Written by Serigo Garcia on Thursday 29 January 2009
Swing analysis by leading Tour coach Lee Scarbrow… Compare this footage of Sergio Garcia’s action to his swing four years ago and you can see immediately just how much work he has put in to iron out any inconsistencies in his technique. The flattening of the plane on the downswing that has very much been a characteristic of the Spaniards, is not...
Written by Ian Poulter on Monday 26 January 2009
Europe’s top man on how to rip it off the tee, time after time… 1. Solid address Make sure you are lined up parallel to the target line. That means your feet, knees, hips and shoulders should all be parallel. I like a nice, stable, fairly wide stance. As a guide, I like my feet to be just wider than my...
Written by Lee Scarbrow on Monday 26 January 2009
Practice time is precious so don’t just pile all of your golf balls out of the basket onto the grass and bash them without stopping. Learn how to practice properly with this video golf lesson. Take one ball at a time and hit each shot with as much precision as you can. TG Top 12 Teacher Lee Scarbrow demonstrates the correct...
Written by KJ Choi on Wednesday 21 January 2009
Work with your fade… When swing coach Steve Bann met KJ Choi in September 2006, it did not surprise him to learn that Choi got a lot of his golf instruction from reading a Korean version of Jack Nicklaus’ book Golf My Way. Choi was doing some things with his swing that Bann felt did not suit his body type, and...
Written by Lee Scarbrow on Thursday 15 January 2009
A nice practice drill to improve your weight transfer is to place a golf ball under your right foot. This will affect your right thigh and right knee and prevent the right knee straightening up in the backswing. TG Top 12 Teacher Lee Scarbrow demonstrates how to drive off the ball into your finish to transfer your weight correctly. Watch this weight transfer...
Written by Colin Montgomerie on Monday 12 January 2009
Stay Down on Wedges Don’t help the ball up. Let the club do the work for you and stay down on the shot. I like to think about trying to keep my left shoulder down for as long as I can. Control your Trajectory A simple rule: the harder I hit the ball, the higher it goes. So when I’m playing...
Written by Colin Montgomerie on Monday 12 January 2009
MONTY’S WORDS OF WISDOM I used to say “I hit a driver, 8-iron at the 5th, but I realised pretty quickly that such boasting means nothing. You must learn that what it says on the bottom of the club is irrelevant to scoring. 1. Stay loose I have very light hands. I’d guarantee that every one of you reading this would...
Written by Phil Mickelson on Monday 5 January 2009
Phil Mickelson is nothing if not decisive. From 2004-06, Mickelson had the most productive stretch of his professional career, winning a Major championship each season and eight Tour events overall. But he felt like he needed to make changes – like Tiger Woods did – to become a threat to win every Major. So in April 2007, he made the difficult...
Written by David Leadbetter on Friday 2 January 2009
The right arm’s role in the backswing is under-rated and often misunderstood. In fact, many amateurs do the opposite of what they should do. Simply put: The right arm should be on top of the left arm (1) as you start the backswing, and then it should move under the left arm (2) as you swing the club to the top. Many...