Driver going high

[Stricken]

So the issue is as the title suggests.

For the past couple of months my driver has been going about 120/130ft up, and ending up sitting down at 160-odd yards.

For context I've been playing for about 7 months now, and haven't had any official lessons.

I've tried teeing it lower, but that doesn't seem to work, I just top it 30 yards.

However, when hitting my 3-wood, I have no problem hitting it long and straight, whether that's off a tee or as it lies.

What can I do to help prevent this unnecessary height from my driver?

TIA

 

[Oops!]

Just to be clear: I don't know nothing ! I'd describe myself as an advanced beginner at best.

That said (and in anticipation of comments from those who know better), it sounds to me like you’re hitting the ball too late - i. e., the clubhead is already on its way up again, so it’s hitting the ball more “from below.”

But let’s wait and see what the pros have to say!

 

[Imurg]

Definitely no Pro here but when I hit my driver miles high with no distance it means I've hit massively down on the ball creating mountains of spin....

 

[Neilds]

Check the ball position, may be too far forward. Level with your front heel is ideal.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Definitely no Pro here but when I hit my driver miles high with no distance it means I've hit massively down on the ball creating mountains of spin....

this for me as well.

If I pop one up really high. It’s usually because my Angle of Attack has got to steep and hitting to much down on the ball so it comes off the club face really high and spinny.

Would also suggest why the 3 woods working well as I hit all fairway woods with a more downward angle and creates a better stronger ball flight.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Check the ball position, may be too far forward. Level with your front heel is ideal.

Weirdly that ball position or at least that thought of ball position doesn’t work for me and brings in a 2 way miss. For me it’s to get the ball directly inline with the inside of my left shoulder.

I know technically they’re almost the same thing if your set up is correct but my tendency is to have my left food to wide if I use that as my reference point for ball position as shoulder width apart to me always meant my left heel is level with the outside of my shoulder. By bringing the ball position under the inside of my left shoulder that reference point never moves and is an absolute constant. But I know I’m weird

 

[Orikoru]

We would need to see a video of your set-up and swing because it could be one of two opposite things, as you've seen from the comments above.

1. More likely in my opinion: you have a downward strike and are hitting the ball on the very top part of the face and skying it, or just imparting way too much spin.
2. You might have the ball too far forward, swinging over the top and then scooping the ball up with a very high fadey flight.

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Weirdly that ball position or at least that thought of ball position doesn’t work for me and brings in a 2 way miss. For me it’s to get the ball directly inline with the inside of my left shoulder.

I know technically they’re almost the same thing if your set up is correct but my tendency is to have my left food to wide if I use that as my reference point for ball position as shoulder width apart to me always meant my left heel is level with the outside of my shoulder. By bringing the ball position under the inside of my left shoulder that reference point never moves and is an absolute constant. But I know I’m weird

Yeah this is true for me also. When I had the ball up on my left heel my club path was going too far left by the time it got to the ball, so I'd either hit a straight pull, or open the face slightly and I've sliced it. I started playing it one ball back from there and that was a lot better.

I've seen YouTube videos where they teach ball position relative to your shoulder rather than your feet (I forget whose vids they were) so it's not that weird.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

You say you have been playing for 7 months and haven't had any lessons. Now you have a fault.

Get a lesson .

The pro will sort this out, and other issues. Don't avoid it, lessons are not to be afraid of. Embrace them, they will make your game better, help you enjoy golf more.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

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Yeah this is true for me also. When I had the ball up on my left heel my club path was going too far left by the time it got to the ball, so I'd either hit a straight pull, or open the face slightly and I've sliced it. I started playing it one ball back from there and that was a lot better.

I've seen YouTube videos where they teach ball position relative to your shoulder rather than your feet (I forget whose vids they were) so it's not that weird.

Exactly where my 2 way miss comes from straight pull or if I square the face a pull hook, leave it open and slices into oblivion.

To many people when they see my ball position they think its to far back, but I still hit upward on it with the driver and it means my low point with the driver doesn’t change unlike my feet position which does. I think I’ve seen Rob Cheney on YouTube mention this so maybe I’m not that weird.

 

[Neilds]

Weirdly that ball position or at least that thought of ball position doesn’t work for me and brings in a 2 way miss. For me it’s to get the ball directly inline with the inside of my left shoulder.

I know technically they’re almost the same thing if your set up is correct but my tendency is to have my left food to wide if I use that as my reference point for ball position as shoulder width apart to me always meant my left heel is level with the outside of my shoulder. By bringing the ball position under the inside of my left shoulder that reference point never moves and is an absolute constant. But I know I’m weird

Can you get your feet too wide with little stumpy legs?

 

[clubchamp98]

I find I hit down on the ball, always have it’s not such a bad thing as long as it’s not to excessive.

My pro told me it’s a weight shift towards the target.

It comes from a lateral shift ( moving whole body towards the target at the start of the downswing)
This steepens the shaft angle and leaves no room to get the head in the proper low point as your low point has moved forward because of the shift in weight.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Can you get your feet too wide with little stumpy legs?

Well it’s easy to go off someone

That’s the issue my stumps go to wide so left heel inline with outside the shoulder weirdly it’s a comfortable position creates room for other things .

But the issue is that causes the problem of 2 way missing, so better to bring the stumps in a little and use my epic low centre of gravity that you you taller freaks don’t have as you’re so far from the ground.

 

[Oops!]

(…)
Get a lesson .

The pro will sort this out, and other issues. Don't avoid it, lessons are not to be afraid of. Embrace them, they will make your game better, help you enjoy golf more.

I was expecting this tip way earlier!
And as right as you may be: knowing how to do something and putting that knowledge into practice are - unfortunately! - still two completely different things!
I’m the perfect example of that…!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I was expecting this tip way earlier!
And as right as you may be: knowing how to do something and putting that knowledge into practice are - unfortunately! - still two completely different things!
I’m the perfect example of that…!

I know it's a really boring answer but in the case of the original poster it really makes sense.

I get your point, and I'm currently in that situation myself. Had a good lesson, trying to put it into practice, partially successful, not fully.

 

[Oops!]

I know it's a really boring answer but in the case of the original poster it really makes sense.

I get your point, and I'm currently in that situation myself. Had a good lesson, trying to put it into practice, partially successful, not fully.

… and when you finally manage to get something right, something else you’ve never had trouble with before is bound to go wrong!

And yet we all keep playing anyway!