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I’m off to a slow start this season as some old habits have made an unwelcome return. I’m technically a 2.5 handicap at the moment, but that won’t last unless I fix up a few areas. Fortunately, having been a member of this site for a nearly two years I’m more prepared to assess what I need to do while I’m going at it on the range.
The videos you’ll see include a couple driver swings and 7 irons. After looking over the footage, I decided it might be worthwhile to add a couple drills that I figured you might recommend. Let me know what you think, Thanks!
This is a pretty neat video in that Ryan’s swing is mechanically sound in almost all respects. What he is missing is that mysterious sense of clubhead lag, or drag, or delay, or whatever you want to call it. When I say mysterious I don’t mean that the concept is hard to understand, but that a ton of golfers can’t seem to apply it to their golf swings. In Ryan’s case I believe that his early release, wide approach and weak impact stem from his right arm being way too passive. I put Rory’s club toss in the video to demonstrate what sequenced lag is supposed to look like, and I think if Ryan concentrates on squeezing his upper right arm inward while the clubhead is leaning back on his right index finger (lag pressure point) he will be able to approach impact more like he does when he does the pre-set punch shot drill. It is also interesting to note that doing a drill doesn’t mean you are doing it correctly enough to help you. As we see here Ryan sets up and rehearses nicely but as soon as he goes back to hit the ball the shaft releases a bit and his hands come in noticeably wider. The lesson is to film your drills and make sure you are accomplishing what you are setting out to do. You are drilling stuff that is difficult for you to do when you make a full swing, and making it shorter or segmenting it doesn’t automatically make you do it better, although in this case Ryan’s impact is much better even though he doesn’t execute the drill as well as he would like.
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