At my home course the practice range has been a bit rough recently ,basically the level areas are just sand which means you have to hit from a slight downhill or uphill lie.
Any thoughts on which lie to practice on and why?
I would practise both because you get diffrent lies on the course, and if you practise them on the range you´ll probably handle them better on the course.
I think slight uphill would be better for a person's swing in general. Downhill really forces you to stay down on the ball a long time and isn't a great habit to have.
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
Hitting down and taking a divot on an uphill lie is easy, so I would say practise on the downhill lies and reinforce the principle of hittting down to low point.
At my home course the practice range has been a bit rough recently ,basically the level areas are just sand which means you have to hit from a slight downhill or uphill lie.
Any thoughts on which lie to practice on and why?
I practice quite a bit from sandy lies, even fairway bunkers because you really have to have perfect impact alignments to produce good shots. Give it a try.
Thanks for the replies -all good points.
I probably should have been more specific in that the sandy areas are level but worn out and the only lies with grass on them are uphill or downhill.
I find the slight uphill lie much easier ,you definitely need to be more precise on the downhill.
As Jeff points out ,the flat sandy lie could be the real test.Anyway, it's working -shot 76 yesterday
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