Thinking about Revamping your Swing?

Many professional golfers revamp their swings while on the Tour. Take Tiger Woods. He went through four major swing changes with three different coaches while on the Tour. Each time he said it was to be better.

But if you ask Tour players who played with him, many will tell you they though the swing changes made Tiger’s swing worse, not better. And any improvement that Tiger made was noticeable.

But you don’t always have to make major changes to improve your swing. Sometimes, making small swing changes generates better results and in a shorter time. For example, Ryan Moore joined the Tour in 2002.

Since then, he’s won five tournaments. Altogether, he’s won more than $26 million in prize money on the PGA Tour. Moore has never made a big swing change as a professional. Instead, he’s made minor tweaks that kept his game in check along the way.

Golf Tips to Keep Your Game in Check

Below are some golf tips that have helped golfers like Moore improve their swings and win on the PGA Tour. Use these golf tips to keep your game in check.

• Use a “short thumb” grip — Many weekend golfers grip their clubs so that their left thumb protrudes straight down the shaft. This position strengthens your left hand too much. It also puts added strain on your left wrist and encourages a closed club face at impact.  By moving your thumb closer to your hand, you create a more secure grip, one that takes the pressure off your left wrists and encourages a club face that stays square to the swing path right up to impact.

• Find the slot — Finding the perfect spot at the top of your backswing is imperative. That position is called the slot. What’s the perfect slot position? Your club shaft needs to bisect your back shoulder. When that happens, you can swing without hesitation and with more speed and confidence. More importantly, it positions you on the perfect path for your downswing, boosting power and consistency.

• Leverage your lower body — If you’re serious about generating more power, leverage your body. That’s how all the great power drivers on the Tour do it. Power comes from leveraging your lower body against the ground and using the lower body to lead the upper body. Your goal is to achieve tremendous hip and shoulder separation. That enables you to build incredible swing speed by having good flexibility and sound mechanics.

• Keep your arms supple – Power doesn’t come from tension at the top of your swing, but from initiating your downswing with your legs and the torque that builds by letting the upper body and arms lag behind your lower body as long as you can. This swing approach generates more consistent ball striking. So, work on keeping your arms supple and tension-free.

• Clear your body out of the way — Bigger-headed drivers are great. They’re more forgiving because they feature bigger clubfaces and larger sweet spots. But to take advantage of the clubhead’s larger size, you need to you need to get your body out of the way so that you can make a full rotation and good extension of the arms at impact. Many weekend golfers are too “stuffed” at impact, which means the body gets in the way, preventing the arms from swinging freely.  

• Finish on your forward leg — Take a swing. Now, look at the way you finished. Did you end up on your front leg with your back foot lifted off the ground? When you finish this way, it means you’ve not only rotated well but also that your weight has shifted properly. So, concentrate on finishing the right way and you’ll improve your swing.

Try these six small golf tips next time you’re on the range. See if you don’t get better results from your swing. Remember, it doesn’t take a major overhaul to your swing, like Tiger Woods did some years ago, to up your game.  

Instead, making small changes can have a powerful impact on your game, keeping it in check and helping to cut strokes from your typical score and your golf handicap.

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