Golf Ball Position for Every Club: Driver to Wedge

Where to put the ball in your stance for every club, from driver to wedge, and why it matters. Includes the mistakes that cause fat, thin, and sliced shots.
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1. BALL POSITION GUIDE Where to Put the Ball for Every Club Driver to wedge, with the mistakes that cause fat, thin and sliced shots. For right-handed golfers, the lead heel is the left heel. golfwiz.ai
2. THE ONE RULE The longer the club, the further forward the ball goes. Driver Inside the lead heel Fairway woods & long irons Between lead heel and center Mid irons At or just ahead of center Short irons & wedges Center, or just behind it golfwiz.ai
3. 01 Driver Hit it slightly on the way up. With the ball forward, it sits just past the bottom of your arc, so the club is rising at contact. Higher launch, less spin, more distance. It also encourages spine tilt away from the target, which helps an inside-out path. Inside the lead heel golfwiz.ai
4. 02 Fairway Woods & Hybrids These need less of a downward strike than irons, so they sit between the driver position and center. Think sweep, not dig. Between lead heel and center golfwiz.ai
5. 03 Long Irons Every club except the driver wants a descending strike: ball first, then turf. The club should bottom out just in front of the ball, on the target side. Between lead heel and center golfwiz.ai
6. 04 Mid Irons Mid irons sit at or just ahead of center, a step back from your long irons. Same descending strike as every iron: ball first, then turf, for solid contact and a controlled flight. Slightly ahead of center golfwiz.ai
7. 05 Short Irons The shorter the iron, the closer to center the ball goes. Too far forward and you lose forward shaft lean at impact, which costs solid contact, distance and control. Around the middle of the stance golfwiz.ai
8. 06 Wedges Wedges sit at center and can go just behind it. A descending strike gives solid contact, a lower and more controlled flight, and more backspin. Middle of the stance golfwiz.ai
9. WHEN IT GOES WRONG What a wrong ball position does to your shot Ball too far back Ball too far forward Common with irons. The club arrives before it can square up, still coming from the inside. The club bottoms out before the ball, and your shoulders open to the target, so the club cuts across from outside to in. RESULT Low shots, pushes, and hooks when RESULT Fat and thin shots, pulls and slices. you shut the face to save it. Fixing ball position often reduces the curve, but it won't fix a swing path problem. golfwiz.ai
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