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A model swing: the finish

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by admin.

Sticking the finish
The gymnasts call it “sticking the finish,” and when you stick your finish in golf, good things will happen. Here is the anatomy of your Kodak Moment:
1. Your weight is balanced on the front foot, with the back foot acting as a rudder.

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Two-wall swing

Posted on 13. Jan, 2012 by admin.

Mental images, the pictures you draw in your mind, let your muscles know what needs to be done when you make a golf swing. What you see on your mental screen helps you understand what you’re trying to do.

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The Lob Shot

Posted on 14. Oct, 2011 by admin.

Around the greens, it’s best to keep the ball on the ground whenever feasible because it’s easier to judge a rolling ball than a high flying one. Thus the lob — a pitch that’s high and soft with little roll — is the last shot you should use. Your strategy should be: “Putt it first; if you can’t putt it, chip it; if you can’t chip it, pitch it; and only when you have to, do you lob it.”

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Let your head rotate

Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 by admin.

Errors occur when your head slides past the ball toward the target during the golf swing, or when it moves too far off the ball away from the target. Either way it’s not good for consistency. Your head should rotate and float with the spine tilt, all the while staying in the middle of your shoulders.

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Success comes with balance

Posted on 29. Jul, 2011 by admin.

The advice Rory McIlroy received that carried him to a record-setting U.S. Open win after his Masters collapse was to find a way to be comfortable being uncomfortable. But how? The answer was simple: Under intense pressure, he used the thought of hitting his balance point.

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All together now

Posted on 07. Jul, 2011 by admin.

Many golfers make a practice swing in which they shift their weight to the front leg at the same time they drop their arms to start the downswing. It’s a move I callthe smallest most important movein golf.

Because there is no ball in this practice swing, there is no hit instinct, so the forward swing of the arms helps to shift the weight simultaneously in a drop/shift motion. This is one of golf’s non-negotiables, and every good player does it.

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Eight ways to improve your putting

Posted on 24. Jun, 2011 by admin.

Here are eight actions you can take that will improve your putting, and not one of them involves the stroke itself!

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Chip like a putt for control

Posted on 10. Jun, 2011 by admin.

If you’re having trouble chipping, try employing your putting stroke when you chip. This method allows your shot to hug the ground and take advantage of the accuracy of a rolling ball with no side spin.

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Put your back into it

Posted on 26. May, 2011 by admin.

The role of the downswing is to bring your arms and your club back in front of your chest at impact. They must move aggressively from behind and above you to in front of you in a very short time. Failure to get the arms front and center at impact is one of the most common mistakes made by every class of golfer, duffer and expert alike.

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Take care of the takeaway

Posted on 12. May, 2011 by admin.

The first motion you make in the golf swing, the takeaway, is critical. A mistake made here will cause other errors in your backswing and force you to try to make compensations on your downswing.

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PITCH/CHIP COMBO

Posted on 11. Mar, 2011 by admin.

Most of the time, we think of the pitch shot as a high, arching shot with not much roll to it — a shot that stops shortly after it lands. The chip shot is the opposite; it runs most of the way to the hole.

But for maximum control when you have some green to work with, the best shot is a combo — the pitch/chip, a medium trajectory shot that spends half its time on the ground, half in the air.

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