Learn how to stop hitting behind the golf ball -- and how to strike your irons pure -- with this simple golf lesson from Todd Kolb. One of the most enjoyable things about hitting the golf ball is solid contact, so if you are are consistently hitting behind the golf ball and want to learn how to stop hitting the ball fat, this Todd Kolb golf lesson will help you start crushing your shots! Taking the club back too far inside the target line is a common cause of fat shots… and thin shots, not to mention slicing and all sorts of other lousy results. That’s one reason my Vertical Line Swing works so well for golfers who’ve been taught to swing “around the body” or to “get the hands deep” on the backswing.