Are you a picker or a digger?

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By Dave N

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  1. Dave N

    Dave N
    Dade City, FL

    Been a picker my whole life and in the last 6 months I'm learning how to take a divot. Huge improvement.

  2. Tosh.

    Tosh.
    Dundee,Scotland.

    I never take a divot if I do I’ve hit it heavy and it goes nowhere........‍♂ïļ
  3. Brandon P

    Brandon P

    Military
    Picker until I saw the divots the big boys took at the Ryder Cup. I’ve been a digger ever since but my ball still doesn’t do what I saw their balls do.
  4. Mike M

    Mike M
    Marblehead MA

    Digger.....come at it pretty steep.
  5. Mark J

    Mark J
    Charlotte, NC

    i'm tall and come in steep so digger for me
  6. Elson C

    Elson C
    Southgate

    Picker, trying to transition to digging a little bit, mostly I am trying to improve the contact of the clubface when hitting the ball.
    Right now for me
    No divot = thin-bladed shot, low and long.
    Small divot = Good contact, great distance, and good control.
    Big divot = Fat hit, more ground than the ball, short and no control.


  7. Frank P

    Frank P
    Port St. Lucie, FL

    Military
    A digger all my life. I always envied the pickers who hit quality shots, especially useful in wet conditions.
  8. Jerry M

    Jerry M
    Dallas, TX

    Always a picker. Would like to be a digger but I don't think that is going to happen in my lifetime.
    If I took a divot, ball would go nowhere.
  9. El bandito

    El bandito
    Fife Bonny Scotland ðŸī󠁧ó Ēó ģó Ģó īó ŋ

    I was a digger for years until I dislocated my right shoulder.
    Now I’m a picker and I can’t get back to digger at all
  10. Mark F

    Mark F

    Been a digger most of my golf life. I guess sometime in the past I heard the tip "hit the little ball before the big ball" and I have been steep ever since.
  11. Bob S

    Bob S
    Louisville, Ky

    Picker but would love to be a digger
  12. Derek C

    Derek C
    Northern KY

    Bob S said:

    Picker but would love to be a digger

    Same here!
  13. Guy W

    Guy W
    Statesville, NC

    Right now a picker if I hit it right. As has been said before, I am working on coming in a little steeper and taking a small divot with my short irons.
  14. Sean N

    Sean N
    Coshocton, OH

    I am a digger, but sometimes a little too much! I am pretty steep on my angle of attack, trying to limit that, but not having much success. Plenty of time to practice!
  15. Peter CB

    Peter CB
    Bedfordshire, UK

    Always been a picker. I tend to ‘bruise’ the turf with long/mid irons and only a small divot with short irons/wedges.
  16. SHarris

    SHarris

    More of a picker myself, I do however try to hit the ball first and leave a little divot in front of the ball after contact
  17. 19hole

    19hole
    Reading, MA

    More of a sweeper than a digger here.
  18. Andrew A

    Andrew A
    Charlotte, NC

    D I G G E R ! ! !
  19. Keith M

    Keith M
    Acworth, GA

    Little bit of both actually, but lean in the picker direction. I'm more likely to hit something thin and take progressively less of a divot as I work up through the bag.

    With wedges it's more mixed, on fuller shots, I tend to take less of a divot. On 1/2 and 3/4 shots it's more like a beaver pelt.
  20. Chuck Z

    Chuck Z
    Mt Pleasant, SC

    Military
    Picker.
  21. JAM

    JAM

    I'm a "picker". like Tom Watson. I know there are other top players, but, I'm too old to remember.
  22. Derek C

    Derek C
    Northern KY

    JAM said:

    I'm a "picker". like Tom Watson. I know there are other top players, but, I'm too old to remember.

    “I’m too old to remember”
    Love it! Haha! Picker here too.
  23. Trevor P

    Trevor P
    Brentwood, Essex

    in my younger days I was a digger but as I have got older I now find myself, generally as a picker, with the exception of the wedges.
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