iron shots

[vettett15]

hey guys,
Been working on hitting my irons lately and was wondering how much grass do you guys take out when you hit your irons. The driving range must hate me now because after every iron hit I take a good amount of grass, but I still seem to be hitting the ball alright and the grass i do take out is that in front of the ball so I assume i'm hitting down on the ball.

thanks,
pete

[Rule]

Re: iron shots

This is an easy answer. Never. No grass, no divot, except when I hit it fat. Sure is discouraging. Those divots look so nice on TV. Maybe I'm afraid of hurting the grass. Who knows?

[BrianW]

Re: iron shots

Hi,

Long irons should clip the grass and take hardly any divot as the ball is forward in stance. Mid irons should take a fairly long and tapering shallow divot with ball slightly forward of stance centre. Higher lofted wedges will take a slightly deeper divot due to the ball being struck with a steeper angle and ball centre in stance. All divots should start just under the ball and finish forward of it.

[vettett15]

Re: iron shots

That seems about right, I haven't been working on hitting with my long irons and my shorter irons and wedges are taking a divot as you describe. I am almost positive its all in front of the ball because I think I have checked before but will check again. I hit at a 9 hole par 27 course the other day, hit a 48. One thing I really wasn't ready for was when I would hit off the tee and miss the green I would then be hitting on a hill which I have never practiced before. Also the putting surface at the driving range I practice at was far from the one at the course.

Thanks again
pete

[lgskywalker37]

Re: iron shots

Hi,

Long irons should clip the grass and take hardly any divot as the ball is forward in stance. Mid irons should take a fairly long and tapering shallow divot with ball slightly forward of stance centre. Higher lofted wedges will take a slightly deeper divot due to the ball being struck with a steeper angle and ball centre in stance. All divots should start just under the ball and finish forward of it.

that is correct, but the reason long irons are can have less of a divot is because of a more sweeping action but another reason is how far your hands are from your body. the closer your hands are, the bigger angle (shaft/hand) you have and the bigger the divot will be from that angle striatening at impact, and the further away your hands you have no angle and your arm/shaft angle is already strait so no/small divot is taken. brian is right of it finishing foward or the ball, but if you are still ripping up earth then you are probly standing too close to the ball at adress.