Skip to content
Insporta Book
en
EnglishРусскийDeutschEspañolEestiSuomiItalianoFrançaisPolski日本語한국어中文
FootballCricketFutsalTriathlonTennisGolfFigure SkatingBasketballMethodologyWhy it worksTake a test

Golf · Level 6: Advanced · Sub-level 6.1

Shaping Shots

4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown

Curving and flighting the ball on purpose: draws and fades, height control, working round obstacles, and how shaping is practised and measured.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Draw and fade on purposeTake a test

  1. A face closed to the path curves the ball left.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  2. The swing follows the body; the face sets the start.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. They shape the other way only when a hole demands it.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. Less loft is delivered and there is less backspin.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  5. Useful into firm greens.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  6. Players work hard to reduce their miss to one side.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. His fade became the most famous shot shape in golf.

    Source: Ben Hogan, Five Lessons (1957), and his biographers · recall

  8. Face first, then the body.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  9. The bigger the gap, the bigger the curve.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · applied

  10. The ball starts right and curves back.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 2Height controlTake a test

  1. Less loft is delivered at impact.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. Often one more club, swung easier.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  3. More loft is delivered.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. A low shot would bounce and run off.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. Spin is also lower, so it balloons less.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. The finish matches the flight.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. The shaft leans further forward at impact.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  8. Forward adds loft at impact.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  9. Extra club, less swing.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. Low shots give the wind less to work on.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 3Round obstaclesTake a test

  1. Right to left is a draw.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  2. Most players keep shaping gentle.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  3. Set mostly by the face.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  4. Start line plus curve equals the target.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. A little thin and it hits the branches.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. He won the 1979 Open with a birdie from a car park.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  7. Named for its shape in the air.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  8. Plan the start line first.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  9. A slice is a big, often unwanted fade.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · applied

  10. Right to left for a right-hander.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 4Practising and measuring shapeTake a test

  1. Tiger Woods made it famous.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  2. Shown in his practice sessions over many years.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  3. Hitting it shows an out-to-in path.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. Trees and wind do not always suit the stock shot.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. Their difference, face to path, sets the curve.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  6. The ball flies straight on its start line.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  7. Tilted left, the ball curves left.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  8. Low shots first is one common order.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  9. Negative is closed to the path, a draw.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · applied

  10. The ball curves the way the axis tilts.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · applied

Sources

PGA coaching and general teaching guides, launch-monitor teaching material, sport-psychology research as used in golf, the Rules of Golf 2023 and Model Local Rules where a rule is named, and championship records for settled events; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

  • General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides)23
  • Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane)13
  • General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides)3
  • Ben Hogan, Five Lessons (1957), and his biographers1