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Mark good vid but lifting your left shoulder will tend for most golfers to
top the ball . . the ball is 1.7″ .. would it not be better trying to
sweep the ground . . driving your right shoulder through . .
Certainly not going to argue with a pro who is far better than I, but I
could never hit a 3 wood off the deck until I moved it back from my left
heel to roughly two balls ahead of center. Since then I am consistently
hitting straight 200-220 yard shots. Maybe that’s just correctly for some
other body alignment issue with me, but for those topping the ball I would
suggest this.
Mark, I’ve watched dozens of your videos, and learned TONS from you, and
have never up till now taken issue with anything you said, but after 30
years of golf I have to say I think you’re dead wrong about fairway
woods… It is a ‘sweeping’ club… meant to be played off the deck. There
actually is NO WAY to hit up on it and still contact the ball. The club
isn’t designed that way. I think if you examined your swing with TrackMan,
etc, you’d see that you’re not hitting up, but are neutral, or actually
hitting down on the ball. Many players actually scuff the turf after
striking the ball.
The design of the club is the reason it’s used on the fairway turf, and
that a driver is more difficult to hit off the deck.
Comments?
get out of the wind
you should hit down with everything except putter and driver…not to sure
why your saying to hit up with a three wood off the deck. Trackman and
Flightscope have showed us otherwise. But good classic video. Cool to watch
good youtubers old videos! Will enjoy doing this in a few years again to
see how far you come!
Good lesson Mark. Thanks for the tips.
You DO NOT swing the same way as the driver. You DO NOT want to hit UP at
it like a driver. The is ON THE TEE when you hit the driver which is why
you want to hit up on it. A fairway wood you want to hit as squarely as
possible so that you dont….wait for it…TOP IT. Fairway woods are
notorious for topping the ball because idiots like this are telling you to
HIT UP at the ball. You DONT want to line the ball up with you
heel…that’s how you hit a driver. You want the ball midway between your
heel and the middle of your stance. Dont hit down on it like an iron and
dont hit UP at it like a driver. You also dont want to KILL it because you
will almost always come up on the ball and top it. Take a nice easy swing
and the ball will hit flat on the face. This is why the fairway wood,
especially the 3 wood, is one of the most difficult hits in golf. But
please, dont listen to this guy and HIT UP on the ball when it is on the
ground….you will top it 99% of the time.
+Mark Crossfield You can find a few good tips here on how to avoid topping
your 3 wood when hitting from the ground ;)
Any tips to stop topping my 3 wood?
Thanks Mark, really enjoy watching your videos and golf rounds with your
friends.. Any chance you can show some of your swings in slo-mo? It would
really help to see your full swing in slow motion in some cases..like this
one.. Thanks, Cheers from Texas!
fix the windy audio lol
For me personally I make good contact when I swing flatter, no squatting
with the hips like you would a driver. I’ve seen people try to hit down on
the ball with their wood like you would an iron. I swing flatter, that’s me
personally.
Good lesson – but if you take the time to prepare that lesson, do prepare
the microphone for being out there in the storm (that’s how it sounds)!
Wow great tips Mark. Now where can i find a free wood?
i have the same 3 wood. it is actually a pretty good club i may have my top
once in a while but i mainly hit good shots. i would recommend it
Mark I love your videos but you need to sort out your sound recording, the
wind is just incredibly distracting. Just pay someone a tenner to be a
boom boy for an hour, you need some wind protection.
cut low audio frequencies to reduce wind noise
I’m gonna have to send an invoice through for my speakers… Jokes… but
that wind noise is so easily solved at the source microphone!
Great tip as always. I also have that same club I have the matching driver
as well. Both are great clubs and yes gotta have a good lie to hit that
club
Is there a tornado nearby?
Mark, You are my favorite, but the sound on this video was bad, really
bad….took away from what you were trying to communicate….a review
before posting would be suggested……thanks for the tips…
Great video, but my ears!!!
hit the ball and quit talking so much.
Skip to 1 minute 30 seconds for any actual practical advice.
Thanks for the great advice! Awesome
Great explanations why I haven’t been able to get my fifteen degree hybrid
wood air bound