Golf Tips: Downhill Lies
by
Jeremiah Bohannon
on
Mar 24, 2014
The Frogger YouTube channel is full of awesome videos by our on resident PGA professional Kris Moe. Kris's videos are quick, short tips which will help with techniques, strategy, and the mental part of the game.
In today's featured tip Kris shows us how to deal with the dreaded and difficult downhill lie. Downhill lies are very tough. It is extremely difficult to get the ball airborne. More often than not, the ball comes out very low and does about 1/3 of the distance we are hoping for, or less.
http://youtu.be/KcIUqeUQ3_k
In short there are only two simple things to concentrate on when playing from a downhill like. Keeping the spine perpendicular to the angle of the slope, and swinging slightly to the left. For those who aren't quite in tune with their spine angle, another way to think about it is having your shoulders parallel to the slope.
Good luck on your next downhill lie. You WILL have one.
