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Driving Range Mat - Divot

Is their a way to tell if you are hitting it correctly to see if you are getting a divot by hitting off a mat? Any tricks or is it just by feel?

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spillup24

Jul 05, 2021

So; I went to the range today. Did the 90% lead leg drill. Great contact and was getting divots. I did the chalk line thing. Went back to full swing and the shots fell apart. The I got annoyed and starting just hitting balls and getting more pissed. So, reflecting on it I think I was not having the left shoulder relationship to the ball when I went to the full shot. I definitely did not have the same feeling with the full shots as I did with the 90% on the lead leg shots. In other words I am not getting the weight forward on the full shots as I do with the weight 90% on the lead leg drill. Is there a transition drill for this?

Tom Saguto

Jul 05, 2021

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@spillup24 - Some folks here in the school - myself included - have actually played rounds with the 90% Drill in order to really ingrain those feels. You'd be surprised with how well you can get around the course with it.

Alternatively, I oftentimes will refer students back to Chapter 2 of the Golf Swing Simplified course when they experience a hiccup or perceived setback. That chapter reinforces the body motions and the weight-forward component, and it culminates with what I call "The Best Golf Swing Practice Drill of All Time". Work yourself sequentially and gradually through the chapter, and then park yourself on that drill in Lesson 2.8. Learn it. Practice it. Master it. You can also use the partially abbreviated swing it provides on the course and play quite well with it as it will provide plenty of distance. (It actually is the full swing minus just a couple of power accumulators.) Once you've got that down you should be well prepared to move forward in the curriculum.