I know nothing is going to translate to the real thing, but for those who have one of these and stripe it on the course, where should a good strike show up say ball on centerline+sand wedge and how much does the shape of the strike tell you? I hit at a grass range and I’m trying to at least find some level of consistency on this for feedback when I’m not at the range.
by Infamous_Hovercraft3
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As close to the line as possible, with a ball, it would be a little past the line. That divot is super thin I would say.
I’ve used a divot board for years and it has absolutely helped.
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You skulled and sliced it. Nice 👍🏼
You want hit it just past / on the center line where the dot is
Ideally with irons/wedges if you take a divot it should be just after the ball. However, hitting a mat like that indoors especially your subconscious is going to do weird things during the swing. Also that mat is just above ground level so that has to be taken into account as well.
That is too far forward. And going a bit too far left It’s showing an OTT(a big outside in) steep downswing fader. Low-ish left , fade to slice , lots of spin ball flight
Also you hit that and a lot on the heel. Which adds more slice and spin.
Pull back the divot until it’s where the ball was. Put your club down on that. It’s 90% on the heel. It’s on the borderline of shanking the ball
if you’re not damaging your floor, I don’t know if you’ve done it right
Side note, these mats are around an inch tall, so you should stand on something of a similar height to make for a level surface. Otherwise it may be difficult to adjust back to the course.
I would say to have it as close to the line as possible or even right at the line. My reasoning is because the mat is slightly raised, so in real life on flat grass, your club would still be the 1/2in or so off the ground. Unless you have another mat of equal height to stand on. Maybe I’m wrong, but that is my thinking. I’m saving up some money to get the simulator version of a hitting mat. They make one of these mats now that shows your strike but also tracks your club head and show you a projected ball flight. I know it’s not the most accurate for distance, but I want some kind of visual of the ball flight. I have a normal hitting mat and a net, but I honestly can’t tell where the ball would go, so it’s king of pointless.
Are these mats really recommended?
No
I have the exact same mat. If you want big golf (Titleist, TaylorMade, VICE (lol), Maxfli, Noodle, Wilson etc.) to tell you how to play golf be my guest. But these corporate jackasses have rigged the game for us commoners. I’ve already said too much. If you don’t hear from me by tomorrow big golf already got me
I always look at my divots at a grass range. They tell you all you need to know about path strike and face.
That’s exactly why I haven’t gotten one yet, I just don’t understand what the real world translation would be, thanks for asking
Good divots begin just after the ball and go slightly left of the target. The impact point is the furthest “out” your club head should travel. After impact, a proper swing arc demands that the club is traveling back toward the “inside”. So by the time you’ve hit the grass (after impact), the club should be returning inside and make a divot aligned left of the target.
So if I’m swinging well, a swing with no ball would impact the turf very little. Because of the angle of the face and physics, impact creates a lot of the downward force on the club face that causes it to truly dig into the ground and create an actual divot.
So if you’re not hitting a ball, I don’t think this is gonna give you the info you maybe need. If you are hitting a ball, impact stickers IMO are a better to than this to get your strike dialed.
Not that
I’d have the mat going in the same direction as the grain in the flooring, but hey… you do you OP.
There is no way this can promote quality ball striking.