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What Actually Happens When You Hit a Golf Ball (SLOW MO) 🤯⛳️ Golf Swing Tips #shorts

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4 golfers recommended it · 2025–2026

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A slow motion test showing what fat contact looks like and why mats hide it.

Why golfers recommend it

  • Slow-mo test for fat shots
  • Mats hide fat shots
  • Short on pop-up and chunk
  • Slo-mo showing fat contact

Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.

4 comments from Reddit

u/sliight 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Hot take: Ranges with golf mats build bad habits and should be avoided while starting out”

You need to closer up slow motion ball. This is a lie board, but same thing happens on firm mats ▶ this video Softer mats don't get the ball bounce, but they do bounce the head on a heavy shot to make it a good shot. Put down pieces or a strip of painters tape, you want the ball just in front of it, maybe a half ball. If you hit the tape, you're hitting it fat regardless of how impact feels...

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u/BOSZ83 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Why can I stripe it at the range but chunk it on the course?”

Mats hide fat shots. You’re chunking at the range too but the physics of hitting the mat before the ball is very different from hitting grass and dirt before the ball. Here is an example of what’s happening: ▶ this video If you’re gonna grind on the range, you should put a towel two balls behind the ball.

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u/Devo_6 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Mats vs Grass”

Here it is, it shows you how it pops up even though it would be a chunk ▶ this video

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u/slaffytaffy 2026 · r/golftips · in “How My Impact Position (5 Iron)”

If that club hit the ground behind the ball… it’s going to be fat when you hit off real grass. Here’s a slo-mo for all of you. ▶ this video

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