Improve Your Impact & Stop Topping the Golf Ball

Consistency at impact is key to a successful golf swing. If you're struggling with topping the golf ball & making solid contact, PGA Coach Cathy Kim has a simple drill you can implement at the drive range to work on your game.

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[constantexpected]

What do you do when you remove the sand pile and have only the ball? do you imagine the sand pile? Or use the muscle memory/feel from this drill to make the shot happen, while focusing on the ball? Additional, I tend to rotate my wrists upwards on the backswing and rotate them down on the down swing which can lead to fat shots and tops if I'm too slow. How do the pros combat this, or use it to their advantage? I've thought about using leg extension on the downswing to "work" with it, but it's about 60/40 right now. I don't mind practicing my swing and honing it's accuracy with range sessions to grind my skill, but I'm wondering if there isn't a better way that pros have a general consensus on to work with the up and down movement of the wrists? P.S. I'm one of the crazy guys who think smashing the ball a far distance and accuracy can go together. Thanks, love the tip videos.

[zacharybeeman]

Yeah, nice drill..
let me go grab the abundance of sand that I have laying around.