[arny660]

Apologies if that seems a silly question, but what is a "lie board" and what does it do?

[LowPost42]

A lie board is a plastic board that you hit balls off of. It puts a scuff mark on the sole of your club that indicates where your club is bottoming out - which indicates if a change in lie angle is necessary.

[bkelly]

Originally Posted by arny660

Apologies if that seems a silly question, but what is a "lie board" and what does it do?

I don't care at all for the lie board.

Get a felt tip marker and draw a straight line around half the circumference of the ball.

Place the ball on the ground or tee with the line facing exactly away from the target.

Hit the ball normally. Some of the ink from the mark will transfer to the club face.

Check the line on the club face. It should be perpendicular to the sole. If so, your club lie is correct. If not, it tells you which way your lie is off and exactly how much.

Side note: I just thought of this and have not tried it. Put a black line on the ball as above. Put a red line one one side of the black line and a blue on the other side. That might tell you if and how much the club face is open or closed.

[LowPost42]

Originally Posted by bkelly

I don't care at all for the lie board.

Get a felt tip marker and draw a straight line around half the circumference of the ball.

Place the ball on the ground or tee with the line facing exactly away from the target.

Hit the ball normally. Some of the ink from the mark will transfer to the club face.

Check the line on the club face. It should be perpendicular to the sole. If so, your club lie is correct. If not, it tells you which way your lie is off and exactly how much.

Side note: I just thought of this and have not tried it. Put a black line on the ball as above. Put a red line one one side of the black line and a blue on the other side. That might tell you if and how much the club face is open or closed.

This is known as the 'lie detector' method.

I like it better, but some die hards won't hit off anything but a lie board.