Fat & Thin Shots - Golf Tips and Videos

Fat shots are caused by either too steep a plane (slicers) or to shallow an swing (hookers)

You don't even need to see my upper body to know what's wrong here! I've made a huge turn, but my weight has never...

Irons are meant to be hit with a descending blow so a divot should start after the ball, thin shots are most common...

Practicing punch shots and chip shots will help you perfect your contact and enable you to eliminate your fat and thin shots

Having a ball position too far forward or back can cause you to change your swing plane and hit fat shots

A common fault in the one plane swing are thin shots because the club path is pitched to the right, fix this by...

When it comes to hitting bad shots from the fairway, there's a big difference between the bad shots touring professionals...

Hitting the ball with the bottom of the club face can result from several different swing faults

Most thin or topped shots are not caused by picking your head up, as commonly believed, but rather because your...

Thin shots are generally caused by players pulling their body up prior to impact or releasing the club to early...

Use a couple of bag stands or old shafts outside your legs to stop from swaying in your backswing and follow through

Use this pre-impact drill to maintain the correct distance from the ball at address

Skulled and thin chips and pitches are the result of a fundamental misunderstanding of how the ball gets in the...

Maintaining a constant posture will stop your body from moving into the ball on the downswing

Hitting the ball off the top of the club face can be the result of several swing flaws

Move your ball position forwards and backwards and see where your divot is in relation to the ball position

Hitting the ball fat tends to come from either falling backward on your backswing or overusing your hands and...

Practice making half swing with this pen drill to maintain a constant distance to the ball throughout the swing

I often use the four uneven lies--ball below the feet, ball above the feet, uphill and downhill--to help me communicate...

Your shoulders should match on the backswing and downswing, most topped shots occur when you lift your body during...

Thin/Topped shots are not caused by picking your head up but rather lifting your entire body, concentrate on keeping...

A breakdown of the left wrist or arm causes a change in your swing radius and thin shots

Put your feet together and hit balls off a tee to eliminate sway in your swing

There are three main reasons for the fat shot which cause you to impact the ground behind the ball resulting in...

There's more than a few ways to top a fairway wood shot, but the most common fault is the result of what I call...

When the player's swing path into impact is too shallow or steep, only one part of his or her game becomes manageable....

Although fat and thin shots produce very different results, they tend to be caused by the same fault--a swing...

Use this drill to practice keeping your wrists firm and in front of the clubhead

Hitting off a sloped lie isn't as difficult as it looks. In this case, since I have a downhill lie, the proper...

Regardless of whether your tempo is fast or slow, you need to have good rhythm in your golf swing. A typical symptom...

There are times when the game of golf begins to play us rather than us playing the game. Whether it's accommodating...

Do you find yourself falling back after every swing? This is a very common flaw, and occurs in varying degrees,...

Topped balls are not caused by picking up your head, what you are really doing is losing your spine angle and...

Regardless of talent, every golfer is going to have good and bad days when it comes to hitting greens in regulation....

Let your body pivot, open the club face and keep a constant loft through the entire swing

This is an intimidating shot, but it can be managed easily by getting your weight far forward in your stance so...

The biggest misconception high-handicappers have when hitting pitches around the green is that they feel the need...

Your impact should start right at the ball and the lowest point of the divot should be ahead of impact, use this...

Putting from off the green is the safest shot and will eliminate disasters

If you tend to come up out of your stance and hit thin shots you can not only fix that but also increase your...

I'm sure you're familiar with the famous Sam Snead tip, "Hear your putts." To ensure that he didn't come out of...

Hitting the ball cleanly is the usual objective of any golfer looking to score well. Fat and thin shots can ruin...

With Las Vegas having more than 50, Palm Springs with 100-plus and the Phoenix/Scottsdale/Mesa area totaling somewhere...

In this collection of tips, we cover everything from power to putting, thin to fat shots, and more. For distance,...

In golf, tempo refers to the overall speed of the swing. It's the total amount of time it takes to create your...

It is easy to make a number of small mistakes in the sand, any one of which can ruin your chance to get up and...

A key shot in any golfer's bag is a soft pitch from 15 to 30 yards off the green. Touring professionals only hit...

To me, playing golf is like painting. It takes all kinds of brushstrokes to complete a picture--long, colorful...

Few shots on the golf course are more satisfying than a well-executed flop shot. Unfortunately, unless you're...

Say you have a 45-yard shot to the green. You realize you'll have to choke down and make partial swings with either...

Many golfers incorrectly associate power with the arms. Using the arms to produce power creates many swing faults,...

As we continue to learn more about the golf swing, which, by the way, is well into its 600th year of revision,...

Use a three wood to chip from tight lies as it affords more loft to allow the ball to roll where a putter has...

The higher you lift out of position on the backswing, the more inclined you'll be to dip and sink too low on the...

"A picture is worth a thousand words." No doubt you've heard this phrase before, but did you ever consider that...

Perhaps the most significant reason most golfers seem unable to improve is adherence to old adages such as "Keep...

Teaching juniors how to hit a downhill lie is as simple as aligning shoulders with the slope

Most golfers learn the golf swing by trial and error. As a result, most golf swings are a patchwork of compensations...

Grip down on the club slightly, keep your legs quite, focus on the top of the ball and keep your chin up so that...

Don't over complicate this shot, just focus on a slightly wider stance and dig in slightly for balance, then take...

When in a fairway bunker you must make sure that you have solid contact, play the ball slightly back in your stance...

Try these two new ways to hit this difficult shot with some spin for control

Basically, there are only two positions in the golf swing: the address and the finish. Everything else is a motion...

Golf is the most individual of all games. No two golf swings are exactly alike. Your swing should be designed...

The average PGA Tour player misses the green roughly 35 percent of the time. Yet using the median birdie average,...

Golf is the only game that requires proficiency with a wide variety of instruments. While tennis, hockey and baseball...

Long irons are necessary tools for going low. Take, for instance, the Long Iron Express--a low, boring rocket...

You've probably noticed hybrid clubs are a lot easier to hit than traditionally shaped long irons. The ball flies...

In this edition of Ask the Pro, Bobby Clampett answers questions from a reader who can't stop hitting golf shots...

If you've played golf for any length of time, it's likely you've run across the term "swing plane." But do you...

Links golf requires the use of every club in your bag. It demands creativity, inventiveness and confidence. Moreover,...

Having played with thousands of golfers during my 16 years on the PGA Tour, I've noticed one major difference...

One of the things I focus on when I examine a student's swing is the power center meridian, a line connecting...

Are Tour players blessed with extraordinary athleticism and hand-eye coordination, or is there a collection of...

Talking about your swing plane is one thing, but seeing it on video is a whole lot better. Here at the TOUR Academy,...

There are two types of players, those that putt on a path versus those that putt on a line, the path putter work...

You should be able to hear a perfect impact because the club hits the ball then the ground creating one sound,...

If you find yourself trying to scoop the ball when hitting pitch shots, it's probably because you don't understand...

When you want to hit shots under a headwind, don't play the ball way back in your stance and hit down on it harder...

Taking a lesson is more than just showing up, you have to learn to communicate in golf terminology with your instructor...

If short chips around the green aren't your specialty, consider a shot that resembles a putt rather than a chip....

The shape of your putter head influences the direction you aim, mallet putters tend to aim to the right and blade...

If you really want to impress your foursome, practice this shot for an amazing recovery. It happens--a tree, bush...

Tour pros thrive in bunkers, almost always giving themselves good up-and-down opportunities. Many will play their...

Slicing. A lack of power. Hitting it fat. If these terms are used too often to describe your game, then you know...

A sound address position is critical for solid golf shots. In fact, if you were to look for a common thread among...

If you recount your last poor round of golf, you probably recall errant drives and sloppy iron shots, combined...

If your takeaway is too far inside or outside, you have begun to stray off plane and will have a difficult time...

Esteban Toledo's success on the PGA Tour is proof that hard work and desire really can pay off. A one-time professional...

Focus on your left wrist at the top of the backswing and start of the downswing to get to impact properly, many...

Avoid taking a penalty stroke and learn to improvise by finding a way to turn the clubface in the direction you...

Driving is paramount to success. As you probably know, the flood of low scores on Tour is fueled by longer, more...

In order to build a good golf swing, one that will stand the test of time and grow, you must first build a solid...

Fairway bunkers are hazards. We're not supposed to be in them, so they're not designed to be easy to get out of--much...

Learn to take a divot in front of the ball by finding the three bottoms of your swing, fat shots are caused by...

There are several ways to grip the club but there are three constant pressure points that must be observed in...

The golf swing in its most simple form is a circle. The radius of this circle, back and through to the finish,...

Downhill lies are tough enough with a 7-iron, let alone a long-iron or 5-wood. What typically happens to amateurs...

Copying Rory Sabbatini's technique when playing explosion shots from the sand will get you close to the hole more...

If kids are going to play golf then they need to know how to hit all the shots, so teach them to hit different...