Golf Tip: Playing a Ball Above Your Feet

In today’s golf tip, we’ll review how to hit a ball resting above your feet.

When the ball is above your feet, it is closer to you than normal. There are certain adjustments that need to be made in order to hit a successful shot from this lie. In this golf tip, we’ll go over how to best approach this type of shot.

Be sure to choke up on your club, as the ball is indeed closer to you than it would be on a flat lie. If you don’t choke up, you will likely hit well behind the ball and create a big divot. These “fat” shots are no fun.

In addition to choking up on the grip, you will need to aim further to the right if you are a right-handed player, as the ball will tend to curve in the direction the hill is facing. The ball wants to curve in the direction you would slide down the hill. If you don’t take precautions and aim more to the right, the ball could be hit too far to the left — that could lead to trouble you didn’t even consider.

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With more lofted clubs, you don’t need to aim to the right as much. The more the ball is above your feet, the more the ball wants to go to the left. Adjust your aim accordingly.

Remember to take an extra club, as you will be reducing the distance as a result of choking up on the grip, which creates a “shorter club”. For example, hit the 5 iron instead of the 6 iron. Failure to grab an extra club could result in a well-hit shot that doesn’t go quite as far as you intended.

Try this golf tip and shave a couple of strokes off your game!

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