Understanding the cause of topping the ball comes from having your knees bent while swinging the club because if your knees are down, they will come up. To learn the correct distance. You have to be away from the ball. Using the touch points on your body for reference, elbow, touch, rib cage, club, touch ground behind the centre of the ball, tilt your chest slightly and make a swing using your hands. Always swing down to your V, where your release point is.

The biggest problem for golfers is they try and swing the club forward and up. This is a big mistake playing golf. You must learn how to practice putting a backspin on the ball and practice it all the time. You can do this from home, get a ladder or a fold-up chair and start hitting ping pong balls between the steps. Hold the club at the V, where your release point is.

Imagine diving into a swimming pool you go down into the water and then coming up ; you should do the same when hitting golf shots on grass. Swing down, take the divot after you strike the ball, and See how deep you can go with the divot. The deeper the better this will train you to put a backspin on the ball.

The teaching world is telling amateurs to keep their arms straight and their knees bent, but this will always lead you to top the ball. you cannot chop downwards using your arms and shoulders, for all the Irish hurlers and ladies camogie players when the ball is on the ground you have to used your hands and wrist to get the ball going forward and distance, this is why ye are born with a natural golf swing when ye turn to golf later in life.