00:00:23.680
page as far as vocabulary and we're going to look at how to define whether
8
00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:28.280
the club face is open, closed, how to define if the what the path is, if it's
9
00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:33.440
shallow, if it's deep and we're going to go over the process of learning or
10
00:00:33.440 --> 00:00:33.800
what
11
00:00:33.800 --> 00:00:36.920
we can expect when we're going through all the other sections here in the
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00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:40.120
GolfSmart Academy system.
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