Who Hovers?

[devonlad]

In the quest for trying to strike my irons better I have come across a few articles about hovering all your clubs at address. Anyone ever put this in to practice?

 

[Maninblack4612]

I started doing this a few months ago & my striking improved a lot, it seemed to take the tension out of my arms. The only club I can't do it with is the putter.

 

[Fish]

I did it for a while with my driver to great effect.

I think you get more control with the clubhead by hovering rather than almost lifting or sweeping away the driver when placed on the ground. The takeaway I believe will be more consistent when hovering.

FairwayDodger hovers...

Never tried it with irons.

 

[pokerjoke]

Not me I like to hear a few smacks on the hard ground.
I also do a few wiggles as well, watching too many Crossfield vidoes is responsible for that.

 

[Orikoru]

Can link one of said articles? I'm not sure what the benefit would be of hovering your irons at address. Sounds like a recipe for topping the ball to me.

 

[devonlad]

Apparently you are more likely to stay down on the ball thinking you are going to top it...the mysteries of the mind and all that

 

[Foxholer]

Hovering was/is absolutely natural for me!

Though I MAY ground wedges, especially for bare lies!

Putter hovers ever so slightly too!

 

[Foxholer]

Apparently you are more likely to stay down on the ball thinking you are going to top it...the mysteries of the mind and all that

Possibly. But, for me, it's more about eliminating any superfluous (prevention of) movement during the backswing!

 

[garyinderry]

Hovering was/is absolutely natural for me!

Though I MAY ground wedges, especially for bare lies!

Putter hovers ever so slightly too!

I hover driver and putter. Not conscious thought. Just seems right.

I clearly don't do irons as they can sometimes catch in the grass as I go back and I have to try and hit the abort button on the swing.

 

[Capella]

I hover the driver and the putter. It seems logical to me, since I don't want to come into contact with the grounds with those clubs during the swing either. I do ground irons and wedges, though (same reasoning, here I do want to hit the ground, so it seems logical to start the club on that height). The only exception (apart from hazards, of course) is that I do hover my irons in the rough most of the time, because I am afraid grounding it directly behind the ball will cause the ball to move on longer grass.

 

[Face breaker]

Have tried 'hovering' in the past with mixed results but to be honest I think I was suffering more of a swing issue at the time that and just too much going on all at once for a novice...

To be honest I'd forgotten all about it but now you've mentioned it I may give it another go as it certainly worked when I got it right...

 

[FairwayDodger]

I hover when I'm hitting off a tee. I don't think I hover irons normally, although I'm doubting myself now - maybe I do!

 

[Yant]

I've started hovering with my putter, a la Fowler. Starting to make a difference.

 

[ScienceBoy]

One of my best iron shots of the weekend was from a fairway bunker where I had to hover....

Might need to consider hovering irons.

Any shot that leads to a par on the SI 1...
(Ignore the thinned hybrid into the bunker though...)

 

[devonlad]

Did you hover the hybrid ?

One of my best iron shots of the weekend was from a fairway bunker where I had to hover....

Might need to consider hovering irons.

Any shot that leads to a par on the SI 1...
(Ignore the thinned hybrid into the bunker though...)