Golfers - How To Avoid The Fat Shot Dilemma

Hitting a shot thin means your club head made contact with the ball at or slightly above the equator of the ball, sending it zooming out at no more than two or three feet off the ground. A thin shot hit with a middle iron, long iron, or wood will typically travel a lesser distance than a well-hit ball, while a thin shot hit with a wedge or short iron will travel farther than normal. Hitting a fat shot is the result of a number of potential problems.