which way does your divot point?

[hrossroth]

When you have hit a shot, with say a nine iron, that tracks right on the flag and you have taken a divot, I am interested in knowing which way the divot points. Thanks

[hrossroth]

This thread was moved because I accidentally posted it in the equipment section. We had made some progress. I just posted a reply after some previous posts. Some people were hitting left of target and some basically at the target.

I started this because I wanted to get a feel for whether I should change what I had been doing. I took a lesson last year. Because of that lesson I began using a fade as my go-to shot, instead of trying to prevent it. Recently I hit a great shot to about five feet from 125 out. My swing had felt good, then I looked at the divot and it was pointing to the left of the green. I had come over the top. I had never noticed this issue before I began hitting mostly fades.

It seems that for both fades and draws a good thing to do is swing so that the divot is pointing basically at the target. Are there any drills or technique points out there that would get a divot pointing to the left straightened out?

[jonanthans]

my divot is dead straight towards the flag when my ball tracks dead straight to the flag.

If I aimed dead on the flag and the ball didn't track dead on, my divot is almost always pointed @ 11:00, meaning I turned (closed) the clubface. I dont think I have ever seen any of my divots pointing the other way, I believe the only possible way to leave a 1:00 divot for a righty would be with an inside-out swing.