Apr 16 2009
Grooving Your Swing
The key to hitting longer, straighter drives is squaring your clubface at impact. Anything less this results in either a weak drive or a slice or pull. To ensure you attain the correct impact position, your swing must be mechanically flawless or you must make pre-impact adjustments on the fly.
But making adjustments is not conducive [...]
Apr 16 2009
Five Exercises To Lower Your Golf Handicap
Swinging a club powerfully and efficiently is based on what our bodies can do. As we get older, what we can do changes. Without maintaining strength and flexibility, we lose our ability to swing a club powerfully and efficiently. If you want to maintain a low golf handicap, you must maintain your strength and flexibility.
Exercising [...]
Apr 16 2009
Four Golf Tips On Beating Blocked Shots
Swinging aggressively isn’t a bad thing, but it can be if taken too far. Golfers who swing too aggressively often jerk the club back on their backswing, thrust forward violently from the top of the swing, or execute a host of other actions that throw off the rhythm and timing of their swings. The result: [...]
Apr 9 2009
The Spin On Center of Gravity
If you’ve been reading my golf tips newsletter, scanning golf Web sites, or perusing golf magazines, you’ve probably come across the term center of gravity (COG). More than likely, you’ve seen the term in conjunction with ads for or an article about golf clubs. That’s because it’s one of the hottest concepts in golf club [...]
Apr 9 2009
Four Cures For Your Slice
When you’ve given as many golf lessons as I have, it doesn’t take much thought to figure out that slicing is golf’s most common swing error. In fact, many weekend players who attend my golf instructions sessions for the first time slice, with both men and women slicing about the same amount. And they all [...]
Apr 6 2009
Igniting Your Swing With The Right Side
Conventional wisdom isn’t always the solution in golf. For example, when holding instruction sessions, I advocate using your left side to ignite your swing. This approach eliminates several common swing errors. Golfers igniting their swings with their right sides often start the club back too quickly or jerk their hands too far inside the target [...]
Apr 6 2009
Choosing A Ball That Fits Your Game
Recreational golfers will go to great lengths to buy a set of clubs. They’ll research manufacturers, compare models, and read reviews. They’ll test clubs on the practice range or on the curse, if they can. They’ll even go to professional clubmakers to be fitted for new sticks, if they think that will help. Their goal [...]
