WHY They Lie ⬇️
If you go to a club fitting and the fitter pulls out a lie board, RUN! This is not an accurate way to fit your clubs to the correct lie angle.
The “lie angle” of your golf club is basically the angle formed between the shaft and the clubhead. When you hit a golf ball, ideally, the entire sole of the club contacts the ground. Hitting the ball well is a lot harder when you hit with one edge of the club (toe/heel) closer to the ground than the other.
To fix that issue, the “lie angle” is adjustable on many clubs. It’s a big reason to get fit for clubs!
However, if your club fitter tries to use a lie board (what the ball is sitting on here), you can get a lot of poor feedback. Here is why:
???? If you happen to contact the board early, you’ll get inaccurate feedback
???? If you happen to lean the shaft backwards at impact (common mistake), you’ll get inaccurate feedback
???? There’s a chance you miss the board entirely (thin shots)
The easiest way to FIT for LIE ANGLE is simple – draw a VERTICAL LINE on the golf ball, put some tape on the club face, and make sure the line is straight up and down!
This will ensure your clubs are fit to the proper lie angle.
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Man reading these comments, it’s very clear people don’t see the purpose of this video???? he’s showing you that EVEN IF the shot is fat, you’re going to get a tad bit better of a hit then if it was on grass. Therefore, giving you “false results” in practice using these boards where you may not think you hit the ball as fat as you did… I will never understand keyboard haters lol.
What if the ball and club were both in the same postcode at the time of impact?
@porchegrayson You’re the one who doesn’t get it. People who use a lie board for its intended purpose do not care about impact or where the ball goes. It’s to let you know if the club is fitted according to your height and swing characteristics. The ball is just there because people’s swing often change between practice swing and actually swinging at a ball. All that matters is that you make impact with the lie board and your brain believes you’re actually hitting a ball. You suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect my guy.
The lie board is used in club fittings to determine the lie angle of the club head for your particular swing mechanics. Based on the imprint the club's sole makes on the board using a special tape will tell the fitter to either increase the lie angle (more upright) or decrease it (flatter).
The ball gets hit?
Shorten the shaft half an inch of get more on your front foot, that would've been a flying chunk of sod ????
Same applies for low quality bouncy mats. If your attack angle is neutral or you tend to sweep with your irons; when you hit it ‘fat’ on the mat, it’s just glides on the surface or the club even ends up bouncing and you hit the ball a groove or two low on the face… rather than actually fat! Terrible for feedback for high handicap golfers that struggle with contact.
Listen for the sound!!! Ball first impact a very distinct sound especially to a trained professional!!!
Also, foot spray goes a long way in this situation. If your ball impact is high on the face, you probably chunked it a hair on mats and lie board!
The ball is moving up from the impact with the board.
20 handicap
Y'all acting like the board isn't there to show you when you ground your club. What the ball does doesn't matter. I don't even like golf and i know this… It did it's job and showed you would have just dug. The ball isn't even supposed to be there except for a target to swing for…
well the ball is totally irrelevant for checking lie angles. Its just there so a person takes a normal swing. From this video you can see the lie through the shot is perfect doesnt matter where the ball flys
The club shouldn't be sliding along the ground before impact.
No it doesnt stop making divits long enough and deep enough to sod a the front yard of a middle class house in iowa ????
Well when you use a slick mat and hit behind the ball you can’t compare it to Real Life Golf ⛳️ ????
Bad strike. The club should be hitting down on the ball.
This is a waste of time. That "board" is sitting on top of the grass which the golfer is standing on. Which means the ball is 1/2"(3/4"?) off the "ground" relative to the golfer so the clubface is hitting the board well behind the ball rather than hitting a it's normal depth/distance from the golfer.
The club would probably hit the ground/ball fine if it wasn't riding on top of the board and the ball was on the ground…….duh.
I cannot see the benefit of this at all.
When you hit a ball off the ground/grass it doesn't not jump up like this, the club sweeps the grass/ground away as you hit the ball sitting on the ground….because…..with irons you need to hit the ball 1st before the club hits the ground – ie: the divot.