By Arnold Palmer Golf Academy at Saddlebrook Purpose: To maintain posture throughout the swing. To obtain the feel of the shoulders rotating around the spine. To create and feel smooth tempo. To feel the response of the lower body that creates weight transfer and balance. Method: Standing upright, fold arms on the chest and hold
A couple of years ago, I was playing on the Legends Tour (LPGA senior tour) in a team event. I was not striking the ball great, but my partner and I were holding our own with some good putting. I hit a very nice 25 degree hybrid into our last par 3 of the
When I was playing competitive golf, the weakest part of my game was the long irons (not too many hybrids around then either!). I found one way to improve my shots with the longer clubs was to start wedge distance from the green. I would hit shots from there until I was striking the ball
Alignment and ball position are directly related. People have such a hard time lining up and it really is not that difficult. Don’t keep your head down but keep looking up at your target to make sure you can swing the entire body through the shot. If you are too open you will have to
By A.J. Gaul Certified Instructor Marriott Golf Academy – Palm Desert, CA One of the more critical but unfortunately most misused fundamentals is that of parallel alignment. In its proper form, alignment is set with the clubface aiming along the ball to target line, and the body aiming parallel to this line. When accomplished properly,
One of the best feelings in golf is to hit a crisp iron into a green next to the hole. The PGA Tour players hit the ball far with all their clubs and one big reason for that they have their hands ahead of the ball at impact. You can hear them compress the ball
Side-hill, down-hill and up-hill lies are not as difficult as every makes them out to be. I find one of the biggest mistakes made is that people do not take a practice swing before stepping up and hitting the ball. In order to maintain your balance it is important to feel the lay of the
