Stacy Lewis Tops Her 3-wood (2014 Evian Championship)

[JetFan1983]

This happened about ten minutes ago. World no.1 Stacy Lewis topped her 3-wood on the par-5 13th hole during the 3rd round of the Evian Championship. Lol. Golf is hard.

[0ldblu3]

I appreciated your commentary and the funny little laugh. Golf is indeed hard. Delightfully, simply, addictively difficult.

[Mr. Desmond]

Swing looks flattish, very shallow 3 wood, looks as if too much upper body before lower body = top

Tempo can be an issue in the results.

[saevel25]

Well the ball was above her feet a bit there. That sort of lie you are more concerned with chunking a ball. So I would say a slight thin is more common.

I agree, her swing is shallow. It almost looks like she dropped kicked the ball a bit there. Not sure, they never showed a face on view.

Oh well it happens, move on.

[Mr. Desmond]

Well the ball was above her feet a bit there. That sort of lie you are more concerned with chunking a ball. So I would say a slight thin is more common.

I agree, her swing is shallow. It almost looks like she dropped kicked the ball a bit there. Not sure, they never showed a face on view.

Oh well it happens, move on.

Good on noticing the lie ... I did not, and the lie above her feet helps explains the shallow swing. Wonder if she moved the ball a tad back or stood up to account for the lie ... but the shoulders look like they got into the swing a little too soon...

I did that at least 4X over 2 rounds this week ... know that move well.

[cipher]

Looks like one of my three wood shots. Golf is hard.

[iacas]

Happens to the best of us.

Golf is hard.

[mvmac]

She definitely didn't "come over it". If you filmed Stacy hitting a solid 3 wood and compared it to this one, not going to see any differences.

Happens to the best of us.

Golf is hard.

I did it in the last SoCal outing from a perfect lie in the fairway. It happens, and can tend to happen more with a fairway wood.

[Slice of Life]

I just assumed that's how it looked when you hit a 3 wood from the fairway...

[nevets88]

Bah, mine are worse. Ball takes a "hovercraft" trajectory. At least her ball got some air.

[AmazingWhacker]

That's pretty bad for TV . . it's rare to get an angle that shows how ugly the shot really is.  Made me think of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM6NjM_zmEQ

This one's even worse.

[Jmdmbike]

[QUOTE][/QUOTE][quote name="AmazingWhacker" url="/t/77154/stacy-lewis-tops-her-3-wood-2014-evian-championship#post_1054559"]That's pretty bad for TV . . it's rare to get an angle that shows how ugly the shot really is.  Made me think of this: [URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM6NjM_zmEQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM6NjM_zmEQ[/URL] This one's even worse.   [/quote]True but his reaction was perfect. Laugh it off and move on. Golf is hard.

[boogielicious]

This happened about ten minutes ago. World no.1 Stacy Lewis topped her 3-wood on the par-5 13th hole during the 3rd round of the Evian Championship. Lol. Golf is hard.

What I find more interesting is @JetFan1983 keeps a copy of @iacas 's Lowest Score Wins on the coffee table in the TV room for quick reference while watching golf.

[dchoye]

That's the difference between tour pros and average joes. With pros can see it happen once a year With average joes see at least once per round or once every 3-4 rounds but definitely more than once a year

[mvmac]

What I find more interesting is @JetFan1983 keeps a copy of @iacas 's Lowest Score Wins on the coffee table in the TV room for quick reference while watching golf.

Ha! That's where I have mine

That's the difference between tour pros and average joes. With pros can see it happen once a year With average joes see at least once per round or once every 3-4 rounds but definitely more than once a year

Here's why

[dbuck]

I just assumed that's how it looked when you hit a 3 wood from the fairway...

Ha Ha, this is me. It's what mine look like, thought they were supposed to.

[Tee2Trees]

Wow, her swing plane looks really flat!  And her club looks really long in proportion to her height.  And her ball looks more like an oval than a circle...

But seriously, that Jason Day chunked drive is the best thing I've seen all day.

[Strandly]

I seem to have this happen if the ball is too far forward in my stance.  It's like the club bottoms out and then clips the ball on the way up.

Or maybe my understanding of topping is wrong.  I always figured topping meant coming down too steep on the ball and sort of hammering it into the ground.