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Golf: High Shots

Golf: High Shots - golfing expert Rickard Strongert explains how to play high, which is invaluable when you need to get over something in your golf game. Enlarge

Golf: High Shots

Golf: High Shots - golfing expert Rickard Strongert explains how to play high, which is invaluable when you need to get over something in your golf game.

Step 1: The ball position

Place the ball further forward in your stance than normal, towards your left foot.
This makes the club head swing up through the ball, meeting it with the most possible loft of the club.

Step 2: Upper body position

At set-up, lean your upper body quite far to the right, putting more weight than normal onto your right foot.
This body position will help you to stay behind the ball while swinging so the club is in just the right position to strike the ball at the start of the upswing - for a nice, high shot.
The more you lean your upper body, the higher your shot will travel.
For extra height you can also open the clubface at set-up to increase the loft of the club.
As this also means you will slice the ball to the right, you will need to aim left to compensate.
This allows you to play over any obstacle, high and happy.