How to Stop Topping Golf Balls

If you are ready to stop topping the golf ball, these 3 simple golf swing tips will help you deliver more solid contact and start hitting better golf shots.

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If you are tired of topping and thinning golf shots, want to learn how to stop skulling the golf ball or just need a refresher on proper golf setup and ball position, this video is for you.

Usually a topped golf shot is the result of just hitting behind the golf ball, where your golf swing bottoms out before the ball and you hit the ball as the golf club starts traveling back up the swing arc. So if you can't get the golf ball in the air, you may be making one or more of these swing mistakes. Once you dial these in, you will know how to stop topping the golf ball with a more consistent golf swing!

- ball position too far forward: easily the simplest thing to fix. If you have the golf ball too far forward in stance, you are going to be hitting the top of the golf ball more than you would like

- pressure/weight on trail foot at impact: if your weight stays back as you make your golf downswing, you probably tend to bottom out your golf swing before impact. If you are topping the golf ball, be more aware of your pressure on the feet at the moment of impact

- upper body crowds ball at impact: if you are being told to hit down on the golf ball (which you want to do for golf iron shots), you may tend to move your upper body down as you come into contact with the ball. As a byproduct, golfers tend to chicken wing and bend their elbows as they make their downswing to avoid sticking the club into the ground, and they end up topping the golf ball, or whiffing it altogether

[Pkedyaboy]

Can’t thank you enough for the quick and simple explanations in your videos! Really helps me reason out what I’m doing wrong during my games when I get that frustrating hit that only moves the ball 10 meters forward because I topped it. Excited to see more of your content!

[khaleelazan]

Great Video for me . Explaining issues that I have from time to time and not understanding the possible causes of topping the ball

[richerbert]

Todd,
The video showed how to correctly compress the golf ball is excellent.
The couple of practice exercises are great and I plan to try them.
Thanks 😎👍

[robertmazzarachio]

As always Todd Thanks for your awesome videos and clear instructions thought I’d let you know that I’ve been crushing my drives, hitting much better second shots, since you showed me to line the ball up between my chest and under arm, Even my putting is more accurate, my chipping still isn’t what I need it to be and I hit two bad shots this past Thursday directly into the pond, as a lefthanded golfer the ball was slightly on an incline so I was higher uphill than the ball both shots were struck well, I believe my directional alignment was off, any advice on shots like those ? Thanks always Todd you’ve helped me improve in this great game 👍👍

[roberthoule]

Just came back from playing golf and applied these advices in this video, gaine 15 yards on each of my swing plus straightness.

[davidkaunfer]

Weight forward seems to be the key for a consistent repeatable golf shot because you're hitting the ground at the same impact point.

[chaminade]

Thank you for the explanations; I never thought that lowering upper body could cause chicken wings. But I have a question about keeping head steady. How does one keep head steady while shifting pressure forward?

[tonystopar]

Just a curiosity question. Do you use pressure mat's in your instruction? And do you think it would be helpful in providing evidence to a student of how they are actually moving?

[johnf]

Oh and some instructors actually teach lowering the body in the downswing to compress the ball and avoid early extension. They say you actually move down a little at first and then up on the downswing to a powerful release.

[kalebanderson]

I can’t hit my 4h to save my life you have any tips ???i hit my driving irons beautifully my carry for my 4 is 280 but my 4h is a joke

[Neotidus]

You are 100% wrong on the head. Maybe for a pro like you it seems ridiculous but for beginners its a real thing.