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Make the assumption you are 150 yards out and your club for this distance is a 7i...

1.  Ball above your feet

2.  Ball below your feet

3. Ball on Up Hill lie

4.  Ball on Down Hill lie

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For me personally (when i was yip free), ball above my feet was a nice lie. not if its massively above your feet, but i liked the feeling of the slightly flatter swing path and contact was usually very nice. I found from a lie like this, the ball might start a little more left than normal.

 

Ball below the feet, horrible. if the ball was below my feet and going downhill, it would probably go 80 yards short and barely airborne with an awful "fade" if you could call it that. a total slap.

 

With the ball below my feet what i tended to do was actually aim a little right, and basically pull the ball at the green. not ideal, but a repeatable pattern for me.

 

Ball on an uphill lie.....this i found a bit of an issue with weight transfer so id set more weight forwards and swing. take more club to negate the higher effective loft, and vice versa for a downhill lie.

 

I should also add that on tour, so many courses are FLAT relative to the crap courses we have to play as amateurs built 150 years ago on unnatural hills. it makes hitting consistent distances and getting a consistent set up very hard. sorry to be controversial but i hate how people talk about courses being "interesting" because they feature tons of sloping lies that you never see on tv.

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See answers in bold below. Since 7i is my 150 club they are very genuine. As a 19 handicap, don't tale this as what you SHOULD do. Take this as WHAT I DO and feel free to correct me. As a lefty I will try to use universal directional designations:

59 minutes ago, Osnola said:

Make the assumption you are 150 yards out and your club for this distance is a 7i...

1.  Ball above your feet

This doesn't bother me that much. Pretend I'm a baseball player and setup for a draw/pull because the ball will want to come back towards you. 

2.  Ball below your feet

THE WORST! Usually a shank for me so I line up the ball on the toe, maybe take a 6i and swing easy making sure to make solid contact and if it's not a hosel rocket I'm happy.

3. Ball on Up Hill lie

THE EASIEST. Take less loft (6i) since the hill will add loft and set up as normal as possible.

4.  Ball on Down Hill lie

Most people will tell you to take less club. I'll usually stick with a 7 but swing easy to ensure solid contact and make an effort to hold my wrist hinge a little long since the tendency will be to hit this thin. (Also my miss of choice.)

 

 

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Above feet is close to normal for me  below my feet, my stance gets very wide, my body won't turn as much but lowering my core by widening my stance gets me good contact. Uphill I do the same as you. Downhill I might take as low as a 4 or 5 iron and just run it up if that option is available. if it isn't,  I just go with normal everything and hope for the best. 

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On 3/22/2020 at 1:58 PM, Osnola said:

Make the assumption you are 150 yards out and your club for this distance is a 7i...

1.  Ball above your feet

2.  Ball below your feet

3. Ball on Up Hill lie

4.  Ball on Down Hill lie

In all cases I try to hit the little ball before the big ball.

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On 3/22/2020 at 1:58 PM, Osnola said:

Make the assumption you are 150 yards out and your club for this distance is a 7i...

1.  Ball above your feet

2.  Ball below your feet

3. Ball on Up Hill lie

4.  Ball on Down Hill lie

1. Standard club, choke up on the grip. Choking up might cost a few yards of distance but the draw spin (assuming I hit it well) causes it to release a bit more when it lands.

2. Standard club. Try to emphasize a smooth swing. Getting Quick = thin or shank, most likely.

3. Club up once. Set my shoulders parallel to the lie and take about 3/4 backswing.

4. Standard club. 3/4 backswing and emphasize a smooth swing. Like scenario 2, my go to miss would be thin, so not getting too quick is key.

 

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