Golf Swing Swaying Check Drill
This drill is designed to help people who have excess motion or lateral weight shift in their golf swing. The goal is to have your weight shift slightly from the inside of your right leg to the inside of your left leg, but never shifting…
The “Walk-Through” Golf Swing Drill
This drill is intended to help players who have a hard time shifting their weight targetward in the downswing, and for those who have trouble with what we call a reverse pivot.
A reverse pivot is when a player shifts their weight in the opposite…
Slow Motion Golf Swing Drill
This drill is intended to help you feel the positions of your golf swing, and also to test your ability to maintain control and to vary the speed and timing of your golf swing.
The drill is very simple. Set up with whatever club…
The Golf Swing Plane Dowel Drill
This drill is intended to help players who tend to slice the ball or come over the top. You can hit full shots with this drill, but I would suggest starting with very small swings and progressing to larger swings slowly.
Start by…
The Golf Swing Plane Rehearsal Drill
This drill is done in slow motion either at home or on the range, allowing you to feel the proper plane and path of the golf swing.
Start by establishing a fixed position where the ball will sit, perhaps on a tee or a mark on the ground. Establish…
Golf Swing – Alignment Check
Checking your alignment is crucial for players of all levels of experience. Beginners and tour players alike are well served in checking their alignment regularly and ensuring that their body is set up correctly. Over time, if left unchecked,…
Golf’s “L to L” Swing Drill
The L to L drill is an expansion of the 9:00 swing drill. It’s intended to help you feel the proper hinging of your wrists and positions of the club in a half length swing. It’s important that you become familiar with the correct 9:00 position…
Precision Golf – Learn Carry and Roll Distances
Tour pros understand carry distance versus total distance. Many amateurs focus exclusively on total distance rather than how the ball actually got there. For example, many people will ask how far I drive the ball. Well, that depends on wind,…
The 9:00 Golf Swing Drill
Use this drill if you are a beginner learning the golf swing, or if you are employing a new grip, stance or set up position. The idea is that this is a miniature golf swing, focusing on the area through the hitting zone, that matters the most…
Making the Most of Your Golf Practice Time
I recognize that most people have only a limited amount of time to practice and to work on their golf game. To make the best use of your time, I suggest we focus more on the quality of our practice as opposed to the quantity of shots…
Rules of Golf – Options for Unplayable Lies
If you find your ball in play, but in a circumstance where you are not able to make a swing or advance the ball, then you are always entitled to claim an unplayable lie. Under this rule, you incur a one-stroke penalty, but are permitted…
Rules of Golf – Take Advantage of Free Relief
There are actually quite a few instances in golf where you are entitled to relief without penalty. Generally, this includes areas that are sensitive such as new grass, young trees, flowers, or otherwise, or areas under repair on the golf course.…
Rules of Golf – Lost Ball and Out of Bounds
When you have lost your ball, or hit a shot out of bounds, which is marked by white stakes or lines, the penalty is one stroke and distance. What this means is that you incur a one-stroke penalty and need to go back to the point…
Rules of Golf – Water Hazards
When you hit your ball into a water hazard, the first thing to do is to notice whether the hazard is marked with the red stakes for lines, or with yellow stakes or lines. A water hazard marked with yellow is a standard water hazard, while…
Competitive Golf and Preparing for Tournaments
Whether you're playing in a Major Championship on the PGA Tour or just a regular game with your buddies, you're competing on some level. If the game is important enough for you to care about your results, it may be important enough…
Golf Swing – Pre-Shot Routine
Your pre-shot routine is the process that you go through prior to hitting each golf shot. This includes gathering information on distance, wind, and your situation, organizing your thoughts and setting a shot plan in your mind, any…
Golf Swing – Angle of Attack
When we mention the term angle of attack, what we’re looking at is the direction from which the club head is approaching impact with the ball. This is how the club will influence where the ball will travel.
First, if we take a…
Golf Swing – Learn from Your Finish Position
Consider our finish position an opportunity for us to immediately gain the most critical feedback about each golf swing we make. I advise you not to neglect this opportunity if you want to improve your game most expeditiously.
The goal of a…
Golf Swing – Staying on Plane
The golf swing from a frontal view looks like a circle or perhaps an oval if we account for the shifting of our weight in the downswing. When we look at a swing from down the line, imagine a plane going diagonally up from the ball through our…
Golf Swing Aim and Alignment
Alignment is the concept of addressing the golf ball with your body and club face directed precisely at the intended target. If consistent results are expected, then a consistent alignment is necessary. Otherwise, if a player’s alignment changes…