HITTING UP ON THE BALL...NO,NO,NO (August 2007)
Chuck Evans - Executive Director of Instruction - Medicus Golf Institute
Hitting up on the ball produces hacking and almost all topped shots! Hitting up is caused by the clubhead passing the hands into Impact and is a clubface motion instead of a clubhead motion. Most players do this because they THINK they must help the ball into the air. In a proper golf stroke the clubhead is moving downward at Impact, NOT upward!
The ball MAY bounce off the turf but ultimately produces topspin.
