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Do you see the clubhead hit the ball?

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I know the chances of you actually seeing the moment of contact are very slim, but do any of you feel you "see" the contact?
 
when I keep my stupid head down I do
 
never


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I'd say 95% off the time no. I also don't see any correlation between seeing the ball and better scores. In the past 2 months I've had a low of 81 and a high of 93, can't say that I saw the ball more or less during those rounds.
 
I'll go with no. I go by feel off the clubface, ball flight, and the divot.
 
No. I would say never.
 
Only when putting.
 
I don't believe so
 
I'm not even sure my eyes are open at impact.
 
I see the blur when it passes but I don't see it make contact
 
When I am focused I see impact with irons and wedges.
 
I think so.....
 
I'm pretty sure I don't. I've never thought about it before.
 
i dont think theres a club in mu bag where i see impact made
 
From tee to whatever chipping distance is, nope not even close. And I'm not even going to pretend that I do. I see the impact from others in my group, but never my own.

Chipping and putting though, while not 100% of the time, I see impact a lot
 
I actually thought about this yesterday on the course. I can't remember ever seeing contact. Someone else said it, but... I'm not sure my eyes are even open at impact, to be honest.
 
Only when putting.
 
Nope, don't see contact. I see the divot for a split second just before my head lifts up when my shoulder hits it, but that's about it.
 
When I'm playing well, I FEEL like I see it. Other times it is a complete mystery!
 
funny this came up because i was thinking today about my last 2 rounds, which were pretty great for me. i had incredible focus on the back of the ball through out my swing or stroke. in my mind i could see the hit at impact although i know that in reality that did not happen.
 
It's my swing thought to see the impact. Forces me to keep my head still and not over swing. I believe that I see it, but whether I actually do or if it's a mind trick who knows.
 
Full shots no. I agree with Nicklaus on this - club's going too fast.

However, I often do see the ball right before impact (lift up too often) and often have a decent mental picture of my alignments through impact. May help infer how clubhead impacted the ball.
 
T2GRN18 said:
I'm not even sure my eyes are open at impact.
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Yeah this. I'm always like "Did I even focus on the ball at the point of contact?"

I do find that focusing on the back of the ball during my swing does help improve my contact though, so while I might zone out right at contact, the focus up to that point is very important.
 
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