| Topping a golf shot is embarrassing and frustrating. | | | | you looked it over?" To which he replied, "Based on |
| Why is so hard to get the ball airborne on the proper | | | | the way I am playing it has been far too long! Let's |
| trajectory? After all, you did take the time to go | | | | go back to my place after the round and look that |
| through your set-up routine checking alignment, | | | | over. I can't stand to play this poorly any longer." |
| posture, balance and so on. You placed the club | | | | You see golf, unlike some other sports, is a game of |
| carefully behind the ball. You execute the back swing | | | | opposites. A golfer must swing easy to hit the ball |
| and then the downswing only to see a shot where | | | | far, aim to the right to make the ball turn left and |
| the ball barely gets off the ground if at all (hence the | | | | then there is the one that was giving Dooley so |
| term worm burner) rolling to a stop nowhere near | | | | much trouble that day. You must hit down on the ball |
| your intended landing area. You are most likely left | | | | to make it go up. That is how the rule of opposites |
| with an impossible second shot where going for the | | | | works in golf. |
| green is nearly out of the question. Now this looks | | | | This is counter-intuitive to most of us. We want to |
| like the best you can do is bogey with double bogey | | | | swing under the ball and lift it up into the air in an |
| very much in play. | | | | upward motion. That is logical but wrong because it |
| When Dooley Duffer, my golfing buddy, started | | | | ignores the laws of physics and the design of the |
| topping shots a few weeks back he was so | | | | face of the golf club. The lofted face is an important |
| embarrassed and discouraged. He began trying to | | | | part of the club's mechanics; put trust in it and it will |
| explain it to us as the round progressed. "I can't | | | | do most of the work for you. |
| remember when I have ever topped the ball so | | | | Jack Moorehouse explains it better than I can in his |
| much. That is just not like me. I have tried to make | | | | book "How to Break 80". If you need sound golf |
| adjustments to correct the trajectory but I am still | | | | swing instruction to help you develop the proper |
| topping the ball." he said. | | | | descending blow and lower your handicap then I |
| Well his memory and mine are a bit different. As I | | | | would like to point you in the direction of "How to |
| recall he goes through spells where he tops the ball | | | | Break 80". Then you too can use it like Dooley did as |
| resulting in short and extremely low trajectory shots. | | | | a future reference to help your swing when things |
| So I gently reminded him that he had a similar | | | | go a bit haywire as they sometimes will. |
| problem this past January (We live in the Charlotte, | | | | The best thing is that all of this help is less than most |
| NC area where year round play is possible). Then | | | | lessons with a pro, a single training aide or |
| while he was commiserating over another topped | | | | instructional DVD. He is offering a 90-day money |
| shot, this one his second to a long par 5, I asked him | | | | back guarantee, so if you don't like the book simply |
| what he did to correct the issue the last time. | | | | return it. But, once you get into his drills, I highly |
| He replied that he had just downloaded the eBook | | | | doubt that you'll need that guarantee. |
| "How to Break 80" by Jack Moorehouse back then. | | | | No more worm burners, topped shots or grounders |
| He said that Jack had some good golf tips and drills in | | | | found here: How to Break 80. |
| that book. So I asked him, "When was the last time | | | | |