Grip the club in your fingers, have your thumbs and index fingers pinched together to support the club at the top of your backswing and apply your grip pressure at a medium level
Learn to take a divot in front of the ball by finding the three bottoms of your swing, fat shots are caused by using too much back arm and results in a swing bottom behind the ball
Playing the ball too far back in your stance causes you to make contact while the club is still swinging to the right of the target