Finding your golf ball on a tight hardpan lie does not have to mean bogey or worse. Instead, incorporate these small adjustments courtesy of Titleist Staff Member Jason Baile and start striking shots from bare lies as easily as you do from the fairway.
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00:00 – The Hardpan Lie
00:20 – Working Down to the Ball
00:55 – The Adjustments You Need to Make
01:25 – Ball-First Contact
01:40 – Reviewing the Adjustments
So I hit a pretty good drive here got a little unlucky with some firm Turf and it bounced just into what we call the millings the millings is something we drive on here in South Florida but it represents a really firm lie so if you
Can see there’s a Dusty layer on top but underneath it’s pretty firm so I’ve got to make some adjustments here the main thing I want to have happen is I want this golf club working down to the ball making contact with the ball and then making a slight divot on the forward
Side I’m going to do a couple of things to help me ensure that I actually need to get steeper to this ball but I don’t want to change my golf swing so three simple things are going to allow me to get steeper to the ball and hopefully
Catch ball first with some solid contact now one thing I know from Club selection here is that there’s not a way to get this ball high in the air so I’m going to play out for it to run up on the green working on that solid contact
First so my three things are number one I’m going to choke down on the club that’s steep number one number two I’m going to move a a little closer to the ball that steep number two and number three I’m going to play the ball slightly further back in my stance with
The pressure in my feet slightly more forward so I get my aim here line my club face choke down a little bit ball a little further back standing a little closer ball first Contact so that ball hit right in front of the green bounced up on the green I got a
Really solid strike off of a really firm Lie by adding those three Steeps little bit closer to the ball choke down just a little bit ball slightly back make your normal swing that’s how you play really tight lies
