This is something that I think we often take for granted with our golf swings.
Think about how on one hand, the golf swing seems so simple. Just pick up a club and hit a ball with it. Easy. It truly is that simple.
On the other hand, if you want to optimize the power and control of that swing so that you can maximize your distance and fly the ball at the desired height, at the desired spin rate, and with [...]
posted in Instruction, Practice, Swing Talk •
As most of you realize by now, I’m a big proponent of the type of short game that Dave Pelz advocates.
Not only do I recommend his books, but I enjoy his articles in Golf Magazine each month. In the February 2010 issue, he wrote an article about choosing wedge lofts wisely. It kind of centered around the new wedge groove rule changes and, as usual, was full of great facts and advice.
One thing kind of caught my attention, though, and [...]
posted in Equipment, Short Game Tips, Swing Talk •
Once again, the issue of “hitting up” with the driver has resurfaced. We’ve debated the issue here on several occasions. Now, Golf Magazine has reaffirmed its own previous research in the February 2009 issue with a TrackMan launch monitor to show once and for all that, with the driver, striking the ball with an ascending blow will result in more distance.
I want to make sure we’re on the same page when we talk about angle of attack. Remember that the [...]
posted in Driving Tips, Instruction, Swing Talk •
In this case, when I say “parallel”, I’m talking about the relationship between the club shaft and the ground at the top of the back swing. Most of us have been taught, or read, or heard that the “textbook” position in a traditional golf swing is for the club shaft to be parallel to the ground at the top.
Unfortunately, many golfers lack the flexibility to achieve this position.
Now, the obvious answer to that is to work on increasing flexibility until [...]
posted in Swing Talk •
Of course, I’m referring to the widely accepted fundamentals of the golf swing: Grip, Alignment, Stance, and Posture, or GASP for short.
Most of us have probably heard that these are the fundamentals of the golf swing. We’ve been taught that without a proper grip, alignment, stance, and posture, we can’t hope to be decent golfers. The question is: what is proper?
Recently, I watched the Stack and Tilt instructional DVDs created by Mike Plummer and Andy Bennett. In one of the [...]
posted in Stack and Tilt, Swing Talk •
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