How to Make Adjustments On-Course When the Ball Is Above Your Feet

How to Make Adjustments On-Course

When the Ball Is Above Your Feet

Have you ever played a golf course where every swing is a perfect, flat lie? If so, I want to know what course! However, most likely you will experience a variety of lies throughout the 18 holes. Let’s get you prepared to navigate how to control the ball and confidently swing when trying to hit one of the most common uneven lies: ball above your feet. Learning how to manage the setup will help create solid contact and reduce curve; it’s actually somewhat simple.

Follow these steps to help swing with confidence when managing a swing with the ball above your feet. 1. Grip down on the club to make it shorter being that the ball is closer to your stance 2. Open the club face 3. Move the ball back 2 inches from your standard ball position depending on your club choice 4. Drop your lead foot back 2 inches off the target line 5. Smile and take a full swing

The intention is to reduce the curve immediately following contact and make the ball fly straighter through the air. However, there would be situations where you would want to play the curve in which you would setup like your normal stance and allow the slope to curve the ball. Give it a try and get confident with each approach.

Doug Spencer at the Spencer Golf Academy has been ranked by Golf Digest since 2015 for being one of Americas Best Young Teachers and Best Teachers by State for OH and NC. At the Academy, we enjoy helping all golfers pursue their dreams and lower their scores. Golf is a challenging game and the path to improvement is similar to the journey through life. It takes tenacity, dedication, patience and passion to see your dreams come true. Golf lessons from the Spencer Golf Academy will teach you how to manage the variables in your game. For more information, visit www.spencergolfacademy.com.