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I've recently developed a bad habit of taking to much divot during my swing. My practice swing seems perfect but when it comes to striking the ball I have a tendency to take a very large divot, sometimes to the point where the ball only travles half the intended distance.

I thought that practicing using only acquired motion would help however i still same to have the same problem.
Someone else noticed that my hips seem to drive downwards as i swing the club which is probably helping feed the issue.

Any thoughts on how to reverse this? My game has suffered by 5 strokes or more in the last three weeks.

Thanks in advance,

Rich

Without the benefit of a video of your swing, the first thing that comes to mind is that you could be bobbing...

Per 3-F-7-C, "BOBBING is raising and/or lowering the Head by faulty movement of the back or knees, and disrupts the Shoulder-to-ball radius."

I would also recommend you focus your attention on 7-8, Fix, 7-9, Address and 2-J-1, Impact Alignments.

2-J-1, the second paragraph shows you the geometrically proper procedure to establish the proper shoulder-to-ball-radius i.e, you may be too close to the ball.

In 7-8, read it with 3-F-7-C and 2-J-1 in mind.

You especially want to pay attention to the second paragraph, "Secondly, the Left Shoulder is higher at Impact so the player must be positioned accordingly for proper Shoulder-to-ball distance."

7-9 tells us that "It is easier to control the rotation of a straight rod than a bent one" in reference to the back. I bring your attention back to 3-F-7-C...faulty back movement.

The question here...Is your Machine set up correctly?