Fat Freddie...

[BigDog]

Help me,

I am hitting the ball well off the tee, putting the ball on the short grass and then walking up and hitting the ball fat. I did this 12 times on Saturday's comp. I did it with full shots, pitch shots, etc... What am I doing wrong. It was extremely frustrating and resulted in an appalling score.

I am considering opening a trench digging business! The boys I was playing with joked that we were going to have to call back to the clubhouse for more sand!

BigDog (Diggin' Dog)

[Leo Morris]

You're probably either flipping your wrists at impact in an attempt to get the ball airborne or sliding your hips towards the target at the start of your downswing (using body too much) or dipping at impact. Just try keeping a nice smooth tempo and keeping your posture the same throughout the swing, hard for us trying to rip it...

[babywax]

Also, I find that when I'm decelerating into the ball on short shots I usually hit them fat.

[bflat450]

I think I know your problem... like you said when you decelerate... you hit fat shots. You are decelerating because on approach shots you want to hit less club so you slow your swing as you swing through the ball. Instead what you want to do for less distance is only take half a swing and swing normal speed and accelerate through.