Divots indeed are taken 'Down and Out' (1-L #14), but they should not point to the right of the Target. If they do, then you have executed a Closed Plane Line (10-5-E) and, depending on Clubface alignment, the Ball Flight (both initial Direction and Path) will be subject to any number of vagaries.
Remember, you are at the bottom of a circle (Clubhead Orbit) with a radius (Left Arm and Club) some five feet in length. Accordingly, there is not a lot of 'Down' and not a lot of 'Out' left. And some of that Divot is the Club exiting the ground after Low Point and now traveling 'Up and In'. So, while the 'Outward' dimension of Impact is still present and extremely necessary to achieve, it is not enough to send the Divot out to the right.
The goal is a Three-Dimensional Impact -- Downward, Outward and Forward -- and an On Line Divot.
Great stuff. How about wrapping up by discussing in which direction the slab of grass (or piece of cartpath) should be flying - relative to the target line and/or the initial ball direction? Or did you just say that? On Line Divot
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Great stuff. How about wrapping up by discussing in which direction the slab of grass (or piece of cartpath) should be flying - relative to the target line and/or the initial ball direction? Or did you just say that? On Line Divot
I'm no expert, but I would think the slab of grass should go left. Because the clubhead is moving a little left as its leaving the ground, the face may be turning left, and because the piece of ground stays on the clubhead a bit past impact (with the ground). The slab of grass is not 'hit' straight, it is 'thrown' left.
Chris
Note: that's assuming the kind of ground where the divot holds together, not where you just get a kind of spray of dirt!
I'm no expert, but I would think the slab of grass should go left.
I'll certainly be more observant on that in the future. Is it that the secret is in the dirt - and in the trajectory of the slab.
I always thought the divots should point and fly to the right - so I really appreciated the post by Yoda. That is how our common sense is aometimes our worst enemy.
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When James Durham recorded 94 at the Old Course at St Andrews in 1767, he set a course record that lasted 86 years. Golf: A curious sport whose object is to put a very small ball in a very small hole with implements ill desiged for the purpose - Sir Winston Churchill
I'll certainly be more observant on that in the future. Is it that the secret is in the dirt - and in the trajectory of the slab.
I always thought the divots should point and fly to the right - so I really appreciated the post by Yoda. That is how our common sense is aometimes our worst enemy.
I would say divots should fly staight/slightly left depending upon hinge action.
Great stuff. How about wrapping up by discussing in which direction the slab of grass (or piece of cartpath) should be flying - relative to the target line and/or the initial ball direction? Or did you just say that? On Line Divot
I would say that the Line-of-Flight of the Divot depends on the C.O.R. (Coefficient of Restitution) of the Divot.
The shorter the time the Divot stays on the Face of the Club -- or the more Inside-Out the Impact -- the more it will tend to fly to the right of Target (on the Angle of Approach). The longer the time the Divot stays on the Face -- or the less Inside-Out the Impact -- the more it will tend to exit to the left of the Target (on the Arc of Approach which may well be left of the Angle of Approach).
Bottom Line:
Keep your Left Wrist Flat (Left Forearm and Clubshaft In-Line / Rhythm per 2-G -- Roll, No Roll or Reverse Roll Feel) while you Trace the Straight Plane Line with your Right Forearm and #3 Pressure Point Lag Pressure.
Hybrid Mode
