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I've been practicing a new swing lately, and by new swing i just mean a correct swing. Anyways I seem to hit too far behind the ball and get alot of dirt on half my shots. On the other half i put a tee 2-3 inches in front of the ball and i connect solidly with the ball and hit it straight. Does anyone have any ideas why a tee in front of the ball automatically corrects my swing? I dont feel like im doing anything different.

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golf_junkie27 Great Member

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I do this same drill but a little different. I actually stay down and through the ball until I hit the tee. Is that what you're doing?

What this does is it causes me to finish my swing higher and extend through the ball. These two factors add distance without the need to create more force, i.e. swing harder.

Lastly, this drill will also get you into the feeling of the swing just begins at impact. You should take a look at your divots. The more they begin in front of the ball, the better off you are. Just another advantage of using this drill.

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I've been practicing a new swing lately, and by new swing i just mean a correct swing. Anyways I seem to hit too far behind the ball and get alot of dirt on half my shots. On the other half i put a tee 2-3 inches in front of the ball and i connect solidly with the ball and hit it straight. Does anyone have any ideas why a tee in front of the ball automatically corrects my swing? I dont feel like im doing anything different.

Its a tip I saw in one of those random magazines...

It really just makes you think more about a full swing, and not just stabbing down onto the ball.

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I've been practicing a new swing lately, and by new swing i just mean a correct swing. Anyways I seem to hit too far behind the ball and get alot of dirt on half my shots. On the other half i put a tee 2-3 inches in front of the ball and i connect solidly with the ball and hit it straight. Does anyone have any ideas why a tee in front of the ball automatically corrects my swing? I dont feel like im doing anything different.

It's because without the tee your swing is focused at the ball rather then through the ball. You should be accelorating through the ball not at it, this should also get you hitting the ball then the ground giving you more solid and realiable contact.

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It's because without the tee your swing is focused at the ball rather then through the ball. You should be accelorating through the ball not at it, this should also get you hitting the ball then the ground giving you more solid and reliable contact.

Perfect answer.

Without seeing your swing, you may be doing the same thing that I, and many amatuers/beginners did, which is casting. You subconciously break your wrists early instead of holding off, thus hit an inch or 2 behind your intended target. this causes you to have weak, inaccurate hits and hitting it "fat" Once I realized what I was doing, I moved my aim point to 1 inch in front of the ball and began hitting the ball more consistantly and crisply. Now when I swing, I pick an intermediate target, like a divot etc 1-2 feet in front of my ball as my aim point. Take the club back in line with my aim point for the first foot or so before bringing it up and around, make sure to take a shallow divot 1 inch in front of my ball and "feel" like my club stays online with my intermediate target for a few inchaes past impact. Not sure if that's the right way, but it had increased my accuracy a ton, less shots 10-15yds to the left/right of target.

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I've been practicing a new swing lately, and by new swing i just mean a correct swing. Anyways I seem to hit too far behind the ball and get alot of dirt on half my shots. On the other half i put a tee 2-3 inches in front of the ball and i connect solidly with the ball and hit it straight. Does anyone have any ideas why a tee in front of the ball automatically corrects my swing? I dont feel like im doing anything different.

Later release with the tee in front.

The cause of hitting behind the ball are: 1) Early release 2) No weight shift 3) Spine angle change toward the ball before impact caused by spine angle change on the backswing
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