Transcript: Upslope Lie

Golf Tips
Episode: “Upslope lie“

Joe Beck: Joe here, we are on an uneven lie, a matter of fact we’re on the upslope, I’m going to show you how to hit it off of this upslope correctly, but first I’m going to show you the incorrect way to do it. First of all typically the player uses the same club as he would for the yardage, and that is not good, it is too much loft. Second they typically play it where the ball position is in the same place which would be to four forward and third they would set up naturally where their shoulders are too much into the hill instead of along side of the hill.
Here are the results, as they make a swing they will swing and end up falling off balance missing the shot. We’re not going to do that, here’s what happens when you do it incorrectly and then I’m going to show you how to do it correctly. Get set up, the ball is too far forward and too much loft, my shoulders are in the wrong place and here’s the bad result.
That is not how to do it, obviously a bad result. Let me show you how to do it. What you want to do to do it correctly is to make sure that you have the right loft. And the way to figure that out is to find out what your yardage is and take one more club. Typically on the upslope you’re going to hit the ball higher and shorter. In this case we went from a pitching wedge to a 9 iron. The way to set up correctly that we are going to have the ball more in the center of our stance and make sure that our shoulders are more in line with the hill towards the slope. And then when you take your swing you want to make sure you go through the ball all the way to your finish. All of this creates incredible results, watch this.
Take one more club and make sure the ball position is in the center of your stance, make sure your shoulders are tilted, and then from there all you have to do is swing with the hill to a good balanced finish. That’s what I am talking about.
Key points:
1. Club up one club.
2. Ball in center stance.
3. Tilt shoulders with slope.