Aiming for 4 o'clock

[ProStuart]

I had a tip from a pro yesterday that he said would help me increase lag and distance on my drives.

He said to try and hit the ball at 4 o'clock instead of the logical 3 o'clock.

Anyone heard of this before?

Stu

[right handed phil mickelson]

No, and now I know why all my clocks are getting busted....

[deronsizemore]

  ProStuart said:

I had a tip from a pro yesterday that he said would help me increase lag and distance on my drives.

Not sure I understand what you mean by hitting the ball at 4 o'clock...

[NormH3]

i'm confused

[Chicago Lefty]

I think he means aim for the inside of the ball and not directly behind the ball.

[Sherpat]

Lol @ " no wonder my clocks keep getting busted ".....

I've heard this tip before. A couple of years ago, one of Golf Magazine's "Quick Tips" was to imagine a clock lying face-up at your feet. The ball was dead center in the face, the '12' was to your left and the '6' to your right.

The object of the drill was to get your clubhead to pass over the '7' just before ball contact, then over the '1' immediately after. Rather than focusing on the ball, you concentrated on that swing path along the way. The outcome (hopefully) was to avoid a casting swing that came from outsde-in (or over the '5' towards the '11' o'clock positions, in other words).

[plugged]

  None said:

I think he means aim for the inside of the ball and not directly behind the ball.

That's what I think he means too.

BTW, I hit my ball at 9:00. This will often wake the neighbors up, but i don't care.

[NormH3]

  plugged said:

That's what I think he means too.

over 65 community?

[Bauer]

This thread got confusing fast.

[Travtex]

No, no, it's fall BACK spring forward. You now hit the ball at 2 o'clock.

[amcquay]

It's just a way to get you swinging inside out, or "towards right field". Combined with a good release it will encourage a draw, which is naturally a stronger/longer shot.

[plugged]

You know you're a bad golfer when you hit the ball off the tee at 4:00 but it doesn't make it to the green until 5:00

[tm22721]

  ProStuart said:

He said to try and hit the ball at 4 o'clock instead of the logical 3 o'clock.

Only after daylight savings time kicks back in.

[bman1313]

What's daylight savings?

[DonW]

I always try to hit my ball off the first tee before 7.

[ProStuart]

Just for clarity here, imagine you're addressing the ball, looking down.

12 o'clock is at the top of the ball, 6 o'clock at the bottom. Logic tells me that you'd try to hit the ball at 3 o'clock to have the club hit the ball at right angles to your target.

I think amcquay summed it up by encouraging an inside path to the ball.

Stu

[ugottabjoshinme]

I think he just has the clock oriented different than others orient it. Normally I would think of the clock with 12 pointing at your target, and 6 pointing behind you on your target line. So you would hit the ball at 7. But if 12 is pointing away from your body (9 would be at target and 3 behind you on your target line) than hitting the ball at 4 makes sense coming from the inside.

[14ledo81]

Ha ha. Bunch of comedians around here.