Divot Board - Patented Low Point and Swing Path Trainer - Instant Feedback. Anytime. Anywhere - See Your Swing Path and Learn Every Time You Hit The Ball!

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Another word that’s commonly used to describe the skill is called low-point control. To be clear, turf interaction and low point control are not the same but related. Using the Divot Board will give you a sense of how your golf swing is moving, without having to think much about it Whatever your issue is, I consider this to be one of the low-hanging fruits of scoring. If you can improve your golf club delivery around impact, many golfers stand to gain massive jumps in scoring. As I’ve written before, iron play is how most golfers differentiate themselves from one another in scoring potential. Artificial Turf’s Limitations Luke Kerr-Dineen is the Game Improvement Editor at GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com. In his role he oversees the brand’s game improvement content spanning instruction, equipment, health and fitness, across all of GOLF’s multimedia platforms.

Products like this are always going to suffer from a bit of wear and tear – even your golf clubs get scratched up. No, this device does not allow you to hit real golf balls with it. Instead, you take swings, learn from the divot, and then make adjustments as needed.This is where pro golfers really shine. They can strike the golf ball first (in an optimal position on the clubface), and then their club will interact with the turf. If you see the practice area of any PGA Tour professional, you’ll see a neat arrangement of divot patterns after their session is complete. While the direction is important, don’t forget about the depth of the divot as well. While you won’t actually take any turf with you on this training aid, you can still get a good idea of the depth. Despite being a skilled iron player, turf interaction is the one part of my game that I don’t feel entirely comfortable with. While I don’t have issues with hitting heavy iron shots on the course, I still do brush the grass lightly before impact, and if I’m going to make a mistake, it’s usually a thin shot. For example, maybe you’re too far over the top and the divot is always left of the target. Or, maybe you’re too shallow, and your divot is facing right.

You can get pretty far in golf learning to do three things well: Hitting the ball before the ground, keeping your clubface relatively square, and your swing path (AKA, the direction you swing the golf club) in a pretty neutral spot. That won’t turn you into a pro overnight, but getting to a point where you can do those three things consistently can easily get you breaking 80. We show you how to replace your Divot Board pad to insure that the sequins point the right way and you have a stong adhesion between to board and the new pad. The mat has a strong rubber base with a removable board that has sequins on it. When your club touches the surface, it clearly changes from green to white. And there’s also the ability to buy replacement hitting strips, making it a much more viable option for my students and my lesson tee. That being said, I did not notice any major difference in my impact patterns whether I was hitting off a level surface or used the Divot Board slighting above my stance. There are a couple of potential workarounds you could create:If you’re like most golfers, you’ll probably find a divot going left, as a result of an over the top move. If this sounds familiar and you want to straighten things out, make sure to read our post about how to shallow out your swing. Depth of Divot Also, divots will change size depending on the club you hit. They should also be larger with wedges and short irons than with longer clubs. With longer clubs, your swing naturally shallows more, so the divot will be thinner. Divot to Ball Location With the Divotboard, the inventor is conservatively estimating 2 000 swings of functional use – but he even has testers still going strong after 6000 hits.

Most training aids are swing trainers (if that makes sense). The more popular products that I’ve used, such as The Orange Whip, DST Trainer, and SuperSpeed Golf, are trying to get you to make some specific change in your golf swing with the way the product is designed. Anytime I watch golf, I always get a little mesmerized (and jealous!) of the way pro players can spin their shots. Not only are they talented enough to put English on the ball, but they do so with such precision that it’s executed to perfection — usually leaving them within a couple of feet of the pin.Not to mention, it’s very user-friendly without any extensive setup on your end. How To Use Divot Board While I believe the Divot Board can help your swing, I want people to be aware that this is a diagnostic tool. As I stated earlier, most golfers generally have no idea how their golf club interacts with the turf while they practice. Even in my testing, I was surprised at my tendencies. Since I started Practical Golf, I have tested hundreds of products in almost every category imaginable. Because my time is limited, I’ve said no to hundreds more. Most of my “no’s” are for training aid inventions that continue to flood the market. Despite the inventor’s best interests, most of them are junk and will not help you become a better golfer. Golfers will try just about anything that promises to improve their game.

If you pull the golf ball, your divot will be to the left of the target. The face will determine if it’s a pull draw, straight pull, or pull cut. But, you could use them together if you want a full swing session. The same goes for the Orange Whip Balance trainer as well, which is a similar device to help with balance. Final Thoughts on the Divot BoardWhich, if you think about it, is a perfect example. A good divot should take about one inch down of the grass and about the width of a slice of bacon. If it’s deeper than that, chances are you’re going to hit it fat and end up way short. After completing my round, I did what every golf-obsessed person does: Practiced chipping and putting. Most golfers don’t have access to a grass driving range. Because of the high costs of maintenance, you see more golf clubs switching to artificial turf. As such, hitting off mats is the tradeoff we all make. In my 25 years playing golf, I would say 95%+ of my range sessions are on hitting mats, and I believe it’s had a somewhat negative influence on my ground interaction on the course.