Hitting Under the ball on Tee shots

Question
Lately I am hitting under the ball on tee shots, resulting in very high, short shots. I was driving resonably well until recenntly. I know I am doing something wrong in my swing. Please help. Thanks.

Tito

Answer
Hello Tito.  Yes that is a problem that can solved with patience and knowledge.  To me the answer is very straight-foward as this problem is encountered by "every" golfers at least once in their life.  The info that I am about to to share with you is guaranteed to be accurate.  However, in order for the instruction to work, you need to make a promise to yourself that you will stick with the advice that I will give you.  You will obviously not see the result right away.  As I have mentioned, PATIENCE is needed to solve this problem COMPLETELY.  All righty then....

1.  YOUR SWING IS TOO STEEP.  BY THAT IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE SWINGING THE CLUB FROM OUTSIDE TO INSIDE.  CAUSING THE CLUB TO APPROACH THE BALL IN AN STEEP ANGLE.  THIS WILL CAUSE POP-UPS, HITTING UNDER THE TEE AND IN SOME CASES, TAKING LITTLE DIVOTS.  

2.  IF YOU TAKE DIVOT WITH YOUR DRIVER, THEN THE PROBLEM IS SEVERE AND YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO WORK ON THE PROBLEM LONGER THAN USUAL.

3.  SO HOW TO FIX IT?
   SHALLOW OUT YOUR SWING BY SWINGING FROM INSIDE TO OUT.

4.  HOW TO DO IT?
   TAKE YOUR CLUB AND SWING IT LIKE A BASEBALL BAT SEVERAL TIMES.  SO YOU ARE SWINGING THE CLUB "AROUND" YOUR BODY.  LET YOUR MUSCLE MEMORIZE THE MOVEMENT OF YOUR SWING.  

   ANOTHER WAY TO SHALLOW OUT YOUR SWING IS GETTING ON YOUR KNEES.  TEE UP THE BALL AND TRY TO HIT IT WITH YOUR DRIVER.  SO NATURALLY, YOU AGAIN SWING "AROUND" YOUR BODY, MAKING IT FLATTER AND FLATTER.  SURE IT WILL LOOK AWKWARD BUT IT WORKS AND YOU SHOULD DO IT MANY TIMES TO GET USED TO THE FEELING.  IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME BUT IT WILL WORK.

    THIRD WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM IS TO NOT TEE THE BALL LOW ON THE GROUND BUT RATHER TEE IT HIGHER.  IF YOU TEE THE BALL HIGH ALREADY, THEN DON'T DO IT.  BUT IF YOU DO TEE THE BALL LOW IN FEAR OF HITTING A HIGH SHOT, THEN YOU ARE MISTAKEN.  WHEN YOU TEE THE BALL LOW, YOUR BRAIN GIVES A NATURAL INSTINCT TO HIT DOWN ON THE BALL IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE TO HIT IT.  CAUSING OUT TO IN SWING OR A "STEEP" SWING.  SO TEE THE BALL IN MEDIUM LENGTH AND TRY TO HIT IT WITHOUT POPPING IT UP IN THE AIR.

  ALSO, CHECK YOUR ADRESS....  HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAVE AN EXCELLENT KNOWLEDGE OF GOLF TO JUST CHECK YOUR ADRESS AND NOTHING ELSE.  THIS PERSON SHOULD VIEW YOUR SWING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU.  THIS PERSON SHOULD CHECK TO SEE IF THE BALL MATCHES WITH YOUR INSIDE OF YOUR LEFT HEEL.  YOU CANNOT TELL IF YOU HAVE A GOOD SET-UP UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMEONE WATCH IT FOR YOU.  YOU MAY FEEL GOOD WITH YOUR ADRESS BUT IT MAY BE THE SOLE REASON THAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM.  MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES HAVE I FIXED MY DRIVING PROBLEMS BY CHECKING MY SET-UP.  IT SOMETIMES WORK LIKE A MAGIC.

   ANOTHER WAY TO SHALLOW OUT YOUR SWING IS BY MAKING A TRAINING DEVICE OF YOUR OWN.  THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO FORCE YOU TO SWING YOU FROM IN TO OUT.  FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS...
TAKE A RANGE BUCKET AND TURN IT UPSIDE-DOWN.  USUALLY, THE RANGE BUCKET SHOULD HAVE SQUARE GAPS IN THEM THAT IS BIG ENOUGH TO STICK A CLUB THROUGH.  TAKE A SANDWEDGE AND TRY TO STICK IT THROUGH THOSE GAPS.  SO NOW LAY THIS DIVICE ON THE GROUND.  AND PLACE THE BALL RIGHT BENEATH THE EDGE THE CLUB.  I HOPE YOU GET WHAT I MEAN...  AND NOW SWING THE CLUB AND TRY TO HIT THE BALL.  THIS DIVICE WILL FORCE YOU TO SHALLOW OUT YOUR SWING.  

SO LETS SUM ALL THESE THINGS UP....

YOU ARE HITTING "DOWN" ON THE BALL BECAUSE YOUR SWING IS TOO "STEEP".  THEREFORE, CAUSING IT TO HIT IT HIGH AND SHORT.  YOU TO FIX IT BY SWING "UP" ONTO THE BALL AND ALSO PLACING THE BALL IN THE RIGHT POSITION.  REMEMBER, DRIVER IS A DIFFERENT SWING THAN YOUR IRON.  WITH IRONS, YOU SHOULD HIT DOWN BUT WITH DRIVER YOU SHOULD HIT "UPWARDS"  AND CATCHING IT SOLID.  AND YES SHALLOW OUT YOUR SWING.  VERY IMPORTANT.

I HAVE GIVEN YOU THOROUGH ADVICE TO HELP YOUR PROBLEMS.  I HAVE SPENT A BIT OF MY TIME ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION AND I HOPE I COULD HELP.  I HAVE FURTHER TIPS AND ADVICE TO SHARE... SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I WOULD BE WILLING TO SHARE SOME MORE.  BUT DO THE DRILLS THAT I HAVE ALREADY SHARED WITH YOU...  STICK WITH IT AND DON'T GIVE UP.  BELIEVE ME AND MY TIPS.  I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU COULD POST ME WITH YOUR PROGRESS.  I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHICH TIPS REALLY HELPED YOU.  GOOD LUCK AND FEEL FREE TO ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS.