Category: Inconsistency

A Three Dimensional Swing for Better Contact

Failure to make proper contact with the ball due to a poor swing; causing you to hook, slice, top, or duff. You fail to make solid contact if you move your right elbow up and down because you don’t get the depth you need to make a full backswing turn.

Common Chipping Mistakes

Restricting your swing while chipping, not enough loft, or easing into the ball.

How to Use Your Fairway Woods on Par 5s

You feel like you are picking the club up in your backswing when hitting a fairway wood and then hitting down on the ball during impact.

How to Hit a Wedge Shot 40 Yards

The range of error for a forty yard wedge shot is huge because you can finish your shot between thirty five yards short of the target or sixty yards past it.

Prevent Tilts and Sways in Your Swing

Many people sway or tilt during their swing because they are not turning at the hips correctly. This will cause you to over swing your arms, prevent a proper weight shift, and take the club off of its swinging path.

Wearing Bifocals Can Harm Your Swing

Wearing bifocal or trifocal glasses can offset your balance and swing. This often happens because you are trying to see below the bifocal or trifocal lenses in order to look at the ball. This will cause you to lower your chin and offset your balance.

Find the Correct Balance and Ball Placement

Trouble finding the correct distance between you and the golf ball.

A Proper Set Up for a Solid Swing

Trying to hit at the ball will cause you to lead your swing with your hands instead of your body or stopping the swing at impact. Your palm might be facing up during the backswing, causing poor contact and unpredictable ball flight.

Slicing Due to Over Acceleration or Weight Shift

Slicing or ball flight to the right due to over accelerating your arms during the downswing will cause the club to attack from a slightly inside-out path and the face to rotate on plane through impact. Shifting your weight improperly or excessively moving your hips and legs can cause the ball to slice to the right.

Keep Your Right Pocket Empty

Keeping extra balls or a pocket watch in your right pocket, cell phone clipped on your right side, or other objects that will interfere with your right arm through your hitting area.