The arms pull the body into a turn. You can turn a lot and and still not get any coil. Turn in the wrong direction and you can’t swing your arms down. We have just uploaded Gary’s response to the question: Is it an Arm Swing or a Body Release?

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Most golfers who have lack power try to generate speed with the club-head. The term ‘club-head speed’ is so bad in this case because it conjures up the idea of the club-head passing the hands! In this video Gary looks at few of the modern heavy hitters and goes through some power options that don’t require flipping.

Release is for prisoners!

 

 

Practice rounds are not always hard work! Dame Laura Davies is almost as good as Kel Nagle at hitting the intentional dome!

Royal Lytham and St Anne’s is one of the most well respected courses in the Open rotation. Rebecca Artis played her first Major Championship at Royal Lytham nine years ago and was a little overwhelmed by the difficulty of the course. She made her first cut in the Open there this year and we have just posted some footage of this amazing golf course.

 

It can happen to anyone! Constantly flubbing and skulling chip shots feels really bad! Even Tour Players occasionally get the chipping horrors and start to pull out the putter instead of the wedge. Many students find that the small chip from just off the green can become the hardest shot they face. If your set-up angles are not right you do not have enough time to compensate on the small shots like you can with the full swing. In this video Gary shares some simple drills to practise that will fix the chipping horrors.

Keeping the club-face square to the sternum is not possible without the right posture at set-up. The club-face body relationship during the swing is the key to achieving True Loft at impact. When you get it right the club doesn’t flip and the arms do not have to extend and hit to the right.
We have just posted a new video in Tour Players Lessons.

Hitting with the wind at your back is perhaps the most challenging shot in the game. If you turn correctly you can spin the ball into the wind and hold it up. If you don’t chances are you will be looking for it in the right rough.

Many of our Tour Players have had trouble with this shot but it is one of the most satisfying to conquer!

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Peter Senior returned to practice today after returning from a holiday in the USA. He was a little rusty but after a 30 minute session with Gary he is back and ready to play again. Pete is going to play next week in the Ian Weigh Toyota Rockhampton Pro-Am and has been invited to play in the Australian Open at the Lakes Golf Club later this year. Peter won last time it was played at the Lakes in 2012 and the way he is hitting the ball he should not need much encouragement!

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Rebecca Artis is now in the field for the Women’s British Open Championship in August. She finished inside the Top 25 on the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit with some great play earlier this year and is looking forward to playing the Royal Lytham & St Annes layout again.

Rebecca had a solid finish last week on the LPGA Tour finishing T27 in Arkasas on 8-under-par. She has made many improvements to her game over the last couple of months and the results are starting to show.

She will tee it up in another major this week at the KPMG Womens PGA Championship. Good Luck Rebecca!

If you lean the top half of your body toward the target on the way back it is almost impossible to shift correctly on the downswing.  If you are falling back and can’t cover the ball, chances are that your top and bottom halves are in the reverse order!

We have just uploaded a new Live Lesson that shows you can change your swing very quickly with the right concepts.

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