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Why You're Not Taking a Divot and How to Fix It

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify whether you're losing posture or bending your arms during your swing.
  • Learn to maintain your posture while ensuring your arms extend properly at impact.
  • Develop a consistent routine to check your ground contact after each shot.

In this video, you'll learn the common reasons why golfers fail to take a divot and how to correct these issues for better ball contact. Understanding these key factors will help you improve your swing and enhance your overall game.

Video Transcript
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This drill answered the question, what if I'm not taking a divot?

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So I give many of my students the simple rule.

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If you are not making ground contact, if you're not taking a divot, then one of

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two things

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are happening.

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Either you are losing your posture by standing up and so therefore the club is

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coming above

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the ground and I can't get it all the way down there.

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Or I'm keeping my posture but I'm bending my arms.

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Now I could be bending that left wrist or bending that left elbow or not fully

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straightening

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that right arm.

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But if I stay down and I don't take a divot, then the arms are preventing the

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club from

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getting all the way down there.

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If my arms are straightening and I don't take a divot or don't brush the ground

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, then my

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body is standing up.

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So this is the simplest application of the factors of low point.

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And if you're trying to make solid contact as your first key skill, I would

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highly recommend

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working on the chesting at about the same height and the arms extending through

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impact.

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If you do that, you will hit the ground and you'll have a much better chance of

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hitting

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the club or making contact higher up on the face, which is where the sweet spot

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for your

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irons are.

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So when you're worried about topping the ball or if you're worried about just

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making thin

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contact where you're having no turf interaction, the first question I want you

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to ask yourself

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after you've hit a shot is did I hit the ground?

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If the answer is no, then I want you to ask yourself, did I not hit the ground

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because

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I stood up or did I not hit the ground because I bent my arms or both?

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So if you stay at about the same height and the arms extend, then the club will

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have no

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choice but to make contact with the ground and if you have the club face in a

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good position

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and it's coming from a reasonable path, you will hit a solid shot dead online.

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But the first key for me is getting solid contact and in order to do that, if

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00:02:03.900 --> 00:02:04.420
you're

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not taking divot, monitor those two key factors.

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Did I stand up or did I bend my arms?

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00:02:10.480 --> 00:02:14.860
If you get good at answering those two questions, I guarantee you'll make a lot

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00:02:14.860 --> 00:02:15.860
more solid iron

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00:02:15.860 --> 00:02:17.060
shots on the course.

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Tyler Ferrell is the only person in the world named to Golf Digest's list of Best Young Teachers in America AND its list of Best Golf Fitness Professionals in America.

Why You're Not Taking a Divot and How to Fix It

After this video, you'll be able to:

  • Identify whether you're losing posture or bending your arms during your swing.
  • Learn to maintain your posture while ensuring your arms extend properly at impact.
  • Develop a consistent routine to check your ground contact after each shot.

In this video, you'll learn the common reasons why golfers fail to take a divot and how to correct these issues for better ball contact. Understanding these key factors will help you improve your swing and enhance your overall game.

Video Transcript
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.000
This drill answered the question, what if I'm not taking a divot?

2
00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:07.360
So I give many of my students the simple rule.

3
00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:11.860
If you are not making ground contact, if you're not taking a divot, then one of

4
00:00:11.860 --> 00:00:12.360
two things

5
00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:13.800
are happening.

6
00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:18.590
Either you are losing your posture by standing up and so therefore the club is

7
00:00:18.590 --> 00:00:19.520
coming above

8
00:00:19.520 --> 00:00:21.960
the ground and I can't get it all the way down there.

9
00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:26.280
Or I'm keeping my posture but I'm bending my arms.

10
00:00:26.280 --> 00:00:31.290
Now I could be bending that left wrist or bending that left elbow or not fully

11
00:00:31.290 --> 00:00:32.360
straightening

12
00:00:32.360 --> 00:00:33.620
that right arm.

13
00:00:33.620 --> 00:00:37.630
But if I stay down and I don't take a divot, then the arms are preventing the

14
00:00:37.630 --> 00:00:38.200
club from

15
00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:39.840
getting all the way down there.

16
00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:44.070
If my arms are straightening and I don't take a divot or don't brush the ground

17
00:00:44.070 --> 00:00:44.680
, then my

18
00:00:44.680 --> 00:00:46.400
body is standing up.

19
00:00:46.400 --> 00:00:51.400
So this is the simplest application of the factors of low point.

20
00:00:51.400 --> 00:00:56.540
And if you're trying to make solid contact as your first key skill, I would

21
00:00:56.540 --> 00:00:57.880
highly recommend

22
00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:04.520
working on the chesting at about the same height and the arms extending through

23
00:01:04.520 --> 00:01:05.460
impact.

24
00:01:05.460 --> 00:01:08.820
If you do that, you will hit the ground and you'll have a much better chance of

25
00:01:08.820 --> 00:01:09.320
hitting

26
00:01:09.320 --> 00:01:14.330
the club or making contact higher up on the face, which is where the sweet spot

27
00:01:14.330 --> 00:01:14.940
for your

28
00:01:14.940 --> 00:01:16.280
irons are.

29
00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:23.740
So when you're worried about topping the ball or if you're worried about just

30
00:01:23.740 --> 00:01:24.920
making thin

31
00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:29.150
contact where you're having no turf interaction, the first question I want you

32
00:01:29.150 --> 00:01:30.060
to ask yourself

33
00:01:30.060 --> 00:01:33.640
after you've hit a shot is did I hit the ground?

34
00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.650
If the answer is no, then I want you to ask yourself, did I not hit the ground

35
00:01:37.650 --> 00:01:38.040
because

36
00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:43.060
I stood up or did I not hit the ground because I bent my arms or both?

37
00:01:43.060 --> 00:01:48.200
So if you stay at about the same height and the arms extend, then the club will

38
00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:48.860
have no

39
00:01:48.860 --> 00:01:52.960
choice but to make contact with the ground and if you have the club face in a

40
00:01:52.960 --> 00:01:53.900
good position

41
00:01:53.900 --> 00:01:59.420
and it's coming from a reasonable path, you will hit a solid shot dead online.

42
00:01:59.420 --> 00:02:03.900
But the first key for me is getting solid contact and in order to do that, if

43
00:02:03.900 --> 00:02:04.420
you're

44
00:02:04.420 --> 00:02:07.980
not taking divot, monitor those two key factors.

45
00:02:07.980 --> 00:02:10.480
Did I stand up or did I bend my arms?

46
00:02:10.480 --> 00:02:14.860
If you get good at answering those two questions, I guarantee you'll make a lot

47
00:02:14.860 --> 00:02:15.860
more solid iron

48
00:02:15.860 --> 00:02:17.060
shots on the course.

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