Why Your Ball Goes Where It Goes.
Face Sends It. Path Bends It.
Drag the sliders. Watch your ball flight change in real time. The card on the right tells you exactly what your shot is — and what's causing it.
Want to know why this happens? Keep scrolling ↓
Those Two Sliders Aren't A Simplification. They Are The Swing.
You just changed two things and watched the ball react. That's not a toy version of the swing — that is the swing. Every slice, hook, pull, and push you've ever hit came from these two things: what your clubface was doing, and what your club path was doing. Six words sum it up: face sends it, path bends it.
Which Way Your Club Is Swinging
Left, right, or straight at the target.
Think of it as the road the club is travelling on. Some swings cut across the ball going left (out-to-in). Some go right (in-to-out). The best ones go straight at the target.
→ Your divot mark shows this direction every time.
Where The Clubface Is Pointing
Open (right), closed (left), or square to the target.
Think of the face as the steering wheel. Even on a perfect swing, if the face is twisted left or right at impact, the ball goes that way. It's about 75% of where the ball starts.
→ This is why most slicers can't fix it by changing their swing.
Now keep scrolling. See what each one actually looks like on the ground ↓
Three Paths. Three Different Shots.
Your club is doing one of three things at impact — swinging left across the ball, straight at the target, or right of it. Each one produces a completely different shot. Each one also leaves a different fingerprint on the ground.
The three patterns below cover every miss you've ever hit. Find yours.
Club swinging left across the ball. Produces slices (face open) or pulls (face matching). Classic slice pattern.
Club travelling straight toward target. Whether the ball goes straight depends on the face — but the path is right.
Club swinging right across the ball. Produces draws and hooks (face closed) or pushes (face matching path).
The Face Is Why It Curves
About 75% of where your ball starts comes from the face — not the swing. The face is the steering wheel. The path is the road.
Open face to the path → ball curves right. Closed face → ball curves left. The bigger the gap between face and path, the harder the curve.
That's why fixing your swing doesn't fix your slice. The face is the culprit.
With Irons, Your Face Angle Controls Where Every Shot Starts
Pick Your Shot. Here's What's Causing It.
You've been hitting that same miss for a while. It's not bad luck. Every miss has a cause — and once you know it, you can fix it. Tap your shot below.
The Slice
Ball starts left then curves hard right. Most common miss in golf.
Open Face
Your face is pointing right of your swing path at impact. The ball curves toward where the face points. Path and face disagree — that gap is the slice.
Strengthen Your Grip
Rotate both hands clockwise slightly so you see 2–3 knuckles on your left hand. This closes the face without changing your swing.
Same Divot, Less Curve
The divot direction won't change much — but as your face closes, the ball will curve less and less to the right.
The Hook
Ball dives hard left with too much curve. Hard to control.
Closed Face
Your face is pointing left of your swing path. The bigger the gap, the harder it hooks. Often paired with an in-to-out path.
Weaken Your Grip
Rotate both hands counter-clockwise so you see only 1 knuckle on your left hand. This opens the face back toward square.
Divot Still Right, Less Curve
The divot will still point right of target (in-to-out path stays). But the ball will curve less as your face opens toward path.
The Pull
Ball goes straight left with no curve. Path and face both pointing left.
Everything Is Left
Your path is out-to-in AND your face is matching it — both pointing left. The ball launches left and stays there. No curve because face and path agree.
Shallow The Path
Drop your trail elbow closer to your body on the downswing. This shallows the club and turns the out-to-in path toward neutral.
Divot Rotates Right
As your path shallows, the divot mark will rotate from pointing left toward pointing straight — or even slightly right.
The Push
Ball goes straight right with no curve. Path and face both pointing right.
Everything Is Right
Your path is in-to-out AND your face is matching it — both pointing right. The ball launches right and stays there. No curve because face and path agree.
Rotate Through Impact
Your body is stopping its rotation, leaving the club stuck behind you. Keep your hips and chest turning through the ball so the path squares up toward target.
Divot Rotates Left
As your path neutralizes, the divot mark will rotate from pointing right toward pointing straight — confirmation your body is releasing properly.
The Fat Shot
Club hits the ground before the ball. Big distance loss.
Low Point Is Behind The Ball
Your club reaches its lowest point before the ball instead of at or after it. Weight hanging back, or scooping with the hands.
Forward Shaft, Weight Forward
At impact, your hands should be ahead of the ball. Press 60% of your weight onto your lead foot and keep it there through impact.
Mark Moves Forward
The divot mark on the board will shift forward — closer to the ball or past it. That means you've moved your low point in the right direction.
Your Real Divot Disappears In 3 Seconds.
On grass it vanishes before you can read it. On a mat you get nothing. You now understand what your divot is telling you — Divot Board records it after every single swing so you can actually use that information.
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