Fundamentals
PGA teaching professional Eric Hogge shows you how to generate a good full shoulder turn in your swing and what that turn should feel and look like when done properly.
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Find a wooden yardstick and take your grip on the yardstick with the bottom edge in your fingers and thumbs on top. This will enhance you feel for keeping the grip more in the fingers and the palms facing each other which is the correct position they should be in on your club handle.
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Do you keep statistics of your rounds? These numbers do not lie, and tell the story of your strengths and weaknesses. Having factual evidence and knowing what parts of your game require the most improvement will certainly lead to better practice sessions as well as quicker skill im
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For right-handed players the left arm must remain extended from the start of the backswing to the beginning of the follow-through. A good drill to help feel this extension is to make some swings holding the club only in the left hand.
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The arms and body must work together in the golf swing. As you start your swing the left arm should swing across your chest and connect the arm to your chest. Once the left arm connects to your chest, the arms pull the body so that you are coiled and wound up at the top of your swing.
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Is your swing feeling too fast and out of control these days? Can't tell where the club is in your backswing? Try this practice drill.
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The most common saying in golf is "keep your head down." The question is, are you actually picking your head up? When you hit a thin shot that dribbles along the ground, it would seem that a player must have picked their head up.
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Chipping is a lesson that is often taught, but rarely executed properly. Your body weight is intended to stay forward, but many people shift their weight away from the target. This instantly causes the bottom of the swing to strike behind the intended spot and cause the dreaded sco
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There are two concepts that will help a new golfer get out of the sand almost every time. The first is skimming the sole of the sand wedge through the impact area. Find a firm area on the grass and start making swings where the golfer hits the ground.
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While spending time on the practice tee at a recent PGA tour event, I was relieved to witness the best players in the world working diligently on the very same thing we as teachers work on with amateur golfers. The common denominator: alignment.
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We hear all types of golfers say "I need to feel the swing". Here is a simple drill to feel where your shaft and clubhead are located. If you are a right handed player, hold a golf club only in your right hand and make a golf swing half way back (lefties use your left hand).
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Many golfers try to make a complete backswing based on how far their hands and arms go back. In reality, your backswing is completed when your shoulders have made a full turn. Turn hands, arms and shoulders together on the backswing. Once your shoulders have finished turning,
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Despite the fact that the whole country has been battered by bad weather, golf season is upon us and it is the time to get tuned up. First, make sure your grips aren.t worn and slick. A bad grip will cause the hands to slip in a swing.
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History has shown us that there have been many different backswings that have won major tournaments. Jack Nicklaus had an upright swing and Ray Floyd had a severe inside backswing that won him a Masters.
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Many golfers complain that they cannot take their ball-striking ability from the range to the course. This is because hitting one club repeatedly at one target for a long period of time is not representative of golf. It is important to mix clubs, yardages and targets in a practice
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Stand behind the ball on the extended ball/target line. Walk round toward the address position, all while keeping a sense of that line, and stand and face that ball/target line. Set the club such that clubs grooves are perpendicular to the ball/target line.
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If I had a dollar for every time I heard the business clichi "timing is everything," I would not need to be in business. One of my favorite ways to work on timing came from one of my heroes Byron Nelson who told me that sometimes he would say his name silently while swing the club.
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Starting with the proper setup is essential to chipping effectiveness. Follow these three simple setup steps to achieve consistent success. Take a stance that aligns you to the target and then (1) put the ball back in your stance, (2) put your weight predominately on the forward fo
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The most common saying in golf is "keep your head down." The question is, are you actually picking your head up? When you hit a thin shot that dribbles along the ground, it would seem that a player must have picked their head up.
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How to hold a golf club is just as important as how you swing it. The three main types of grips are 10-finger, interlocking, and overlapping. Much has been written about differing grips and how it affects the swing so the importance is not missed.
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Find a full length mirror and follow these simple steps:
1. Soften your knees slightly.
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