It is critical to develop a mechanically strong golf swing if we are to ever reach our potential as golfers and shoot good scores. This is done by implementing solid fundamentals through the use of good instruction. When we are developing a strong golf swing, most of this work is done on the practice tee, in an ideal setting. Usually we are on a perfectly level piece of turf of a mat. There is no concern for the uneven lies that we will encounter on the golf course.
The first thing to understand is that the ball will generally move in the direction of the slope. If the ball is above your feet the all will want to go left. Of the ball is below your feet, and then the ball will move left to right. The more severe the slope, the further left or right the ball will go in that direction.
In both of theses situations we want to use our same fundamentally solid golf swing, but we need to make a few adjustments in order to pull off theses shots. Let’s begin by looking at a shot in which the ball is above your feet. In our setup, there are a few adjustments we need to work in. first of all, we know the shot is going to move right to left off the slope so we have to aim ourselves to the right of the target. Again, the amount of aim to the right depends on the severity of the slope. The next thing we do is make certain that we are in a strong athletic position by standing tall at address and choking down on the club a little if necessary. We are now ready to hit this shot.
The only adjustment we need to do in the swing itself is to feel as though we are swinging around us, on flatter plane.
The second type of shot is one in which the ball is below our feet. In this shot we know that the ball is going to move left to right, so we need to aim ourselves to the left of the target. Next, we are going to have to make sure we have some extra flex in our knees in order to reach down to the ball and stay down through the shot. Now we are ready to execute this shot. The one thing we need to feel during the shot itself is that our swing should be a little more up and down motion. If we perform theses few moves, our shot should start left of the target and move nicely to the right into the flag.
So remember, we don’t need to be afraid of these shots and we only need to make a few adjustments to perform them correctly.