Should I Hit the Ground When Hitting Golf Irons (Video) - by Rick Shiels
Should I Hit the Ground When Hitting Golf Irons (Video) - by Rick Shiels

Should you strike the ground when hitting an iron? I’m asking that question, should you hit the ground, when hitting an iron? Okay, you got your answer? It’s yes, you should hit the ground when hitting an iron. It’s where you hit the ground that is so important. Now if you’ve said no, you might have felt why you should hit the ball clean off the surface – that’s almost impossible, you end up thinning the ball and topping the golf ball. You should hit the ground and you should hit the ground beyond the golf ball. When you watch golf on TV, you see the golf pros they take divots.

So they don’t just take small divots, they take quite hefty divots; they take quite large ones. And they’re always after the golf ball, so they’ll hit the ball first, and then take the divot straight after. Now a good way of practicing that -- if you used to line up to the golf ball and just come closer to you. So you almost did a practice ring next to it but you’re in line with it. Why we’re to practice when you swing, is striking beyond where the golf ball currently sits. So I’m looking at striking that; so I want to hit the floor, I don’t want to hit beyond, like that.

So I want to hit the floor and I want to hit beyond, like that. So what I’ve done is I’ve transferred my weight, made sure that my middle of my chest is past the golf ball when I’m come in to hit, so I’m striking the ball, then the floor straight after; but we should be striking the floor. So as I set up, and when you’re coming to hit, I’m going to strike the ball first and aim to hit just beyond it, by transferring my weight, getting my chest on the left hand of it, just almost closer to the target beyond the golf ball. That way on grass that would have taken a lovely divot and that divot would’ve been just past the golf ball.

Another way of checking it, if you get a tee peg; so just a normal tee peg, pop it in the ground as low as you possibly can, put your ball on top of it, when you practice on grass you can see this. So the golf – but you can’t see the tee peg always right to the ground, and hit your golf ball, and hit then hit your shot, and see – determine whether your strike – your divot, is either behind or beyond, that gives you a really clear indication. And when you want that divot to start just beyond that tee peg that sunk into the floor, that will help you hit better golf shots, and yes you should hit the floor when hitting irons.

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Should you strike the ground when hitting an iron? I’m asking that question, should you hit the ground, when hitting an iron? Okay, you got your answer? It’s yes, you should hit the ground when hitting an iron. It’s where you hit the ground that is so important. Now if you’ve said no, you might have felt why you should hit the ball clean off the surface – that’s almost impossible, you end up thinning the ball and topping the golf ball. You should hit the ground and you should hit the ground beyond the golf ball. When you watch golf on TV, you see the golf pros they take divots.

So they don’t just take small divots, they take quite hefty divots; they take quite large ones. And they’re always after the golf ball, so they’ll hit the ball first, and then take the divot straight after. Now a good way of practicing that — if you used to line up to the golf ball and just come closer to you. So you almost did a practice ring next to it but you’re in line with it. Why we’re to practice when you swing, is striking beyond where the golf ball currently sits. So I’m looking at striking that; so I want to hit the floor, I don’t want to hit beyond, like that.

So I want to hit the floor and I want to hit beyond, like that. So what I’ve done is I’ve transferred my weight, made sure that my middle of my chest is past the golf ball when I’m come in to hit, so I’m striking the ball, then the floor straight after; but we should be striking the floor. So as I set up, and when you’re coming to hit, I’m going to strike the ball first and aim to hit just beyond it, by transferring my weight, getting my chest on the left hand of it, just almost closer to the target beyond the golf ball. That way on grass that would have taken a lovely divot and that divot would’ve been just past the golf ball.

Another way of checking it, if you get a tee peg; so just a normal tee peg, pop it in the ground as low as you possibly can, put your ball on top of it, when you practice on grass you can see this. So the golf – but you can’t see the tee peg always right to the ground, and hit your golf ball, and hit then hit your shot, and see – determine whether your strike – your divot, is either behind or beyond, that gives you a really clear indication. And when you want that divot to start just beyond that tee peg that sunk into the floor, that will help you hit better golf shots, and yes you should hit the floor when hitting irons.