Upright

The Upright Swing And The Block
This chapter, in which I discuss and exhibit common faults of the golf swing, is just that, a discussion of faults considered from the perspective of Ben Hogan golf swing fundamentals.

upright swing-- Type of swing in which the clubhead travels more directly backward and upward from the golfball.
USGA-- Acronym for United States Golf Association. The USGA is the official governing body for golf rules in the United States.

Upright Swing
A swing that carries the club head more directly backward and rising higher from the ball. The opposite of a flat swing.
Ball Marker ...

Upright: To swing with a steep vertical plane.
USGA: United States Golf Association. The ruling body for golf in the United States.
U.S. Open: National men's golf championship of America.

UPRIGHT SWING
A swing in which the club is closer to the vertical than the horizontal plane.
USGA ...

Upright: A steeper-than-normal swing plane. (His upright swing helped him escape from the rough). Upright also refers to a club's lie in which the shaft is placed at a steeper-than-standard angle.

Upright : A relatively steep or more vertical swing plane, stance, or lie angle. Example: Taller players usually have a more upright posture and swing plane than shorter players.

Upright Alright
Notice how upright my body looks here. There's no sagging of the knees or torso and the club is fully extended down the target line. You must have good posture if you want the club to release properly without any restriction.

Upright Swing
A swing in the club head is carried directly backward and upward from the ball, with little deviation from the center.
Urethane ...

Too upright golf club lie angle? Right lie? Too flat lie or too tight lie angle?
Average Standard Golf Club Lie Angles Of Irons ...

Stand upright nice and tall with a straight back.
2. Maintaining a straight back start to tilt your upper Body { titling from the hips } over the Ball until you start to experience a loss of balance, ...

The more upright swing tends to ope the clubface and make the ball fly to the right.
To overcome this problem use these minor adjustments.
Stand closer to the balland bend over more.

3 degrees upright
Choosing the correct shaft flex:
The most important part of the golf club is by far the shaft (an introductory article on the components of a golf club can be found HERE).

Stand fairly upright, and nearer to the ball than for the full-swing.
Set up with a square stance, with shoulders above hips above feet. Do not stand open to the target line.

Start by having an upright posture, position the ball in the middle of your stance and place the majority of your weight on your front foot. Next, open your stance and push your hands slightly ahead of the ball.

(As a rule, tall players tend to have a more upright swing plane than shorter players). Swingweight A measure of the effective weight of a club. (His driver had a D-8 swingweight, which is heavier-than-standard).

But this is when the person is standing upright. If you bend forward to pick up something on the ground, your center of gravity changes by moving forward from between your hips and actually relocates outside your body.

You don’t want to be to far upright, and you don’t want to be hunched over either. This proper golf spine angle builds the foundation in which you swing the club around.

flat: Term used to describe a position less upright than standard E.g. flat arm plane, swing plane.
flex: The potential bend in the club shaft.

If you can see and balance (keep yourself upright) you can probably read greens. All we're really talking about is being able to see variations from perfectly level (and factoring in a few subtleties).

Generally speaking, a good player is flattish on the backswing and upright in the finish. the poor player is upright in the backswing and flat in the finish. The former has achieved a club-line through the ball. The latter has not.

Marks on the tape towards the toe of the club suggest an upright club to varying degrees, to the heel means a flatter lie and central shots a standard lie. The wrong lie can affect the shots players produce.

To take two extremes, if a golfer did not bend at all from the waist - stood perfectly upright - to turn your body at all you would have to turn your shoulders and move the club on a more-or-less perfectly horizontal plane.

The swing plane on this shot will tend to be more upright.
UPHILL LIES
Uphill lies tend to be the easiest of the uneven lies to play. The ball is sitting there, ready to be launched easily upward.

Lie Angle: The degree of uprightness a club has as the head sits flush to the ground. The angle of the shaft against the clubhead.

If the lie angle is too upright, the toe of the clubhead will catch the turf upon impact causing the clubface to open creating shots to the right or a slice'.

One of the reasons I'm able to apply so much spin is that I have a fairly upright swing which enables me to hit down rather steeply on the ball. When I want to, I'm able to make impact with the top-back quadrant of the ball.

A correct lie angle is neither too upright (tilted toward the heel) nor too flat (tilted toward the toe) and allows golfers to effectively control the direction of a shot.

The typical putter is sold in a length of about 32 inches - too short for an upright putting stance and usually too short for anyone over 5'9" tall.

FLAT SWING - a golf swing where the swing plane is more flat then the typical upright swing plane.
FLUFFING or CHUNKING - a fat golf shot hit usually when chipping or pitching.

- Play your short irons (wedges, 9-iron and 8-iron) in the center portion of your stance. These clubs have the most upright lie angles and they must be swung at the steepest angle, and you should take a divot in front of the ball.

It doesn't make much difference whether your grip is right or wrong according to some theories, or whether your swing is upright or flat, if the club meets the ball with the center of the face, that ball is going to go off pretty well.

Angle of Attack: The angle at which the clubhead descends toward the golf ball on the downswing. A steep angle of attack is more likely from an upright swing and a shallow angle of attack comes from a swing with a flatter swing plane.

up A shot reaching at least as far as the hole.
up and down Getting out of trouble or out of a hazard and into the hole.
upright swing A swing that carries the club head more directly backward and upward from the ball.

(Recent research has shown the optimum speed for putting would roll the ball by the hole 12-18 inches.) The stance may be open, closed, or square but eyes are always over the ball and the shoulders are square to the target. The stance may be upright ...

Invite faster groups to play through.
Don't step on the line of another player's putt.
Replace the flagstick carefully in an upright position.
Leave the course in the condition in which you'd like to find it.

Using the standard club as he was would make this virtually impossible without getting the club stuck behind his body (too flat of a swing plane). In the after sequence he is using a club that is suited for him (6 degrees upright and 1 inch over ...

See also: Golf, Swing, Hit, Shot, Rough