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Solidly struck ball, what is the furthest a divot can start?

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Given a clean fairway lie, what is the furthest forwards toward the target a divot can start for a well struck shot? 1, 2 inches?

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Depends on what you mean by "start".  Does the divot start where you can see any evidence of a swing in the grass, or where the dirt beneath the grass is fully exposed?

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Originally Posted by mdl

Depends on what you mean by "start".  Does the divot start where you can see any evidence of a swing in the grass, or where the dirt beneath the grass is fully exposed?



Where you can see the start of the club hit the grass, no dirt, a "gentle" slope downward.

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Depends what club you are hitting and where you hit it on the plane. The farthest forward would probably be with a long iron on a shallow plane. Like others have mentioned, as far forward as you can hit it without hitting it thin. What is the reason you ask?

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Depends what club you are hitting and where you hit it on the plane. The farthest forward would probably be with a long iron on a shallow plane. Like others have mentioned, as far forward as you can hit it without hitting it thin. What is the reason you ask?

Whenever I practice on grass, I spray paint a line like in the SnT book just to see where I'm making contact. I assumed that the divot should start after where the ball touches the ground, depending on the club. You always hear the divot should start in front of the ball, the spray paint got me thinking how much in front of the ball? I haven't seen any writing on that. If there is, would be interested in source.

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As long as it's in front of the line and you hit the ball solid, I think it's good. [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/135348/width/1000/height/800][IMG]http://thesandtrap.com/image/id/135348/width/1000/height/500[/IMG][/URL] Something else you can monitor is[URL=http://thesandtrap.com/forum/thread/45647/sweetspot-on-irons-where-the-good-players-hit-it] where you hit the ball on the clubface[/URL].

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If you have the ball sitting down on fairway-tight grass, the divot shouldn't be very far in front.

Why worry about it, though? Pay attention to feel.  Your hands know it when the contact is thin.  You want a shot where it feels sweet and the divot is in front of the ball.  If those two things are happening, it shouldn't matter how far in front.

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since i tee up the ball on a par three, i usually tee it up really low, but i have hit solid shots with the divot starting 3-4 inches infront of the ball, most of the time i like 0.5-1 inch

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Originally Posted by saevel25

since i tee up the ball on a par three, i usually tee it up really low, but i have hit solid shots with the divot starting 3-4 inches infront of the ball, most of the time i like 0.5-1 inch


Yeah, I can get the divots way out in front when I tee it up with the nub showing. Such a difference, the tee.


Originally Posted by Zeph

As long as it's in front of the line and you hit the ball solid, I think it's good.

Something else you can monitor is where you hit the ball on the clubface.


Yes, I usually check where on the clubface I hit too.

My divots are usually between the bottom of the ball to two inches in front of the ball on shots with my normal trajectory. I know have to get a larger portion of my divots more front, still figuring out how to do that.

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Here's something that provides some sort of measurement.

http://www.compressionboard.com/how/

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