If you need a mid-round check on your swing, inspect your divots. The direction of the divots will tell you where your clubface is going. The depth will tell you a lot about how steep or shallow you’re coming into the ball.
If you can remember where the ball was located, the divot also can tell you how far behind the ball you’re striking. Another tip—although surely not legal under the rules of golf: stick a tee in the ground opposite the ball’s location. That’ll make it easier to know about the divot relative to the ball’s position.
Make adjustments accordingly.
This tip is an excerpt from The Five Inch Course: Thinking Your Way To Better Golf
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Usually when the divot is pointing left for a right hander there’s a good chance you are coming over the top of the golf ball. You’re either pulling it left or cutting across the ball and hitting a slice.
Conversely if the divot is pointing right you are either pushing the golf ball or coming too far from the inside and hitting a big hook.