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Hey everyone, this is my first post on here, but I have a question. I'm 18 years old and was wondering if taking a long divot is bad (they are long not deep). I'm taking these divots with my 60 degree through 8 iron, but the thing is I'm striking the ball really well. My flight path is good, I'm hitting the ball a mile and im getting good spin. I was just wondering should I be concerned that my longer divot will cause issues in the future or not worry about it as long as I am striking the ball well. Sorry if I posted this in the wrong are, like I said this is my first post.

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Sam

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Hey everyone, this is my first post on here, but I have a question. I'm 18 years old and was wondering if taking a long divot is bad (they are long not deep). I'm taking these divots with my 60 degree through 8 iron, but the thing is I'm striking the ball really well. My flight path is good, I'm hitting the ball a mile and im getting good spin. I was just wondering should I be concerned that my longer divot will cause issues in the future or not worry about it as long as I am striking the ball well. Sorry if I posted this in the wrong are, like I said this is my first post.

Thanks,

Sam


Welcome to the forum Sam.  Divots are not bad if they are shallow and repeatable. As long as you are striking the ball before the ground, you are doing the right thing.

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Any pictures? "Long" and "thin" won't mean quite the same thing to everyone. Another important thing to consider is the firmness of the turf. Softer turf is more likely create some long divots.

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A "good" divot is generally the length of a dollar bill.

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Divot size depends on the turf and the club for me. With my wedges I'll take large divots, dollar bill sized, and then they become smaller as I go up through the bag until I have more of a scrape than a true divot with my three wood. If they're not thick chunks of earth I would imagine that you're probably not coming in too steeply to create the divots, so I wouldn't worry about it. On wet ground though, all my divots get bigger with the short and long irons while my wedges, hybrid, and 3 wood stay about the same.
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