How to play down slope lie?

I've not gone through the other posts but my take on this topic is as follows:

- Assuming your "downslope" means that (for right hand golfers) your left leg is now lower than your right leg.
- In such a situation, because of the stance, my swing is likely to come down closer to your right and therefore, I would position myself such that the ball is closer to my right foot.
- Further, because the clubface meets the ground earlier, it is likely that the clubface would be more closed so I would elect to play a shorter iron and sacrifice distance for lift. If not, I would find it difficult to carry the ball and may end up topping the ball instead or hitting it fat.
- With a short distance chip or pitch, I think the wedge would have a more open face upon impact (seeing that contact with the ball is earlier than it would have been if the stance was flat). As such, I would position myself to aim more left to compensate for the open face contact which obviously pushes the ball more to the right.

My 2 cents. It may seem unorthodox and if so, I welcome feedback too so that I can improve as well

Technospaz wrote:

I've not gone through the other posts but my take on this topic is as follows:

- Assuming your "downslope" means that (for right hand golfers) your left leg is now lower than your right leg.
- In such a situation, because of the stance, my swing is likely to come down closer to your right and therefore, I would position myself such that the ball is closer to my right foot.
- Further, because the clubface meets the ground earlier, it is likely that the clubface would be more closed so I would elect to play a shorter iron and sacrifice distance for lift. If not, I would find it difficult to carry the ball and may end up topping the ball instead or hitting it fat.
- With a short distance chip or pitch, I think the wedge would have a more open face upon impact (seeing that contact with the ball is earlier than it would have been if the stance was flat). As such, I would position myself to aim more left to compensate for the open face contact which obviously pushes the ball more to the right.

My 2 cents. It may seem unorthodox and if so, I welcome feedback too so that I can improve as well

your ball postioning is same as how i will normally do so, but i will also have a more open stance instead of the normal address postion. but how will you take your backswing and follow through?

DeadSoul wrote:

Technospaz wrote:

I've not gone through the other posts but my take on this topic is as follows:

- Assuming your "downslope" means that (for right hand golfers) your left leg is now lower than your right leg.
- In such a situation, because of the stance, my swing is likely to come down closer to your right and therefore, I would position myself such that the ball is closer to my right foot.
- Further, because the clubface meets the ground earlier, it is likely that the clubface would be more closed so I would elect to play a shorter iron and sacrifice distance for lift. If not, I would find it difficult to carry the ball and may end up topping the ball instead or hitting it fat.
- With a short distance chip or pitch, I think the wedge would have a more open face upon impact (seeing that contact with the ball is earlier than it would have been if the stance was flat). As such, I would position myself to aim more left to compensate for the open face contact which obviously pushes the ball more to the right.

My 2 cents. It may seem unorthodox and if so, I welcome feedback too so that I can improve as well

your ball postioning is same as how i will normally do so, but i will also have a more open stance instead of the normal address postion. but how will you take your backswing and follow through?

Good point. My backswing and downswing will be steeper - this depends on the angle of the slope. The steeper the angle, the steeper the swing. As far as followthrough is concerned, I'll do my best to maintain a normal followthrough but that may be difficult given the uneven stance.

Ssquirrel wrote:

S70B wrote:

So...best is to check on youtube.

Best lesson I found on youtube.. got some TGM-esque lingo for the technically more inclined too...

solid trick shot ...