Why Do I Hit Thin Iron Shots
Are you catching iron shots either thin or fat? Inconsistent ball striking is costing you strokes.
Catching your iron shots fat or thin is a problem that usually stems from the way in which your body is moving during the swing.
If you hang back on your right side through the ball, the club is likely to connect with the ground too early, causing a poor strike. This is known as ‘bottoming out’ too early – the bottom of the arc of the swing has come too soon. The result is that you either hit the ground before the ball or, the club is rising through impact and you strike it thin. Either way, the results are bad!
A great drill that I often give my pupils is to take a normal address position, and then pose the impact position.