I always find yellow balls with two stripes on em. Every course I go to! Weirdest thing. There's usually a massive field of em and if you walk out to pick em up sometimes it just starts raining balls all around you.
@@KJR767sounds like me I go in looking for 1 ball and come out with 5. Edit: Usually that 1 ball that I’m looking for doesn’t have to be mine either just a clean white ball I can play with and tell my friends “yea I found mine I think I can play it” 😂
@AlexElliottGolf Funny, how a swing tip can get your game up to a high standard, and then it kind of wears off, and you have to begin searching all over again.
Or what you can do is put your right hand down your right leg to behind your knee then put your hand onto the golf club. That creates a lot of space and can stop the out to in swing as well as hitting up on the ball having a more draw set up with your shoulders. Then you just need to make sure to stand level (never over exaggerate your stance for draw or ball position) and to keep your chest down while you coil your swing, elbow in and head stable. Then boom, perfect drive. The only difference with irons is put your right hand down behind the thigh in the middle vs your knee and obviously smaller stance and instead of ball at the ankle, 1 ball back for wood, another ball for long irons, another ball back for mid/ short irons, and middle for wedges. To compress, push hands forwards a little when set up like cricket so you hit down on the ball
Not a bad tip to be fair, I would love to see a video explaining what to do with irons when the ball is above and below your feet, where to position ball and where to aim etc
If you’re on a downhill lie: You need to lean forward and squat down a touch in your stance. Know the ball trajectory is gonna be a low flyer so where you normally use a 7 iron, I would use an 8. Uphill lie is the opposite. You need to lean back a touch and know it’s gonna be a high shot and come up a bit short. I would recommend taking a 6 where you normally take a 7 and grip down a touch. Sidehill lies are gonna cut to the left for a right handed golfer so you want to aim a touch right and let the ball work back towards the fairway. Ironically, this shot most people hit really well so just take your normal stance and maybe grip down a touch and hold the club tighter.
Mate i used your toe in drill to draw my driver as some how after 8 years and a driver change it disappeared. Absolutely brilliant tip and I will be using this to help with consistent launch
Pff, never trust a guy that uses Titleist Tru Feel balls... lol You dont look at the ball, you look at the back of the ball. Best ball striking advice I've ever had.
Spine tilting is catastrophic for one-plane (rotary) swingers, as they don’t need more width. It’s good only for two-plane (upright) swingers, as they need more width. It’s a width-creating move, catastrophic for one set of fundamentals but good for the second. All of this is brilliantly laid out in Jim Hardy’s The Plane Truth book and his following books, along with his 3-part DVD and subsequent Secrets from the Plane Truth Vault series of DVDs.
Why are you rolling a golf ball and a felt tip pen between your thumb and forefinger? Was that some kind of pre-shot drill or were you just glad to see them?
Wait a minute….great idea but - you say to move your right foot back….so it appears, using foot-aiming, that you are aimed at forest on right side? Please clarify
A pro showed me some tips about grip once _ I asked her where she heard that - her answer was " Mr. Hogan showed me that" - true story & I don't slice anymore . It's all in the grip.
Another way to do this, set up the same way on the ball with it lined up to the heel of your front foot, put your right hand on your hip and slide it down right above your knee bend, and just bring your hand up to the club. Gives you that backwards tilt and feels a little awkward at first but it really worked for me. Try a few other methods of course and see what fits you the best
Hi Alex, I already do exactly what your covering here, my query is where is the focal point on around the green chip and runs & flop shots, thanks Philip
I’ve been marking the exact same 3 blue dots on my balls since i started playing 4 yrs ago. Thought it was unique to me. Now you’ve SOILED IT. SOILED IT. SOILED IT. Lol
Tilt still doesn’t matter if swing arc and general athleticism are lacking. Most golfers should start by hitting easy 3W’s from tee, grab an extra club for approach shots, and spend as much time at the practice chipping/putting greens as they do trying to hit “bombs”. A “bomb” is meaningless if you constantly three putt or thin every chip.
but what if you drive it of bounds so start with 3 off the tee. Poor short game and /or poor driving both result in poor outcomes. It's just a difficult game where everything needs to go well.
Women comes running into the pro shop, "someone help me, I was out on your course and I got stung by a bee!", pro says "Wow, where were you stung?", woman says, "I don't know, somewhere between the 1st and 2nd hole." Pro says, "Lady first of all, I've got to tell you, your stance is way to wide!"
Do old school saltwater ball balance. Mark high and low spots and join their circumference. Ball stamps and markings bear no relation to ball balance. Works.
Instead of this I started setting up about 4 inches or so behind the ball with my driver. I'm very much a novice BUT I hit my drive square every single time in my last round! It's worth trying out everyone!
Good tip for someone who has a problem of coming over the top, but then again with this tip could lead to a reverse pivot. When someone is throwing a ball in cricket or throws pitches in baseball, when someone is hitting a ball in tennis or once again baseball they don't focus on how to hit the ball, everything just happens naturally. Same here, because golf is a slow game, people tend to focus on mechanics. Stop focusing on anything, grip it and rip it!!
Essentially what my golf instructor said, not about the ball. It’s the target and the feeling. Said if I focus on mechanics it muddles the brain for a bad shot. Still trying to break that bad habit though.
🤔 is that how I was supposed to use those markings on the found ball I played today (and lost 6 holes in)? I'll get back to you with a 👍🏼 when I try it and it works
@@AlexElliottGolf everything off the driver goes out to the left ..about 150 yards..with a7 iron I am 170..probably coming over the top with driver ..but I stay behind the ball ..swing speed is 90 just trying to swing slower to feel the shot before increasing speed?
It's hard for me too focus on the dots because I'm focusing on the putter I just broke the hole before and now I have too putt with my pitching wedge but thanks anyway
Much easier to just tee the ball with the logo pointing away from the target and look at that 🤷🏼♂️ The problem with telling beginners to do this, though, is there are about a million ways to look at the dots from a bad position, and they usually find all million of them 😂 I just have them setup to the Driver with only their lead hand on the club. Once they have their alignment and are in a solid address position, I have them feel the weight 70% on the inside of the trail foot, then add the trail hand to the grip without changing their alignment. This forces them to tilt away properly, and saves markers at the same time 😎
No, I've been marking my ball with 3 blue dots like that for the past 5 years. Nothing to do with this tip. I do tend to lose a decent amount of balls, so they could be mine! :D
Try moving your ball back about an inch in your stance at address. Also pronate (bow) your left wrist as you begin your downswing. Might give you a lower ball flight with more roll out.
Best golf tip, hit it whatever way feels comfortable and gets you decent results! Keep doing that and it’ll go from decent to ok. From ok to good! So on…
I sure hope nobody was in the “ go from here” spot in the first place! Folks as long as you END on the LEFT side things will be better. Hit it on the way into the finish = lower spin/better launch.. which then = less slice/hook/more fairways
I’m a tuff guy I tried the same product it hurt but I could take it but even me who got into many fights the people kicking my in the balls hurt similarly but a bit harder.. And yes it was lvl 10
The weight of the dots actually increases draw and lift, as well as ensuring full weight transfer.... I'm graduating to 6 dots and an exclamation point
Good tip. I went from a 20 handicap to a 20 handicap with this advice.
😂😂
Lmaaaaooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Suck
@@nowaythatnamewastakn keep your mother out of this.
Phenomenal!!!
I always find a lot of balls on courses with the 3 dots on em. I initially thought the Predator was after me but now I know why.
I find plenty of those "Predator" balls in the woods & O.B.
Haha - too funny!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@kevinkohler7997predators balls in the woods huh🫣🫣🫣
I always find yellow balls with two stripes on em. Every course I go to! Weirdest thing. There's usually a massive field of em and if you walk out to pick em up sometimes it just starts raining balls all around you.
Cool tip! When my ball is woods, I'll be able to identify it from the other stray balls.
I pocket all the stray balls I find in there. I don't see my shot in the woods as a bad hit, I see it as opportunity
@@KJR767 We think alike! lol
Absolutely 😁
@@KJR767sounds like me I go in looking for 1 ball and come out with 5. Edit: Usually that 1 ball that I’m looking for doesn’t have to be mine either just a clean white ball I can play with and tell my friends “yea I found mine I think I can play it” 😂
I now can't stop hitting holes in one!
Address the ball... me: "Hello ball"
Honey mooners
I'm more of a ''Hey Ball, How are youu?....IF YOU EVER PULL WHAT YOU DID ON THAT LAST HOLE AGAINNN I'M GOING TO MURD.....'' : ) I Kidddd
You stole my joke, mate !!!
Ed Norton :)
Dad jokes vibe
I have never seen anyone leaned over in front of the ball like that 😂
I think he was exaggerating for effect
@@Butcho22 obviously.
Maybe he was just bored
Never seen me play golf then, gave it up after the first couple round because I played just like this and well you can assume the rest.
@@jonathanluis4966 … that’s why , it takes a lot of time to improve , I’ve played 200 rounds a year for 9 years
There are more Golf tips than stars in the sky 😮
Depends on what sky you’re lookin at
@@lachutequimarche8074 My mind is blown 😳
I’ll keep them coming :)
@@AlexElliottGolfdon't bother 🤦♂️
@AlexElliottGolf Funny, how a swing tip can get your game up to a high standard, and then it kind of wears off, and you have to begin searching all over again.
If I focus on the ball I will top it every time. I have to focus on brushing the turf 8 inches behind the ball.
Probably one of those guys i see hitting a 9 iron with the ball by his back foot so he can tell his buddies his 9 goes 150 😆
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I’m the complete opposite. If I look at or behind the ball I duff every shot. I have to look inches in front of it to hit the ball first
@@PrawjjekWith a driver you want to be looking behind the ball
It’s all relative to your personal low point in your OWN swing.
Thanks for the chuckle!
Or what you can do is put your right hand down your right leg to behind your knee then put your hand onto the golf club. That creates a lot of space and can stop the out to in swing as well as hitting up on the ball having a more draw set up with your shoulders. Then you just need to make sure to stand level (never over exaggerate your stance for draw or ball position) and to keep your chest down while you coil your swing, elbow in and head stable. Then boom, perfect drive. The only difference with irons is put your right hand down behind the thigh in the middle vs your knee and obviously smaller stance and instead of ball at the ankle, 1 ball back for wood, another ball for long irons, another ball back for mid/ short irons, and middle for wedges. To compress, push hands forwards a little when set up like cricket so you hit down on the ball
Then shake it all about 😂
Btw hitting up on the ball helps maximize trajectory amd reduce spin making it fly farther
Great tip mate, I started doing this late last year made such a difference. More confidence in the setup concentrating more on the shot
Not a bad tip to be fair, I would love to see a video explaining what to do with irons when the ball is above and below your feet, where to position ball and where to aim etc
If you’re on a downhill lie:
You need to lean forward and squat down a touch in your stance. Know the ball trajectory is gonna be a low flyer so where you normally use a 7 iron, I would use an 8.
Uphill lie is the opposite. You need to lean back a touch and know it’s gonna be a high shot and come up a bit short. I would recommend taking a 6 where you normally take a 7 and grip down a touch.
Sidehill lies are gonna cut to the left for a right handed golfer so you want to aim a touch right and let the ball work back towards the fairway. Ironically, this shot most people hit really well so just take your normal stance and maybe grip down a touch and hold the club tighter.
@@joshuat7171 thanks mate good tips I couldn’t find this info anywhere on RUclips
Mate i used your toe in drill to draw my driver as some how after 8 years and a driver change it disappeared. Absolutely brilliant tip and I will be using this to help with consistent launch
I'm a 5 handicap and have played 50+ years; and staring at a spot on a golf ball makes no sense to me at all.
It does for me, would needs something to concentrate to keep my head down 😊
@@douglasgilzean9801Same here. It works!
Keep yer eye on the ball!
Really I mean just hit the damn ball lol don’t need this stupid tip unless you have less than half a brain
Imagine your handicap with this trick!!!
Pff, never trust a guy that uses Titleist Tru Feel balls... lol
You dont look at the ball, you look at the back of the ball. Best ball striking advice I've ever had.
What’s up w Tru-Feels? Never used em.
@@Fs1891-y5dThe Titleist Pro v1 is much better
Psh. Unreal
@@jameswilliams7578 no.
With driver I focus on the back of the ball. Irons I focus on the front side. Makes a difference in hitting down vs up on the ball
*This tip got me from a handicap of 27 to scratch in on day !!*
😂😅😊
No way
Totally with you on this. Not scratch yet for me, but my scoring average went from 105ish to 75ish in a few outings. Who knew golf was this easy!
hahaha the last part killed me. V nice.@@CD-sz7tf
Lol
Spine tilting is catastrophic for one-plane (rotary) swingers, as they don’t need more width. It’s good only for two-plane (upright) swingers, as they need more width. It’s a width-creating move, catastrophic for one set of fundamentals but good for the second. All of this is brilliantly laid out in Jim Hardy’s The Plane Truth book and his following books, along with his 3-part DVD and subsequent Secrets from the Plane Truth Vault series of DVDs.
Actually, it gets you swinging up on the ball.
My best tip for hitting driver is this: Hit it as far as you can down the fairway. 👍
yep close yr eyes and smash it as hard as you can
I tried this today and it worked so well! I got at least 15/20 yards extra! Brilliant tip I’m subscribing to this Chanel, keep up the good work 👍
Should the cross no longer be visible for the correct spine tilt?
You might want to try leaning back that far and it should answer your own question
Only if you want to fall over 😮
I’m opposite, I have to focus on the leading edge of the ball. Solved alot of my chunky problem.
Why are you rolling a golf ball and a felt tip pen between your thumb and forefinger? Was that some kind of pre-shot drill or were you just glad to see them?
Wait a minute….great idea but - you say to move your right foot back….so it appears, using foot-aiming, that you are aimed at forest on right side? Please clarify
Yeah that’s right
Tried this on friday and sat. Hit drives better and shot a net -5 to finish 3rd in club comp gross +5 best round of the year
So good to hear
😂😅
I need to hit down on driver - how many dots do I need for that?
Awesome insight! Thanks for sharing! ⛳️
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m gonna lean towards taking advice from Nicklaus…maybe Hogan….maybe Watson
A pro showed me some tips about grip once _ I asked her where she heard that - her answer was " Mr. Hogan showed me that" - true story & I don't slice anymore . It's all in the grip.
Another way to do this, set up the same way on the ball with it lined up to the heel of your front foot, put your right hand on your hip and slide it down right above your knee bend, and just bring your hand up to the club. Gives you that backwards tilt and feels a little awkward at first but it really worked for me. Try a few other methods of course and see what fits you the best
Same as a few others, I’ve found balls here and there on the golf course with three dots and wondered why they did that? Now I know. thanks
Hi Alex, I already do exactly what your covering here, my query is where is the focal point on around the green chip and runs & flop shots, thanks Philip
I’ve been marking the exact same 3 blue dots on my balls since i started playing 4 yrs ago. Thought it was unique to me. Now you’ve SOILED IT. SOILED IT. SOILED IT. Lol
Cheers mate will give it a try. I took 12 of my handicap so far this year so desperate to try everything to get it lowrr
Tilt still doesn’t matter if swing arc and general athleticism are lacking. Most golfers should start by hitting easy 3W’s from tee, grab an extra club for approach shots, and spend as much time at the practice chipping/putting greens as they do trying to hit “bombs”. A “bomb” is meaningless if you constantly three putt or thin every chip.
"Drive for show, putt for dough"
but what if you drive it of bounds so start with 3 off the tee. Poor short game and /or poor driving both result in poor outcomes. It's just a difficult game where everything needs to go well.
After watching this video, I went from not having seen this video to having seen this video!
Helped me too. Definitely works for my swing type.
I just bought some of those golf balls to do a review on them for my channel, as a high handicap golfer for the high handicap golfers 🤙🏽
Women comes running into the pro shop, "someone help me, I was out on your course and I got stung by a bee!", pro says "Wow, where were you stung?", woman says, "I don't know, somewhere between the 1st and 2nd hole." Pro says, "Lady first of all, I've got to tell you, your stance is way to wide!"
* TOO
Excellent tip. I went from a novice weekend warrior with a mild slice to becoming a novice weekend warrior with a mild slice. Muy bien!
Do old school saltwater ball balance. Mark high and low spots and join their circumference. Ball stamps and markings bear no relation to ball balance. Works.
If the three dots are for hitting the golf ball, why the "x"?
How do you like the trufeel balls?
Save the marker for a coloring book. Just tilt right and touch your right knee with your fingers at address, and then swing
Must say I like how you don't back down to anyone in the comment section, good bloke that.
gOoD bLoKe tHaT
Brilliant... thanks for that......I tried 5 dots even better...
this helped me to hit driver & ball contact 80% more consistent from my struggle slump. 👍👍👍
Why and how would 3 dots make me feel like leaning?
What happens if I run out of marker? Well, Sharpie (Newell Brands) is going to spike after this, and run out of inventory
Why do I find balls marked like this while in the woods looking for mine?
Just focus on the ground behind the ball. This makes sure your low point will be behind the ball and you will be swinging up at impact
Instead of this I started setting up about 4 inches or so behind the ball with my driver. I'm very much a novice BUT I hit my drive square every single time in my last round! It's worth trying out everyone!
Search up “Moe Norman”
Also Jon Rahm did that during the Masters this year look at his highlights.
I do this as well, every drive goes as straight as a die.
Good tip for someone who has a problem of coming over the top, but then again with this tip could lead to a reverse pivot.
When someone is throwing a ball in cricket or throws pitches in baseball, when someone is hitting a ball in tennis or once again baseball they don't focus on how to hit the ball, everything just happens naturally. Same here, because golf is a slow game, people tend to focus on mechanics. Stop focusing on anything, grip it and rip it!!
Essentially what my golf instructor said, not about the ball. It’s the target and the feeling. Said if I focus on mechanics it muddles the brain for a bad shot. Still trying to break that bad habit though.
Scottie has zero spine tilt, and his drive is amazing.
Insane help you are very good at these videos still am not great but I hit some shots 250 plus yards in middle of fairway
Maybe i overestimated a bit maybe 230-240 total
🤔 is that how I was supposed to use those markings on the found ball I played today (and lost 6 holes in)? I'll get back to you with a 👍🏼 when I try it and it works
I usually find my marked ball the week after 😂in the same shit.
And then go out to the range and practice it about 2,000 times you'll be amazed at how
well you hit the ball
This might work but I have lost count of balls with 3 dots I found in the rough 😊
I collect golf balls from the woods and I’ve definitely seen a lot of golf balls with markings like this lost so idk if it’s working
I literally hit best when I’m not focus on the anything at all. Just kind of zoning out on the ground with the ball in my vision.
Why put x on other side just put one mark or turn marking on ball and just look at that .. seems a lot of work to reinvent the wheel
I have try something very similar..but still nothing works??please help
What are you struggling with so i can help?
@@AlexElliottGolf everything off the driver goes out to the left ..about 150 yards..with a7 iron I am 170..probably coming over the top with driver ..but I stay behind the ball ..swing speed is 90 just trying to swing slower to feel the shot before increasing speed?
My biggest issue with driver is head movement, so this is a helpful cue to keep me focused on staying behind the ball. Thanks
Visuals are so helpful. I try to have one for many different thoughts.
Works every time. Just focus on them dots!
It's hard for me too focus on the dots because I'm focusing on the putter I just broke the hole before and now I have too putt with my pitching wedge but thanks anyway
Thanks, i was able to hit the ball with your advice.
Much easier to just tee the ball with the logo pointing away from the target and look at that 🤷🏼♂️ The problem with telling beginners to do this, though, is there are about a million ways to look at the dots from a bad position, and they usually find all million of them 😂 I just have them setup to the Driver with only their lead hand on the club. Once they have their alignment and are in a solid address position, I have them feel the weight 70% on the inside of the trail foot, then add the trail hand to the grip without changing their alignment. This forces them to tilt away properly, and saves markers at the same time 😎
I've seen this on some golf balls I've found, I wondered what it meant. Now I know!
Same! I always thought it was just a golfer identifying their ball.
No, I've been marking my ball with 3 blue dots like that for the past 5 years. Nothing to do with this tip. I do tend to lose a decent amount of balls, so they could be mine! :D
Basically lean to the right. Thanks man
I have seen those dots on balls on the course for years and never knew why :-)
I’m definitely going to try this hack and let you know thank you
So it helps you hit it up? What if my driver already goes up? Goes out 225 yards and then drops with no roll… I assume it’s going up with backspin
Try moving your ball back about an inch in your stance at address. Also pronate (bow) your left wrist as you begin your downswing. Might give you a lower ball flight with more roll out.
I tee my ball with the mark on the front and I focus on that so I hit thru the center of the ball to the mark
i have to put those dots on 20 balls because atleast 22 are going into the water
Titleist TSR drivers are mint
I was slicing new driver till leaned back ,need to transfer weight for more distance
What if you dont have a marker?
Best golf tip, hit it whatever way feels comfortable and gets you decent results! Keep doing that and it’ll go from decent to ok. From ok to good! So on…
does it work same left hander dont laugh at me i am curious
What if you left handed?
"If you can nail that tilt shot consistently, the dots might be unnecessary,
“My Crazy Golf “⛳️
If you draw 6 dots on the right, you'll hit it twice as far.
I go golf ball hunting and it’s soo sad to see pro v1’s and vice’s all coloured on
Why do I keep finding golf balls with 3 dots in the woods?
You are not supposed to lean back you’re supposed to tilt your shoulder
If you put the dots on the left you hit the clubhouse
Cc deactivated lol 😆 great tips with graphics.
If you turn it 90*, if you hit the dots,a fade. Hit the cross, a draw
You just better hope that the person is not cross eye dominant or this could be an even larger issue for alignment
I sure hope nobody was in the “ go from here” spot in the first place! Folks as long as you END on the LEFT side things will be better. Hit it on the way into the finish = lower spin/better launch.. which then = less slice/hook/more fairways
Golf is the only sport with innumerable tips that dont really help anyone
Unbelievably & unequivocally true.
Its very windy at my place, so hitting high is a bad idea
Just drop your right shoulder a little and it will have the same effect.
This is what golf does to your brain 😅😅😅
Instructions unclear kicked out for graffiti
World beating content right here 😂
I’m a tuff guy I tried the same product it hurt but I could take it but even me who got into many fights the people kicking my in the balls hurt similarly but a bit harder.. And yes it was lvl 10
The weight of the dots actually increases draw and lift, as well as ensuring full weight transfer.... I'm graduating to 6 dots and an exclamation point
try adding a question mark
Huh ??
Funny I’ve found many golf balls with these 3 dots and always wondered wth they were on the ball for 😂