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Fat Shots: Causes and Cures
By Hank Haney
One of the worst shots in golf is the fat shot. The thin shot
usually finds the front of the green, but the fat shot goes right in
the lake in front of you.
There are a couple of different causes. One is called the steep fat
where your club is coming in too steep and your angle of approach is
too sharp into the ground. It digs into the ground
too deep and you hit it fat. Another one is what we call a shallow
fat. Your club is coming
in too shallow or too close to the ground and too far behind the
ball. You then hit the ground, hit behind the ball and you hit it
fat that way.
People who slice the ball usually hit it fat because of a steep
swing; people who hook the ball usually hit it fat because of a shallow
swing. If you are hitting shots fat because your swing
is too steep you are probably tilting your shoulders instead of
turning them. So when you swing I want you to concentrate on keeping
your left shoulder up and turning back around. In a sense, making
your turn more level. If you swing the golf club more around your
body that will eliminate that fat shot.
When you look at the other fat shot, one that is caused by too
shallow a swing, your emphasis needs to be on keeping the club out
in front of you and turning your body through. When your turn your
body through that brings the bottom of the swing forward. It will
allow you to contact the ball and then the turf. If I turn back and
don’t turn through I am going to tend to hit the ground behind the
ball.
So for the shallow fat, less back, more through. For the steep fat,
level your turn, swing the club a little more around and you will
eliminate one of the worst shots in golf.
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