Stop Topping Fairway Woods With This Simple Lesson 

I've found teeing it up in the fairway eliminates topping..... unfortunately my partners frown on the practice!

I’ve found over the years that positioning the ball in the middle of my stance enables me to make the best contact with my 3 & 5 woods. Even when I hit them off the tee.

Thank you Todd, I was guilty of not moving weight forward. Now I can really take on the par 5's . Ball position needed tweaking a bit also. I have subscribed.

what i like best about this channel is Todd gets right to the point. always great info

Gotta give a comment. Ive been struggling topping my 3 wood for 2 years. Therw would be times where i would crush it and it was my best club and others where i absolutely was crushed by it. I had wemr to the rangw to fix it and found that when i took the club back more down the line vs. around i was hitting flush... I actually just wrote that down in my notes about bringing it down the line. The thing is sometimes you "think" you're doing something and you found the the secret... but today this video confirmed it. I would've never really thought that was what was causing it, but I'm so happy I can get past this area of struggle.

When I move the ball back in the stance I tend to hit it to the right - like a push/slice - It feels like I can't get the club face closed in time to make the hit - especially when I am hitting the 3 wood but also with the 3 hybrid - if I move the ball forward a bit so I can time the face closing I hit the tops - inconsistency is really hurting my swing - Driver I am OK and 6 thru wedges no problems ; but as a Senior experienced golf the lack of distance causes me to try to hit the 3W to get it around the green on some of the longish Par 4s. Ugh - golf is hard.

Position of ball in stance????? That's the first step.

Thanks Todd really helpful for the more senior golfer struggling for consistency of strike Dave @ East Yorkshire UK

Keep your head down and don't over swing. I proved that to myself every time I play golf.

You only want to pull the club back low and around on driver since your hitting up on the driver right?

Best golf lesson on fairway woods. Makes golf sense and simple.

Thanks for the tip. Will try these tomorrow.

Yea I'm bad about this. My club bottoms out at the top of the ball lol. Everyone always says "you raised up" but I don't feel like I do.

I have a question I just started golfing and have a cheaper set of clubs. My question is what type of irons should a beginner get if there club speed is 120 mph. The reason I know it's that high I went to a gold shop and they had a full set up it was awesome.

Why do I pop up my short irons?

Love your tips, keep up the good work. Enjoying in Missouri.

Excellent! This is the toughest club for me to hit, so I'll definitely check all three tips for my 3-wood shots.

Todd, I love your channel and your explanations on the approach to the swing. Appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Michael from SoCal

I'm topping my FW woods and hybrids but I think I'm hitting the ball first (not ground). Does that mean my swing is too steep, like too much like an iron?

I am new to golf and your videos are awesome. Your explanations and descriptions are easy to follow. Thank you.

Would like to ask some advise on putting. I’ve lost my left eye and having a hard time on alignment. Not just putting but it seems like that is what I’m having the most trouble with

Hi Todd I m gonna try the straight up action. I've been struggling for month with my 5 wood. My instructors did tell me to straighten my back and bend my knees more which I've been doing but I'm wondering if thats to try to stop me coming round as you described. I'll let us know how it goes x

Allan Patrick - New Brunswick Canada. Great advice. I have been hitting the fairway woods thin recently and this might indeed be a reason why. Thanks.

Best fairway wood lesson! I hate topping my 4 wood! Working on the vertical swing. Takes a while to change at 74!

How donI hit my ball low because it will go further than going up in the sky and drop

Great advice, exactly what I needed, I was doing everything wrong!

does fairway wood is good to have divot or shall be cleaned sweeping.

I purchased your vertical line video package….A lot of good informative instructions. One area I find clarification needed is swaying. Your drill is keeping pressure or weight over your left foot, yet one hallmark of your swing is going from 60/40 to 80 over your right side. How does this drill for swaying instill this movement? The only thing I could think of was to bump your hips to the center of your feet then pivot. Thx. Tom

Todd, Fred from Venice florida, I've been watching your videos for some time and credit them with getting my handicap down to a 14. Unfortunately I had to have left hip replacement surgery in august 2022. I'm struggling with getting my game back and it seems i'm putting more pressure on my right hip. My surgeon hopes i can make it until early next year to do the right hip. Any suggestions to help in recovering my game before this next surgery. Oh and by the way i'm a senior golfer of 78. It might be helpful to many of the "experienced" golfers here in florida where a lot of hip, knees and shoulders are replaced. ps I recommend your channel to all my golfing buddies.

Great video, thanks for putting it up. I’m in my early 50s and took up golf about 12 months ago after a hip replacement. I’m at the point where my handicap is around 20 and I can drill the ball good distance with each club but the instances of topping the ball, particularly with fairway woods and hybrids is insanely frustrating and still costs me several shots per round. Looking forward to trying out your 3 pointers here in the next few days.

PULLING UP BECAUSE OF A BAD BACK IS MY BIGGEST PROBLEM

Thank you for this i was about ready to toss my fairway wood

I could never hit my 3 wood before, after this video I went out yesterday and hit 260 off the fairway and 280 off the tee, it was going further than my driver! The ball position tip also fixed my slice on the 3 wood

Hello Todd, I am from Australia and have been playing golf for about 2 months. I have been topping the ball frequently. On some occasions I had a perfect hit but I could not understand why the lack of consistency. Your tips allowed me to understand what I am doing incorrectly. Thank you. You are a great help.

Todd what advice or direction would you give me on putting alignment after loosing the vision for in my left eye. I’ve lost my depth perception and peripheral vision Any help would be appreciated

Hi Johannie van wyk here i am from south afrika in a small town lutzville near the west coast and i also start playing golf for tthe first time is there a easy way to learn my daugter how to play golf for the first time she never touch a golf club

Hi, I am from Malaysia. Can we preset our weight to favor the leading foot before hitting the fairway wood? Thanks.

For hybrid , is the ball position the same like wood on the video ? Regards from Jakarta , Indonesia

Great instruction as always! I'd love to see a lesson on how to flight the ball (high, low, or piercing trajectory) upon command. thanks!

Hey Todd great tip.I have trouble getting my 5 and 7 wood in the air when I want to go over trees.What’s the secret?

Great piece of advice already made a difference

Nice Tip thanks from SA

Hi Todd. Peter here from Ireland. I was playing the other day. I topped 2 x 3 wood shots. When it happens you can almost see the imprint of the ball in the turf. So it’s like the sole of the club has gone over the ball if that makes sense. Any ideas? Thanks. Peter

What do you mean when you say "the bottom of the swing goes backwards"

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Great video!! Where you position the ball when you are on a up hill? Still on the logo area?

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Seminole in West Texas.

Just use a green lifesaver

I so needed this video early on the front nine today. It would have saved me a lot of strokes.

What about standing up at impact that will cause a topped shot

Hey Todd, hi again from Australia. I’m one of your experienced golfers from down under and I love your work. I have been working hard to eliminate sway in my swing lately and focusing on the change in foot pressure through the swing without introducing excessive sway. It’s a hell of a challenge given in the 70s, when I first started to play, we were taught to wind up from the floor and then just unwind to hit the ball. We’ll that’s how I understood the instruction. After a 20 year break I’m back into it and I’m determined to clean up the swing while I can still move. I only follow a few channels for instruction and yours is a must watch. Thanks for what you do.

Keep there videos coming. From South East Florida

Great video as usual. Where do you position the ball when you tee up a wood? Still on the logo area?

Good points ❤

3 fantastic tips there 👏 👌

Great tips! Thanks Todd!

Todd is the man!!!!

Thank you

Great advice

6:01 Went to the range and tried those tips, it really does work , thanks!

Thank you Coach 😊 Goodness how I love this channel. Tomorrow is my pilot competition and I am going to beat that Par 71 course.

You recommend the ball position for FW woods as from the shirt logo to the inside of the arm, does that hold true on the Tee as well as on the FW?

I’m struggling with low ball flight. I didn’t quite understand you’re point about having a more upright swing plane. Is it to create a more negative AoA to hit higher in clubface? Thanks.

Thank you!! I will have to check a few of these tips out. My 3W has been in timeout for a while. Now I think maybe the 3W isn’t the problem!!! 🫢