im asking this question with PGA tour-card carrying professionals or experienced golfers in mind. i know ive heard the commentators on tv explain divots but appearently i wasnt paying enough attention to fully understand their purpose/reason.
2007-01-18 18:39:02 · 12 answers · asked by moefan 2 in Sports ➔ Golf
Its caused by the club. The idea is to hit the ball on the downward swing of your iron and the iron continuing thru the ball cutting into the ground causing a divot ahead of where the ball initially laid.
2007-01-18 18:45:28 · answer #1 · answered by Haven17 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a former PGA professional, and I can definitely say (both from experience and from physical theory) that the divot is caused by the golf club, not the ball. That answer needs to be qualified, of course, a divot can be caused by a ball, but it is not the type of divot that we are talking about when we are talking about divots. A ball can, if topped sufficiently, be pushed into the ground by the club and make a small divot, but that is rare. The divot, properly made, comes about by the clubs leading edge and sole being driven into the ground. This is a good thing, because the downward pressure that results, causes the ball to spin and go up into the air. Hitting down makes the ball go up, because it creates backspin. It is absolutely vital, that the ball be struck BEFORE the ground. If you hit the ground first and take a divot, before the ball, then you have hit your shot fat, or heavy, and have not imparted the full force and spin into the ball. Your shot will fall short of the intended target. If you don't hit down you have topped your shot and it will fly much lower than normal. Always hit down on shots in which your ball is on the ground, and always try to take your divot after you hit the ball. I hope this helps.
2007-01-22 16:59:08 · answer #2 · answered by Golfer MS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A divot is caused by the club face on a hard firm fairway the club face hits the ball on a downward path and for a split second compresses the ball against the clubface and ground. After that the club face continues downward and takes some turf hopefully not to much or your swing is to steep. Taking a divot is caused by ball placement and swing path you don't always want to take one sometimes you want to pick the ball clean. It takes good hands loads of practice but taking a divot ensures you hit the ball first on a downward path. It's OK with the shot irons and the middle irons but not great with long irons although it can be done hitting down with a club that already has low loft makes it go lower and more difficult unless your an advanced player.
2007-01-19 04:20:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good golfer will take a divot after they have hit the ball first. The divot will predict where the ball should go. If u stand back and line up the divot it should head towards the direction u were aiming 4.
2007-01-20 01:39:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The club hits the ground and ball at the same time, the club will cause the divot.
2007-01-22 15:19:47 · answer #5 · answered by Doug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is caused by the club.
A good golfer will hit the ball before the divot.
2007-01-19 15:24:41 · answer #6 · answered by SG 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the divot is caused by the head of the club getting too far under the ball and slicing the top layer of sod from underneath the ball.
2007-01-19 02:51:50 · answer #7 · answered by prideroc1962 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The club. Except when you are useing a high number iron, maybe a wedge, in which case the club head gets a boost from the ball when the goal is to put A Lot of backspin on the ball.
2007-01-19 02:48:03 · answer #8 · answered by Beejee 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The club head.
2007-01-19 02:57:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
by hitting to deep with the club the head cuts the divit
2007-01-19 02:47:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋