Hi, to add to Mattins great answer,

taking a small divot with a wood is fine, don't worry about this it can shows you are a good player and by taking a divot you must be a very consistant ball striker.

That said, you may have the ball a little to far back in your stance(should be just inside your left heel) also you may be standing to close to the ball and swinging steeper, check you distance...........finally a wider stance will promote a shallower impact. Check all three and find which you one you maybe failing with.

From a mental point of view most golfers try to lift there fairway woods in an effort to get airbourne, the other half try to hit them to hard in an effort to reach the green, swing smooth and then see if it reached the green after you put a good swing on it.



Hope this helps


Ian.

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