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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: When the club hits the ground behind the ball. This results in high or low shots with a loss of distance
Featherie: An old leather ball stuffed with compressed feathers. Replaced by the gutta percha after 1848. Also spelled feathery.

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 - 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 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 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 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 Shot When the club strikes the ball well behind the ball.
Grasscutter - A shot which travels low and fast just skimming the grass.
Hooded Club - Turning the club face slightly inward in order to hook the ball or prevent a slice.

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.

"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.

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.

CHILI-DIP
A fat shot hit around the green
CHIP
A short shot near the green-approximately 30 yards away from the green ...

FAT SHOTS
Hitting it fat? Like a thin shot, you've got to stop trying to lift the ball into the air! Allow the club's loft to handle the lifting, and concentrate on getting your weight off your right side on the downswing.

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).

Fan To miss the ball completely Fat Shot When the club hits the ground behind the ball. This results in high or low shots with a loss of distance Featherie An old leather ball stuffed with compressed feathers.

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.
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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.

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).

A closed stance can lead to hooks, pushed, and fat shots, an open stance to slices, pulls, and topped 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.

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.

chili-dip A shot in which a player hits behind the ball, not moving it very far. Also called a fat shot or a chunk.

Standing too far away: This causes the upper body to lose the proper frame, as you become hunched over the ball. The results can vary from hitting behind the ball, fat shots or standing up as you swing through, causing topped or thin shots.

Fairway the area of the course between the tee and the green that is well-maintained allowing a good lie for the ball Fat shot a poor shot in which the club is slowed by catching too much grass or soil, ...

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 shot).

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.