Millions of words have been written about the right way to lower your score. Sure you can read about it and practice until you are blue in the face but hundreds of thoughts in your head will only mess up the moment of truth. I’m talking about the second or 2 that it takes to hit each golf shot. If you don’t crystallize your swing for each shot into a single FEELING, you will never create consistent results.
Of course you need to take time to prepare for every shot. Driving, fairway shots, pitches, chips and putts all require a different set of preparation thoughts. From that point forward you need to use the feeling that you want for each shot. Tempo is part of the feeling as you need to create a calm and relaxed straight arm backswing. You don’t have time to look at your club position in the backswing. You may want to use a rehearsal backswing like Ricky Fowler or Lydia Ko. They create a rhythm with their rehearsal and then with that feeling they let it go.
Each club needs a different “feeling” so I like to say my feeling as a reminder of the motion of that
You can feel the power as this golfer launches his drive.
particular club.
LAUNCH is the feeling (word) that I use for my driver. You are actually impacting the ball on your upswing (after the bottom of your swing arc) to launch the ball for distance. I can feel my club face open in my backswing. I can feel my wrist lag, then release from inside and up the line as I LAUNCH my ball as it disappears in the distance. Don’t think it, just feel LAUNCH.
POWER is the feeling (word) that I use for my fairway woods and hybrids. These clubs need to impact the ball at the bottom of your arc as you POWER through the ball and up your target line. I can feel my club face open and wrist lag in my backswing. I can feel the delay as my weight shifts to my leading foot at the top of my swing and the club POWERS through the ball with a woooosh from the inside and up the line to a balance finish. Don’t think it, just feel POWER.
CONTROL is the feeling (word) that I use for my irons and wedges to ensure that I control the direction of the face of my club at impact. These clubs are lighter so you need to avoid the ease of swinging too fast. I can feel my club face open, weight shift, whipping release with a squared up face through the ball as I bottom out in the turf after the ball and up the target line. Don’t think it, just feel directional CONTROL.
PUTTING is a totally different feeling because you have more time to make your swing. You need to focus on locking your legs, hips and wrists while you only swinging with your shoulder rotation.
- First you have time to line up your exact target line by picking a spot.
- Then you have time to make the perfect practice swing to rehearse the FEELING that you need to pass the hole by 12 to 18 inches (to avoid a dramatic break or indentation on your path to the hole).
Focus on your shoulder rotation to control the swing weight up your target line. To imprint the FEELING OF YOUR PUTT CADENCE on your mind: say the word “ONE” for your backswing and “TWO” for your forward swing for an IDENTICAL practice swing to your putt.
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