When you are setup to hit a golf ball on flat level ground, your spine angle is at a certain angle to the ground. When you set up to a golf ball on uneven ground, try to adjust your spine angle to more closely match the ground you are hitting off of.

For example, when the ball is above your feet, bend over from the hips less and bend your knees less. You also choke down on the club an inch or two or three depending on how far the ball is above your feet because the golf ball is closer to you. Your weight will feel like it’s on your toes. The swing will feel somewhat like swinging a baseball bat because of the flatter swing plane. Remember to swing “around” your body in your backswing AND your followthrough and resist the temptation to swing more vertically like your normal golf swing.

Also visualize which way the ball would roll if you dropped a ball on the ground. When the ball is above your feet, that means the ball will roll towards you, reminding you that the golf ball will draw right to left after you hit it. You’ll need to aim to the right of your target and depending on which club you are using will determine how much to aim to the right because the loft of the golf club is what determines how far the golf ball will go to the left. If you are hitting a 1 iron on a hill, the ball won’t go near as much to the left as if you are hitting a sand wedge. For example: imagine having 2 different golf clubs to select from for a sidehill lie golf shot. Golf club number one has no loft at all; just a flat face like a putter. Club number 2 is a 90 degree lob wedge where the face of the golf club is really facing straight up like the top of a table. Now glue a long 12 inch TEE to the face of each club so that you know where the clubface points.

If you address the golfball on the side hill lie with the putter and lean the club shaft down and raise the toe upward, the 12 inch TEE always points at the target no matter how far you lay down the clubshaft. Now address the golf ball with your 90 degree wedge. As you lay the club shaft down, the TEE points to the left of your target in the exact proportion that you lay the shaft down. If you drop the clubshaft 30 degrees toward the ground, the TEE also points 30 degrees to the left of your target. So when you are hitting golf shots with the ball above your feet, you have to realize that the more loft your golf club has that you are using, the more you will have to aim to the right of the target. A 3 iron will aim slightly to the left, but a sandwedge will really aim sharply to the left.

Make practice swings until you feel comfortable brushing the ground while swinging “around” your body more flatly so that you will contact the ball at the right place with this swing that doesn’t feel natural.

Focus on keeping your spine angle consistent throughout the swing and swinging around your body or you’ll hit it fat and on the toe of the club. Don’t swing at full strength. Settle for swinging smoothly to ensure good contact.

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