Fat

Fat shot
When a golfer strikes the ground behind the golf ball, which leads to a low or high shot with little distance.
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Fat: Shot type in which a player hits behind the ball, resulting in a much shorter shot than normal. Fat shots are often characterized by a player taking an excessive divot.

Fat Shot: When the club strikes the ground well behind the ball.
Featherie: Early golf balls with a core of compressed feathers inside a leather outer.
Field: The players in a tournament.

fat shot-- A mishit golf shot in which the ground is struck before the ball causing the shot to come up short of its intended target.

Fat shot
A poor shot in which the club is slowed by catching too much grass or soil, resulting in a short and slow ball flight.

Fat shot
when the club hits the ground behind the ball this results in high or low shots with a loss of distance
Featherie ...

Fat - A poor shot where the grass is hit behind the ball resulting in a short shot
Feel - Learning to play a shot without having to think about it.
Flex - The amount the shaft bends or flexes.

FAT SHOT - a golf shot where the club head makes contact with the turf behind the golf ball before hitting the golf ball. Also called chunking.
FLAT SWING - a golf swing where the swing plane is more flat then the typical upright swing plane.

fat shot A shot where the club strikes the ground well before the ball (usually resulting in a large divot).
flag (flagstick) The tall marker used to identify the hole location from afar.
flub See "fat shot".

Fat - Hitting the ground before the ball, usually resulting in the ball not going as far as intended. Also called: chunky, fat, thick, heavy.
Fescue - Grass of the genus Festuca, widely used for rough on golf courses.

Fat Shot: When the club strikes the ground well behind the ball and then hits the ball, resulting in shortened distance.
Featherie: Early golf balls with a core of compressed feathers inside a leather outer.

Fat: To strike the ground before the ball.
Feather: To put a delicate fade on a shot.
First Cut: Strip of rough at the edge of a fairway.

Fat: A fat shot is the result of striking the ground before the ball resulting in reduced power and distance — opposite of hitting a shot thin.

fat A shot in which a player hits behind the ball removing more turf than desiredæthe shot is much shorter than intended. May also be called a chili-dip or a chunk.

Fat Shot: A description of a shot when the clubhead strikes the turf behind the ball, resulting in poor contact and a shot that comes up well short of the target.

Fat Shafts

Designed by Wilson Golf the fatshaft irons are designed to keep torque to a minimum.

FAT SHOT
Hitting too much ground under the ball, causing the club head to lose speed thus lessening the distance the ball travels.
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Roger Gunn is the Director of Instruction at Tierra Rejada Golf Club in Southern California.

Fat Shaft
A shaft, designed by Wilson, that utilizes an oversize tip, over-hosel design in an attempt to provide head/shaft stabilization on off-center hits.
Fat Shot ...

FAT
Happens when you hit more of the ground and less on the ball
FLAGSTICK
The pole that indicates the hole position. Serves as a guide in aiming ...

FAT SHOT - this is a shot which is not good. The club hits the ground behind the ball and results in a poorly struck shot that usually doesn't go very far.
FLAGSTICK - com'on, you gotta know this one.
FLUB - see dub above.

A fat hit from a claggy lie British origin
Dunk
To hit your ball into a water hazard ...

"FAT SHOTS"
Let's make things simple: if you're hitting fat shots, your swing is bottoming out too early. The golf swing is essentially U-shaped and the bottom of your U is occurring before the ball, causing you to hit the ground first.

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Substituting a big, fat target as a way to avoid three-jacking is not a good way to get better distance control, which is the real problem, ...

Chunk A poor shot caused by hitting the turf well behind the ball, resulting in a fat shot. (The defending champion's defense ended when he chunked his tee shot on the par-3 16th and hit the ball into the pond guarding the green).

chili dip when a short chip or pitch shot is hit fat or chunked, causing the ball to go a much shorter distance than intended ...

Fat - The club striking and digging into the ground before hitting the ball
Flyer - A shot that travels further than usual, normally caused by wet grass getting between the club face and the ball ...

Fat shot - refers to hitting the ground before striking the ball, hitting behind the ball
Face - The hitting area or surface of the club head.

Fat shot
a poor shot in which the club is slowed down by hitting the ground before making contact with the ball. This mishit typically leaves the ball well short of its intended target.
Flagstick ...

Also called a "fat" shot, or "chili-dipping". Clone an umbrella term for generic brand golf clubs. Closed Face when (in relation to the target-line) the clubface is angled toward the player's body, ie angled left for right-handed players.

Can it cause you to hook, slice, hit the ball fat or thin etc? The answer was yes. Because as your posture changes so does your swing plane. Then I looked at the variations in posture. Can they relate to swing faults? ...

If you are struggling through a round hitting fat shots (hitting under the ball) and/or topped shots (hitting near the top of the ball) your problem may be an incorrect weight shift.

Fat---hitting the ground before hitting the ball, making the ball go a shorter distance than expected. (Also called chunk or chili dip.)
Finishing hole---the last hole the golfer plays.

If you struggle with this shot, you probably swing the golf club to vertical into the ground and hit a fat shot. Before you prepare for an uphill lie, you need to think of a few important items first. Make sure you take a less lofted club.

In his golf swing he was taking big divots (fat shot) with tendency to hit pull hooks (shots that travel left).

Which means, hitting your driver, only if the hole is wide open, then play for the fat part of every green, and laying up on par fives unless, you have a 5-iron or less to the green. Your distance advantage will only come into play on approach shots.

The most common issues for novice players playing with standard clubs are that the clubs are either too short or too long causing the golfer to either blade shots or hit shots fat on a regular basis.

They have a simple, clean look with a nicely rounded sole that discourages the club digging into the turf behind the ball, causing 'fat' shots.

For the average player having the head over the back foot will lead to hitting fat shots. The weight will be on the back foot and to try and stop hitting it fat the player will then try to swing upward on the ball.

Hitting Behind the Ball (Fat Shots)
This shot can be quite depressing because not only does the ball fly way shorter than normal, but hitting this shot at the wrong time, can cause you to hit the ball into the water, bunker or long grass.

Get rid of those 'fat' shots
If you find you are hitting too many 'fat' shots (hitting the turf behind the ball) you might do yourself a lot of good if you take a look at your weight transfer during your swing....
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Sometimes I will skull the ball across the green, other times hit it fat and hardly advance the ball. I definitely do not feel as comfortable when finessing those short shots - arms tighten up and unsure how hard to hit the ball. Any suggestions.

Play the ball a bit farther back in your stance which could counteract the tendency to hit this shot fat.

Wide sole designs also help prevent digging, or "fat" shots. Conversely, some "tour-level" clubs feature a narrow sole design that is preferred by better players because it allows more control over shot trajectory.

Chunk
A swing that results in the clubhead hitting the ground several inches before the ball, resulting in a large chunk of ground being taken as a divot. Also called a "fat" shot, or "chili-dipping".

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swing will be effective as long as you hit the ball before the ground. To ensure that you do, strive for a full, in-balance finish; this will encourage acceleration through the ball, and reduce your chances of swinging too steeply (and hitting a fat ...

The dreaded dropkick and/or scoop at impact are evident when the clubhead is ahead of the hands at impact. When the bottom of the swing is behind the ball, you'll hit fat shots. When the clubhead is on its way up at impact, you'll hit thin shots.

to help get used to weighting and balance as well as the point of ground impact (for ball placement)
Think: solid contact, allow weight to shift ,keep legs fairly quiet, and dont overswing
Keeping weight back on the downswing can lead to fat or ...