Fat Shots - The Causes

[Jensen]

Played today, ground pretty soft, but hit some fats mainly from semi rough and 1 on fairway..
What is the cause of this, is it losing height on the way down or just hitting too far behind the ball ?
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[woody69]

Most likely lateral movement, I.e. Head swaying to right causing bottom of swing to bottom out behind ball

 

[ScienceBoy]

My fats are casting related, hold the lag and I don't fat the ball.

From Casting

Finally, there is “casting,” or too early of a release that can cause fat shots. When the lead arm and club get extended too soon (from the inside) you’ll crash.

This one is almost always associated with an inside-out path and insufficient pelvic rotation into impact. It’s the “hang-back-and-cast” move.

If you are an early releaser of the club, you need to be keenly aware of getting off your back foot early in the downswing. The reason this is an inside-out related swing issue is because if you come over the top with an early release, you usually do not crash. But casting from the inside is a death move.

SOURCE: http://www.golfwrx.com/274835/why-youre-hitting-fat-shots-and-how-to-fix-them/

Proper fats can be a bit of both lateral and casting.

 

[snell]

My problem was sliding hips, rather than rotating.

 

[Smiffy]

As others have mentioned, most probably "swaying".
I tend to do this if I play in windy conditions, in my efforts to help the ball on it's way.
Stay over the ball, making every effort to rotate, rather than sway.