What am I doing wrong if every time I tee off, I seem to hit the ground in front of the ball before contact?

Question

Thanks

Answer 1

If I understand the question correctly, I used to and still sometimes do have this problem.

What caused it for me was I would break my back leg down...dipping my back shoulder. (I am right handed so my right knee and right shoulder would dip). I figured this was caused from me trying to hit the ball to hard.

Go to the driving range and practice with your most used club off the tee. Try taking nice easy swings, allowing the club to do the work. Also, try pushing your hips and body through the ball instead of trying to hit directly at the ball. Good luck

Answer 2

Try aiming at a point behind the ball. If you're hitting the ground in front of the ball then hitting it, you're swinging over the ball and then hitting it when you bring the club back down from your follow through. The best thing to do is to take some lessons from a PGA Professional, they are the best at giving advice and helping you improve your game.

Answer 3

I have had this problem before here is your answer. Often times when you hit the ground before the ball your swing is to far to the inside. When the club gets stuck behind your body in the downswing you have to compensate it makes timing almost impossible you either smother it left with a weak hook or chunk it.
to fix this problem work on your swing plane adjust you setup
so your swing is more upright but not to upright cause if you get to steep you may slice or chunk it also. with your tee ball driver i assume play it off your left foot stay balanced make a good weight transfer and consciously make an effort to get your swing slightly more upright. The bottom line is if your arms do not have enough room to so swing freely you will hit the ground before the ball work on setup get your arms to swing freely so the ball not the ground gets in the way.

Answer 4

your shoulder or your left knee might be dropping fractionally but enough to have an effect.

Drill that might help you at the range... is to hover the club over the ball at address. then make your normal swing!

one thing that also might help you is to address the ball then keeping your right leg still bring your feet together

you should feel like a baseball player!

then make your backswing and as you bring the club down step into the ball and strike!

hold your finish till you see the ball land.
hope this helps,
Nick

Answer 5

Take all of the above answers into consideration, they have good information. Also, when I do this it is typically because I am trying to kill the ball. This leads to broken tempo and loss of body control.

Try keeping your tempo slow and slow your swing down a bit. Remember, its proper hand release that generates club head speed. By trying to swing harder, your hand and rotation timing will be off, resulting in hitting the ball "fat".

Answer 6

Hi Seahawk,

Too much to think about in all those other answers. Let me make it simple for you. Your swing plane is too steep. Take the club back low and slow sweeping close to the ground as far as you can before the upswing. Continue with your normal swing. You are fixed! I've been teaching for 20 years and your problem is very common. Keep practicing!!

Answer 7

Try placing the ball closer to your right foot rather than left. Also, for practice do half swings that are slow...it really helps. Good Luck and contact me if you need more details.

Answer 8

Probably dropping your right shoulder as you start the downward motion thus forcing the club to hit before the ball!

Answer 9

you drop your right shoulder down in order to get the ball up into the air. in doing that the club gets low enough to the ground to hit it before you strike the ball. try to keep your right should level with your left shoulder as much as possible.
good luck.

Answer 10

from once you address the ball, and definitely hitting the floor in the back of the ball. i try this because of the fact my suitable shoulders drop on my down swing. additionally it relatively is a consequence of potential surge. take effective uncomplicated swing with your hands prolonged.