Easy Ball Position For Irons

This article focuses on positioning the ball for each club in the bag. Today, I will show you a straightforward, easy exercise to ensure that you’re getting the correct ball position every time.

There is a lot of confusion around ball position with many recreational golfers. To help you with that, I will give you an easy setup drill that gives you a good feeling of where your ball position needs to be for each club throughout your bag.

Here is the drill:

1. Set up two alignments rods forming a t-square. One will be the target line, and the other, running perpendicular, will show you where your ball position is located relative to your stance, close to the heels of both feet. You want a descending blow on that golf ball whenever the balls are on the ground. You want to hit the golf ball first and then the turf second. That’s how you’re going to get your compression. That’s how you’re going to get your divot after the golf ball leading to more distance as a result.

2. To enable that to happen, you need your golf ball to be about one clubhead inside from the lead foot. Having this t-square down on the ground provides you with some reference for where that ball position would be located relative to your stance.

3. This would be your stock reference for a 7-iron. You would make a backswing from this position. A downswing golf club would strike the golf ball first, then the turf second, and then that would give you a little divot after.

4. With a shorter club, you could stand a little bit narrower. Even though the ball it’s still one clubhead inside that lead foot, the ball’s position now looks like it’s much more towards the center of your stance.

5. You are not moving the ball further back in the stance because that would change the position of your upper body. You are just widening or narrowing your right foot relative to the position of your left foot. The ball position once again stays the same.

Try it out. Put down a t-square, use your left foot as a reference for where that ball position needs to be now relative to what club you are using.

Use a narrower or broader stance so that you can keep your balance a little bit better and hit some better shots.

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