Instruction
There are many ways to hit the golf ball successfully. We know that just by looking at the pros' swings over the years. To my eye, Hogan had one of the greatest. He wrote about his swing philosophy in the classic 'Five Fundamentals'. Since then a lot of people have tried to figure out what he knew.
Arguably there is no sweeter swing in golf than Ernie Els (well, maybe Charles Barkley) and a lot can be learned from studying Ernie's Swing.
Part of studying is, of course, watching and I certainly have no proof of this but for just rhythm alone (one of the keys to a solid golf swing) you might want to consider locking yourself into a closet for 8 hours with a full-battery charge for your laptop and watching the above video over and over.
The osmosis of watching Ernie's swing can do nothing but help your golf game. Granted, not everyone is built like Ernie but no matter, watch this swing and see how much it can bring to ...
Most amateurs have problems compressing the ball at impact (and lose power) and are plagued with a lot of fat and thin shots. If you can identify, then I'd like to point you to one of the best videos I've seen on fixing this.
I know some of you are looking to be really obnoxious and wanting to hit those 300+ yard monster golf drives to wow your foursome friends but what about a more modest goal like trying to hit it 120 yards?
As you might have guessed, I'm being a little "tongue-in-cheek" but not without an ulterior motive.
So why would you want to try to try to hit 120 yards drives? Simple, so you can figure out your swings really works and feels. This was actually a drill Davis Love Sr. used to give Davis Love Jr. when they were first learning the game.
"One drill the senior Love mentioned was to have the ...
In my opinion, today's mainstream golf teacher is very one-dimensional and can only help players wishing to improve in a very limited way. I know a lot of pros will highly disagree with this view but hear me out.
I'm not saying it's they're fault, per say, but a LOT more goes into playing excellent golf than trying to flatten someone's golf swing or having them line up square.
What if you go to a golf lesson and the instructor wants to to complete a fuller turn but come to find out your body cannot get into that position easily? it might be more of a biomechanics issue than a ...
A golf swing is just what it says...a swing. It's not a hit, or throw or punch or smack. It's a full rotational swing that moves more like a pendulum, with a mind of its own. You let it happen more than you make it happen. By getting your right shoulder pointing to the target, you are forcing yourself to swing freely, eliminating all the tension that you add in during the process because you're trying to control it.
Keeping your right knee (in my case, left, as I'm a Southpaw) properly flexed is such a major key to a solid, repeatable golf swing that I cannot overemphasize it's importance.
This has, hands-down, been my most successful golf swing tip for this season. Prior to keeping my back knee flexed (and somewhat "tight") I was hitting mostly weak golf shots with no crispness or pop whatsoever. Just a weak, slappy kind of hit.
I was, oddly enough, reading the book, The Secret of Hogan's Swing (see our post,
The Last Word on Hogan's Swing) and there was an image highlighting one of Hogan's "keys" which was a slightly turned-in ...
Lag in the golf swing means keeping the wrists hinged as long as possible before letting them release. This isn't accomplished by keeping tension in the wrists, but rather by eliminating tension.
Your goal is to make the mindset for every swing be perfect, the results don't matter because you can't control them. A perfectly struck putt may not go in because of a blade of grass. If you've created the right mindset and are at peace at that moment, it won't matter. Your success will have already been secured. Golf will always be a mystery, but it can also be enjoyable and incredibly rewarding.
I'm going out on a limb again with another bit of advice on the golf swing. I won't denigrate my skill with the clubs again as I've already done that. Proceed at your own risk, check with your swing doctor and don't blame me if you duck hook your first drive through a course side bay window.
Actually, I think this tip is quite interesting because you don't see it mentioned a lot. I was looking at an old golf article the other day about the Golf X Factor. This is something that Jim McLean* brought to prominence to explain where the power comes from in a golf swing.
Basically the X ...
