For Beginners -- How To Hit The Ball High

For Beginners -- How To Hit The Ball High

Hitting a ball higher in the air can be very beneficial. When you are close to the green, you will want to your short irons and wedge to get great loft in order to have the ball land softly on the green. When you are playing from the fairway or light rough and there is an obstacle in front of you, you will want to get the ball high enough to get over it. When you are driving off the tee with the wind at your back, you will want to hit it high to take advantage of that tailing breeze.

Step 1 Play the ball more forward in your stance when you are hitting a driver off the tee or one of your fairway woods. Instead of playing the ball midway between your front and back legs, play it two ball lengths closer to your front leg. It will create a steeper loft angle at impact.

Step 2 Play your irons one ball length more forward in your stance than normal. Turn your front foot at a bit of an angle in order to get excellent hip rotation leading to impact. This will allow you to get the ball up in the air quickly.

Step 3 Take your pitching wedge when you are less than 100 yards from the hole and you want the ball to fly high and land softly on the green. The pitching wedge has a loft angle of 45 to 49 degrees and will get the ball high in the air quickly. This is the ideal club to use when you have to fly your shot over a tree or over a hazard.

Step 4 Use your gap wedge when you are 60 to 80 yards from the hole if you want a high shot that will land softly. A gap wedge has a loft angle between 49 and 54 degrees and will get the ball up in the air quickly.

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