Anti-Thin Tips: No More Topped Golf Shots
Pete Styles
Thin shots in golf occur when the club strikes the ball near to its equator (rather than striking the bottom of the ball). A badly thinned shot – where the club strikes the top half of the golf ball – will travel along the ground and is called a ‘topped shot’…
Topped shots can be disastrous around the green as the ball will often travel a lot further than intended – usually straight through the green and into more trouble than when you started!
Slightly thinned shots on the other hand, aren’t usually disastrous and even the best players in the world catch the ball thin from time-to-time.
But if you hit more than your fair share of thins and tops, then it’s worth taking a closer look why that happens and how you can become a more solid ball striker.
When you consistently strike solid golf shots (golf coaches refer to it as “ball then turf”) it does wonders for your confidence… and it’s also extremely satisfying.
Take a look through the videos and tips below. My goal is to help you eliminate top shots completely from your golf game and reduce the number of thin shots by making you a much better ball striker.
What Causes A Thin & Topped Golf Shot?
See the video below for an introduction to what a thin golf shot is and how it occurs. If you prefer, you can skip beneath the video to see the anti-thin golf lessons and drills.
Pete Styles
Since becoming a Golf Professional 17 years ago, I have used my experiences of teaching every standard of golfer, from Tour Professionals to complete beginners, to develop, refine and hone my teaching skills.
My teaching combines a wealth of knowledge about golf and a great passion for seeing people improve, into a straight-talking, simple-to-follow style that is tried and tested over the course of 40,000 plus individual golf lessons.
I currently deliver my teaching to pupils in two forms – either in person at The Trafford Golf Centre next to the Trafford Centre in Manchester, or via Video lessons from my website free-online-golf-tips.com
My main passions in life apart from golf are, my family – wife Clare, son George and daughter Hannah.
I am also a qualified ski instructor and after living in the Italian Alps for a number of years, I now relish any opportunity to get back out on the slopes.
I also enjoy reading, particularly autobiographies and real-life adventure books and would encourage anybody who hasn’t already to find and read a copy of Touching The Void, and Between A Rock And A Hard Place.