Up and down hill lies
Where the ball is on a downhill lie, it is helpful if the ball is not played directly opposite the left heel. A stance should be taken where the ball is opposite a point nearer the center of the body.
Playing the ball back, nearer the point opposite the right foot, is an automatic method of contacting the ball on the downswing. This will actually make the ball climb or rise more in its flight.
Curiously, uphill lies should also be played from this same back near center position-the reason being that from such a position there is a difficulty of reshifting weight back to the left foot. So the more effective contact point is suggested.
Trouble shots-sandtraps, grassy lies, cuppy lies, shots into the wind, chip shots.
The above five categories of shots are listed under this heading because there is one simple remedy which will help the player in all the above circumstances.
Early in this site, it was emphatically stated that in all shots the ball should be played at a point opposite the inside part of the left heel. As you recall, the reason for so doing is that on the backswing the weight is shifted to the right foot; but in order for the player to make the downswing and follow through the weight must be re-shifted to the left foot. At impact the weight is on the left foot, consequently the swing centers opposite that point, which is where the ball should be played. However, when the ball is in a cuppy lie, or when it is deep in the grass, it becomes necessary to lower the contact point. This can be accomplished by moving the ball back-playing at a point opposite the right heel if the situation requires it. In other words, the deeper the ball is embedded, the further back opposite the right heel it must be played with the club in a slightly closed position.
Naturally, the further back it is played the more lofted the club must be, and it is this exception to the rule that the ball must be played opposite the left heel, that has given rise to that fallacious theory that each club must be played from a different position. That is all tommyrot- every club from driver to wedge should be played opposite the left heel-the natural contact point in the correct swing. continue unusual shots in golf...
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