Does this part in the article make sense ?

[verderaul]

To hit it straight, you must make dead solid contact. And the only way to do that is to have your divot start just after the ball. That goes against the common, and mistaken, perception that your divot should start before (or in back of) the ball.


Complete article here :
http://www.golf.com/golf/instruction...035221,00.html

I have only been playing 1 year and i never assumed that the divot should start behind the ball. So am i missing something or the author correctly says its a "common" perception ?

I personally feel that the author just wrote some BS to make his point stronger.

Raulito

[Shanks A Million]

To hit it straight, you must make dead solid contact. And the only way to do that is to have your divot start just after the ball.

Don't know who would say it was a common misconception to think the divot should start behind or even under the ball. The divot should start in front of the ball, always, no exceptions.

[kennay92]

Don't know who would say it was a common misconception to think the divot should start behind or even under the ball. The divot should start in front of the ball, always, no exceptions.

what he said.

[sean_miller]

Don't know who would say it was a common misconception to think the divot should start behind or even under the ball. The divot should start in front of the ball, always, no exceptions.

None? You must be a wizard around he green.

[trickymicky69]

Don't know who would say it was a common misconception to think the divot should start behind or even under the ball. The divot should start in front of the ball, always, no exceptions.

In a bunker?

[trickymicky69]

Thats me being a sarcastic git btw, I appreciate your point fully and completely agree

[Shanks A Million]

In a bunker?

You don't take a divot in a bunker. A divot is a chunk of grass, and the term itself comes from the patches of grass used to make roofs out of.