This week's Golf Talk has been consumed with my lousy golf swing. All week long, I either topped the ball or hit the ball fat - striking the ground before the ball. Not a good thing. Golf balls don't like to go very far or very straight when struck by a bouncing golf club.
When this kind of slip occurs, the first thing to do is to go back to basics. Is my grip correct? Is my set-up correct? Am I placing the ball in the correct spot in my stance? Are my knees flexed? Do they stay flexed during my swing?...AH,HA!
What surfaced is that I had been straightening my left or lead knee a bit during my downswing. What that does, of course, is change the plane of the golf swing. When the swing-plane changes during the swing, the golf club face is raised a bit (causing it to hit the golf ball thin on or top). The club face can be lowered during the golf swing if the knee-straightening causes me to tilt toward my right or swing side. That's when the golf club strikes Mother Earth before the mother ball.
Finally realizing what was going on, I concentrated on keeping the knees flexed and swinging through the ball. Miracle of miracles, the golf ball started going where I was aiming!
It is so important to go through your golf set up and swing check list when your golf swing goes awry. If you don't have one - MAKE ONE TODAY. Almost always, you have changed one little thing in your golf routine or set up process. A quick correction can get you right back on plane and back in the game.
Hit 'em long, straight and often!
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