Body Rotation: The Difference Between PGA Tour Players and Amateurs
In this first video in the series, we look at the differences in body rotation between a PGA Tour player and an amateur golfer.
This particular amateur came to us struggling with blocks and hooks, which in part was being caused by a lack of body rotation on the downswing. We captured his swing in our studio using GEARS 3D Motion Capture. That allowed us to uncover the exact amount of rotation of both golfers so we could highlight how it affects the club movement and delivery.
It’s important to note that there are no ideal rotation numbers; there are more so “windows” that we see great players fit into for body rotation and all aspects of the game.
Watching the video, you will see the rotation of the pelvis/hips and also the ribcage. We use the ribcage in this case instead of the shoulders, as it gives us a better indicator of how well the upper body is actually rotating.
You will see several numbers displayed on the avatars of the players in the video. They include turn, side bend and bend of both the pelvis and rib cage. For this first video in the series, we decided to just focus on the turn number.
The numbers are displayed live on the screen as the golfers are swinging so you can see at any point how the golfers are moving instead of just looking at impact. This is important as it shows what is happening during the entire swing, not just at a snapshot in time.
We hope you enjoy this video and it gives you some insight into your own swing. The goal of this series is to help GolfWRX Members understand some of the key differences between how elite golfers and amateurs play this great game.
To learn more about what we do at Athletic Motion Golf, or AMG, visit our website. Enjoy!
There may be no more painful affliction in golf than the “yips” – those uncontrollable and maddening little nervous twitches that prevent you from making a decent stroke on short putts. If you’ve never had them, consider yourself very fortunate (or possibly just very young). But I can assure you that when your most treacherous and feared golf shot is not the 195 yard approach over water with a quartering headwind…not the extra tight fairway with water left and sand right…not the soft bunker shot to a downhill pin with water on the other side…No, when your most feared shot is the remaining 2- 4-foot putt after hitting a great approach, recovery or lag putt, it makes the game almost painful.
And I’ve been fighting the yips (again) for a while now. It’s a recurring nightmare that has haunted me most of my adult life. I even had the yips when I was in my 20s, but I’ve beat them into submission off and on most of my adult life. But just recently, that nasty virus came to life once again. My lag putting has been very good, but when I get over one of those “you should make this” length putts, the entire nervous system seems to go haywire. I make great practice strokes, and then the most pitiful short-stroke or jab at the ball you can imagine. Sheesh.
But I’m a traditionalist, and do not look toward the long putter, belly putter, cross-hand, claw or other variation as the solution. My approach is to beat those damn yips into submission some other way. Here’s what I’m doing that is working pretty well, and I offer it to all of you who might have a similar affliction on the greens.
When you are over a short putt, forget the practice strokes…you want your natural eye-hand coordination to be unhindered by mechanics. Address your putt and take a good look at the hole, and back to the putter to ensure good alignment. Lighten your right hand grip on the putter and make sure that only the fingertips are in contact with the grip, to prevent you from getting to tight.
Then, take a long, long look at the hole to fill your entire mind and senses with the target. When you bring your head/eyes back to the ball, try to make a smooth, immediate move right into your backstroke — not even a second pause — and then let your hands and putter track right back together right back to where you were looking — the HOLE! Seeing the putter make contact with the ball, preferably even the forward edge of the ball – the side near the hole.
For me, this is working, but I am asking all of you to chime in with your own “home remedies” for the most aggravating and senseless of all golf maladies. It never hurts to have more to fall back on!
Over the last couple of decades, golf has become much more science-based. We measure swing speed, smash factor, angle of attack, strokes gained, and many other metrics that can really help golfers improve. But I often wonder if the advancement of golf’s “hard” sciences comes at the expense of the “soft” sciences.
Take, for example, golf instruction. Good golf instruction requires understanding swing mechanics and ball flight. But let’s take that as a given for PGA instructors. The other factors that make an instructor effective can be evaluated by social science, rather than launch monitors.
If you are a recreational golfer looking for a golf instructor, here are my top three points to consider.
1. Cultural mindset
What is “cultural mindset? To social scientists, it means whether a culture of genius or a culture of learning exists. In a golf instruction context, that may mean whether the teacher communicates a message that golf ability is something innate (you either have it or you don’t), or whether golf ability is something that can be learned. You want the latter!
It may sound obvious to suggest that you find a golf instructor who thinks you can improve, but my research suggests that it isn’t a given. In a large sample study of golf instructors, I found that when it came to recreational golfers, there was a wide range of belief systems. Some instructors strongly believed recreational golfers could improve through lessons. while others strongly believed they could not. And those beliefs manifested in the instructor’s feedback given to a student and the culture created for players.
2. Coping and self-modeling can beat role-modeling
Swing analysis technology is often preloaded with swings of PGA and LPGA Tour players. The swings of elite players are intended to be used for comparative purposes with golfers taking lessons. What social science tells us is that for novice and non-expert golfers, comparing swings to tour professionals can have the opposite effect of that intended. If you fit into the novice or non-expert category of golfer, you will learn more and be more motivated to change if you see yourself making a ‘better’ swing (self-modeling) or seeing your swing compared to a similar other (a coping model). Stay away from instructors who want to compare your swing with that of a tour player.
3. Learning theory basics
It is not a sexy selling point, but learning is a process, and that process is incremental – particularly for recreational adult players. Social science helps us understand this element of golf instruction. A good instructor will take learning slowly. He or she will give you just about enough information that challenges you, but is still manageable. The artful instructor will take time to decide what that one or two learning points are before jumping in to make full-scale swing changes. If the instructor moves too fast, you will probably leave the lesson with an arm’s length of swing thoughts and not really know which to focus on.
As an instructor, I develop a priority list of changes I want to make in a player’s technique. We then patiently and gradually work through that list. Beware of instructors who give you more than you can chew.
So if you are in the market for golf instruction, I encourage you to look beyond the X’s and O’s to find the right match!
Most pros take months, even years, to win their first tournament. Lottie Woad needed exactly four days.
The 21-year-old from Surrey shot 21-under 267 at Dundonald Links to win the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open by three shots — in her very first event as a professional. She’s only the third player in LPGA history to accomplish this feat, joining Rose Zhang (2023) and Beverly Hanson (1951).
But here’s what caught my attention as a coach: Woad didn’t win through miraculous putting or bombing 300-yard drives. She won through relentless precision and unshakeable composure. After watching her performance unfold, I’m convinced every golfer — from weekend warriors to scratch players — can steal pages from her playbook.
Precision Beats Power (And It’s Not Even Close)
Forget the driving contests. Woad proved that finding greens matters more than finding distance.
What Woad did:
• Hit it straight, hit it solid, give yourself chances
• Aimed for the fat parts of greens instead of chasing pins
• Let her putting do the talking after hitting safe targets
• As she said, “Everyone was chasing me today, and managed to maintain the lead and played really nicely down the stretch and hit a lot of good shots”
Why most golfers mess this up:
• They see a pin tucked behind a bunker and grab one more club to “go right at it”
• Distance becomes more important than accuracy
• They try to be heroic instead of smart
ACTION ITEM: For your next 10 rounds, aim for the center of every green regardless of pin position. Track your greens in regulation and watch your scores drop before your swing changes.
The Putter That Stayed Cool Under Fire
Woad started the final round two shots clear and immediately applied pressure with birdies at the 2nd and 3rd holes. When South Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim mounted a charge and reached 20-under with a birdie at the 14th, Woad didn’t panic.
How she responded to pressure:
• Fired back with consecutive birdies at the 13th and 14th
• Watched Kim stumble with back-to-back bogeys
• Capped it with her fifth birdie of the day at the par-5 18th
• Stayed patient when others pressed, pressed when others cracked
What amateurs do wrong:
• Get conservative when they should be aggressive
• Try to force magic when steady play would win
• Panic when someone else makes a move
ACTION ITEM: Practice your 3-6 foot putts for 15 minutes after every range session. Woad’s putting wasn’t spectacular—it was reliable. Make the putts you should make.
Course Management 101: Play Your Game, Not the Course’s Game
Woad admitted she couldn’t see many scoreboards during the final round, but it didn’t matter. She stuck to her game plan regardless of what others were doing.
Her mental approach:
• Focused on her process, not the competition
• Drew on past pressure situations (Augusta National Women’s Amateur win)
• As she said, “That was the biggest tournament I played in at the time and was kind of my big win. So definitely felt the pressure of it more there, and I felt like all those experiences helped me with this”
Her physical execution:
• 270-yard drives (nothing flashy)
• Methodical iron play
• Steady putting
• Everything effective, nothing spectacular
ACTION ITEM: Create a yardage book for your home course. Know your distances to every pin, every hazard, every landing area. Stick to your plan no matter what your playing partners are doing.
Mental Toughness Isn’t Born, It’s Built
The most impressive part of Woad’s win? She genuinely didn’t expect it: “I definitely wasn’t expecting to win my first event as a pro, but I knew I was playing well, and I was hoping to contend.”
Her winning mindset:
• Didn’t put winning pressure on herself
• Focused on playing well and contending
• Made winning a byproduct of a good process
• Built confidence through recent experiences:
- Won the Women’s Irish Open as an amateur
- Missed a playoff by one shot at the Evian Championship
- Each experience prepared her for the next
What this means for you:
• Stop trying to shoot career rounds every time you tee up
• Focus on executing your pre-shot routine
• Commit to every shot
• Stay present in the moment
ACTION ITEM: Before each round, set process goals instead of score goals. Example: “I will take three practice swings before every shot” or “I will pick a specific target for every shot.” Let your score be the result, not the focus.
The Real Lesson
Woad collected $300,000 for her first professional victory, but the real prize was proving that fundamentals still work at golf’s highest level. She didn’t reinvent the game — she simply executed the basics better than everyone else that week.
The fundamentals that won:
• Hit more fairways
• Find more greens
• Make the putts you should make
• Stay patient under pressure
That’s something every golfer can do, regardless of handicap. Lottie Woad just showed us it’s still the winning formula.
FINAL ACTION ITEM: Pick one of the four action items above and commit to it for the next month. Master one fundamental before moving to the next. That’s how champions are built.
PGA Professional Brendon Elliott is an award-winning coach and golf writer. You can check out his writing work and learn more about him by visiting BEAGOLFER.golf and OneMoreRollGolf.com. Also, check out “The Starter” on RG.org each Monday.
Editor’s note: Brendon shares his nearly 30 years of experience in the game with GolfWRX readers through his ongoing tip series. He looks forward to providing valuable insights and advice to help golfers improve their game. Stay tuned for more Tips!
Frankie Gregory
Feb 25, 2017 at 10:12 pm
Should the ratio of open pelvis and ribcage at impact be 2:1? For example, the pelvis being 60 degrees open at impact while the ribcage is 30 degrees open.
stephenf
Feb 15, 2017 at 7:46 pm
Interesting as observation, but the question is always causality. You take an amateur who’s already pushing and shoving the club around with his body and tell him to work his body harder, rotate more, etc., and it’s just going to be disastrous. The people for whom the “learn to use your body” advice works best (or even at all) are those who have already developed a free arm swing and full release, which would include pretty much every professional.
I’m always in favor of legitimate research results, but I’ve also seen this kind of thing misused and misread too many times. If you go back to the teachers usually cited as arms-and-hands guys (Toski, Flick, early Kostis, Love Jr., etc.), every one of them emphasizes the fact that the bigger muscles (the ones farthest away from the clubhead) are essential in enabling and supporting — and even to an extent, but not to nearly the extent people believe, driving the swinging motion. Those guys are so frequently misquoted and misrepresented as “hands and arms _only_” or “don’t use the muscles of the trunk and legs” or “hands and arms go first, body follows” that people disregard them or see them as outdated and irrelevant, and it’s a real loss in terms of the body of instruction. When they say “arms swing, body follows,” generally they’re talking about the intent to swing the arms. Any reasonably athletic person, if you tell him to pick up a ball in his hand and use his hand and arm to throw it 70 yards, is going to step into the throw, rotate to a certain extent
Also: Early rotation on the downswing kills golf swings. It’s a problem with the vast majority of the swings of amateurs, and quite a few pros when they go wrong, too. It’s more complex than simply “rotate more” or “rotate less.” It’s a matter of when the rotation occurs and what its relationship and synchronization is with the swinging elements (cf. John Jacobs, among others). Too much early rotation early in the downswing (the shoulders to move to accommodate the motion, but they shouldn’t be dragging the arms and club or leading the action) throws the club off-plane and off-path, outside and steep, and makes a really solid shot essentially impossible.
What you see in the swings of almost all the best ballstrikers is the shoulders staying closed to the target until very late in the downswing — for some great players, right up until the moment of impact — while the arms and club approach from the inside, with the trailing forearm behind and below right up to impact and even slightly beyond, in some great swings. Through and beyond impact, rotation has to be free and somewhat fast, but what enables that is not having overrotated too early in the first place (on the downswing). What you see again and again with players who rotate too early and get too steep is that they then have to hold back, or even briefly stop, that rotation as they approach impact and beyond. It handcuffs them and prevents them from rotating at the point they actually need to, to give the swinging elements (arms-hands-club) a place to release and a place to go.
You just can’t say it too much: Early shoulder and upper-body overrotation on the downswing destroys golf swings. All the time. With an amazingly large percentage of players.
As Jacobs and others have said, you never know what’s going to get through to a player. It depends on what he brings to the lesson, what his inclinations are, etc. So it’s not that teaching a player to work on a more emphatic or freer rotation never helps. It might. But it’s always a matter of the balancing of elements and the timing of elements, rather than the disregard of a whole class of elements (e.g., the swinging elements including arms-hands-club).
stephenf
Feb 16, 2017 at 10:29 am
Oops. Meant to go back and finish a sentence. This is how it was supposed to go (end of second graf, not sure why returns aren’t separating paragraphs):
Any reasonably athletic person, if you tell him to pick up a ball in his hand and use his hand and arm to throw it 70 yards, is going to step into the throw, rotate to a certain extent to allow his arm a greater range of motion on the windup, then rotate on the way through to allow the swinging arm and the releasing hand (and the ball) the right path as it all snaps toward the target. Is there any added power from the rotation? Some, but not nearly as much as people think. Mostly it’s enabling a range of motion. The point, though, is that nobody had to tell this guy to step into the throw and to use his entire body to support what he intended to do with his arm. It’s largely the same with the golf swing, or it should be, for people who aren’t overcomplicating it. It’s true that sometimes a player is nonathletic, or doesn’t move the body to support or accommodate the swinging motion of the arms-hands-club for some other reason (tension, misconception, physical problems or lack of flexibility, etc.), and you have to work on that directly. But that doesn’t change the basic natural “whole body responds to intent” tendency.
AMG
Feb 17, 2017 at 8:30 pm
We have 3D and force data from throwing a ball 🙂
You might not find a group of instructors than ours who believes the “when” anything occurs is massively important! Stay tuned (wink)…
squirrel-man
Feb 12, 2017 at 9:14 am
Great post, really interesting. Can’t wait for more, keep them coming!
AMG
Feb 14, 2017 at 10:49 am
Thanks!!
I'mNotTigerWoods
Feb 10, 2017 at 12:56 am
One of the best post in years. Great read, thnx AMG
AMG
Feb 10, 2017 at 9:51 am
Thanks NTDub????
Jalan
Feb 9, 2017 at 8:33 pm
I am fortunate that the pro who instructs me has taught me the importance of rotation of the body. It has made a significant difference in my swing.
Unfortunately, having osteo arthritis in my hips makes it hard to do some of the things I know I should, in order further improve my swing. But what I can do with what I have been taught has made for a better swing.
There isn’t any useless information here.
AMG
Feb 9, 2017 at 10:53 pm
Stick with your guy 😉
Dunn2500
Feb 9, 2017 at 1:12 pm
Basically this is telling golfers to use their body more, whatever your capabilities are almost certain most golfers could use their body to rotate more than they currently do……me being a handsy player I can see how this is such a vital part of swing for consistency……I look at people’s swings all the time and most seem focused on their hands and arms…..trying to muscle the ball, and on my bad days it’s exactly what I do as well……..on my best days I felt like I was barely even swinging the club and head had very little rotation………….
Great video! ………….amazing how much more that pro rotated cuz the amateur’s swing looked pretty good
edreM
Feb 9, 2017 at 11:20 am
More useless information.
Ryan
Feb 9, 2017 at 12:34 pm
Another useless post.
AMG
Feb 9, 2017 at 1:27 pm
What would you like to see? What would be useful for you?
edreM
Feb 9, 2017 at 2:55 pm
How about analyzing Arnold Palmer’s swing when he was in his early days versus his when he was in his 50s or 60s? And show the people in age-related terms what really should be done in a golf swing for a lifetime, and not the current short-lived short-career money-grabbing swings influenced by the exercise-body shape vanity-NFL-NBA-MLB-NHL-influenced type of mega-athlete based golf swings that only may be 2% of the population should actually attempt?
AMG
Feb 9, 2017 at 3:46 pm
Thanks for your input! Many of the great swings of the past had a generous amount of body rotation on the downswing…its a hallmark of athletic swing irregardless of the era. The reason we use modern players for much of our analysis is that things have changed to much with equipment it doesn’t make as much sense to use swings from the 50s and 60s…although we do love those swings too! Snead, palmer, Nicklaus etc 🙂
AMG
Feb 9, 2017 at 6:34 pm
Interesting assumptions about the players in the video. We have collected data on Champion Tour players who still, towards the end of their competitive careers, show tour range rotation. The oldest player that I’ve personally measured is a 75 year old amateur who falls close to the tour range. The pro we used in this video is in no way a mega-athlete, and has a very average height and build… as well does the amateur we chose. We appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment.
Dill Pickleson
Feb 14, 2017 at 4:52 am
duh, i did this at 50. you’re just ignorant and out of shape
Andy
Feb 9, 2017 at 8:11 am
Although I agree the amateur is not open enough at impact, he has no choice! His hands are not deep enough in the BS. If he rotated like the pro it would throw the club was outside the plane (aka OTT) and he would have to EE to reach the ball. He needs depth in the BS before he can rotate the same as the pro.
AMG
Feb 9, 2017 at 3:52 pm
Thanks for the comment! For this first video in the series we are just highlighting the differences in the motion. In future videos we will look at the various reasons “why” the differences are showing up. Great comment by the way.
Paul
Feb 9, 2017 at 7:44 am
Like this a lot!
Look at the position of the pros hands at impact, in relation to the body (1min 48 secs in). Wow, massive difference compared to the AM. Pros hands way “ahead” of the body, due to turn rather than slide I guess.
AMG
Feb 9, 2017 at 3:42 pm
Yes body rotation and keeping the torso more “on top” on the ball help achieve this look.
m
Feb 9, 2017 at 2:09 am
I didn’t catch it if it’s in the video, but were the resulting shots identical straight/draw/fade? I use to exaggerate my rib and pelvis’ openess at impact with different grips and these were the results: strong grip – caused pull hooks or pull fades. standard neutral grip – pull fades and slices.
m
Feb 10, 2017 at 4:05 pm
Really? No reply?
What if the pro is using his body to hold off the release and hit a fade while the am is hitting a stock draw? If their shots were different results than it’s really an apples to oranges between their swing.
AMG
Feb 15, 2017 at 9:04 am
The pros we capture play draws, fades, and straight balls while still being in the ranges discussed in the video. We chose these two swings primarily as a representative sample of the numbers we see on a daily basis. Is that answering your question? If not let us know.
D Mack
Feb 8, 2017 at 9:13 pm
Pushes and pulls hmm. After seeing the video,more torso and hip rotation is something I will have to work on. Great video! Thanks
Andrew Cooper
Feb 8, 2017 at 4:17 pm
Thanks. Where tour pros v ams at impact is obviously very different but i think the average amateur has to realise that what shows up at impact is really the result of what’s gone before, good or bad. The tour pro transitions and sequences the downswing in a way that gives the green light to go through impact aggressively, hence the numbers here. The average amateur gets out of whack, the body has to stall/or stand up, and the hands and arms do what they can to get the clubface on the ball. The tour have more rotation because they can, the amateurs have less because they can’t.
BigKid
Feb 8, 2017 at 2:56 pm
Are y’all doing all of these videos out of the 265 Academy? That’s a great facility. Our wedding party for a wedding I was in recently got ready there and the reception was outside at the facility. I wish I had gotten time to fully enjoy the set up.
AMG
Feb 9, 2017 at 3:40 pm
Yes this video was out of David Toms Academy. Between the 4 partners in AMG we have a few locations where we will be shooting content.
Bob Jones
Feb 8, 2017 at 11:19 am
This looks like an explanation for why pros develop back problems. It might be worth it to them, but not to me.
Mark S
Feb 8, 2017 at 11:59 am
Good point. I wonder what a doc would say this would do to the body.
Justin
Feb 8, 2017 at 1:06 pm
The speed involved in tour pros and amateurs are slightly (a lot!) different. You probably aren’t going to get back problems as an amateur if you try to mimic this move. Unless you are swinging the club 110+ MPH and playing multiple rounds a year…like a tour pro
Daniel
Feb 8, 2017 at 4:04 pm
I think most of us here play multiple rounds a year
Jack
Feb 8, 2017 at 11:51 pm
What’s the standard, like 6? 7 rounds and you’re a pro!
But seriously I think it’s more practice time as well. These guys grind it day in day out. They get injured from overuse. Amateurs get injured from misuse. We have bad postures and swings that don’t look smooth. Pro’s have smooth swings, and utilize momentum correctly. Amateurs fight it and get hurt.
Scott S
Feb 13, 2017 at 8:23 pm
I’m a Physical Therapist and a passionate golfer and I agree with “Jack’s” comment 100% and wonder why “Bobby Jones” made his comment? There are SO many variables that can cause trauma to the body during a golf swing but in my opinion the # 1 reason is when the kinematic sequence is out of sync which requires the golfer to generate power from forcing movement to start (and stop) as opposed to using ground reaction forces to produce nearly effortless movement and power. Effortless power = less body trauma and ultimately less injury. Yes, we can certainly look at isolated examples of “smooth” swingers on the PGA Tour that have gotten back injuries but I think that comes back to Jack’s comment and his point about overuse. Generally speaking using physics to one’s advantage will generate the best results on the golf course and also keep one out of my office.
Philip
Feb 8, 2017 at 11:12 am
I improved my swing over the winter and my ribs and hips are very open at impact compared to previous seasons where I was very close to how you define an amateur swing; and here I was thinking the amount I am now open at impact may be a problem because it is so foreign to me. Thanks
The dude
Feb 8, 2017 at 12:30 pm
How did you go about making that improvement?
Jason
Feb 8, 2017 at 12:53 pm
Philip, I am a scratch golfer but my issues are the same as yours and the 5 handicapper in study. I am curious to know what helped you in your improvements. I have tried different techniques with no results. I just rely on 30 years of hand eye coordination.
Jack
Feb 9, 2017 at 1:37 am
It’s easier to identify the problem but it’s hard to fix. Pro’s turn their hips so much, and leverage the ground more so that it’s natural to them to be at this position. For most amateurs, we don’t do that. I’m learning to leverage the ground more, and I am hitting my driver further now, but sometimes it still feels unnatural. Just gotta get the reps in. Hip rotation is so hard. You have to feel like your hips are completely open and your hands are at your side at impact, which is completely different from your normal sensation. Doing this change will also mess up your timing big time as the sequencing is very different. But when I do this, my average distance goes up. It’s very easy to fall back to old habits though when you try to seek accuracy. Just have to trust it more. I think this way I’m not any less accurate (ok it’s all relative) than I am with a more armsy swing.
Philip
Feb 8, 2017 at 8:32 pm
Well, I changed a few things. 1 (Grips) I realized that having grips too thick or too thin for my left hand (I play right-handed) restricted my wrist hinge flexibility so I had to especially be careful with thicker graphite shafts. 2 (Grip) I started using the interlock because Jack did, not because it suited me. Thus, I experimented making full golf swings (including baseball swings) and discovered out of the choices (baseball, ten-finger, overlap, interlock) only once maximized my swing speed, the other three were significantly slower. Interestedly enough the faster swing was also the only one where I was able to maintain my balance through-out my swing. 3 (Visualize making a swing) I realized I never stopped to imagine what I wanted my body to do in order to swing the club, thus I was thinking through it instead. So I visualized how I wanted to see the club swinging around my body (from address to follow-through). 4 (Replicate action of the golf swing with something else we do without thought) Now that I could see myself swinging the club I needed the same type of triggers I use in everyday life that have no direct connection to what I want my body to do. I don’t think my way to taking a drink of water or skiing down a mountain, so why would I do it with a golf club? So without holding a golf club I moved my arm into the proper position at the top of my swing and on down through to impact and follow-through. I quickly realized that standing with my right shoulder beside a shelf, keeping my legs in position, if I just turn and reach up to grab the imaginary object above and beside the right side of my head with my left arm, that I has just made a relaxed full shoulder turn and put myself into the top of my back swing with zero stress on my body. Then I imagine taking that imaginary object and tossing it down so that it hits the ball. The momentum brings me through to my follow-thorugh and the finish of my swing. Since my club is just a straight line extension of my left hand, it will pass through the point where the ball rests as the club swings around my body. 5 (Trigger) I am a lefty who plays right-handed, so instead of my right hand/arm leading my golf swing and me hitting the ball poorly, I changed to my left hand/arm guiding my right arm by just swinging my arms around my around my body, letting the rest of my body freely react to the swing – I can now easily hit off of cement without worrying about fat shots (my nemesis). 6 (In summary) It was an open mind and lots of experimentation that guided me to where I am now. My recipe may be particular to myself as we all tend to be a bit different in what works, but maybe some of it will give you ideas to move forward with. Cheers!
Philip
Feb 9, 2017 at 9:57 am
Last item – I pay attention now ensuring my posture is correct when I set up to the ball. If I am off just a little bit it greatly impacts my ability to do the necessary movements and have the flexibility required for my golf swing. I never paid much attention to this in the past (and neither did my instructors) and ended up using this and that fix to try and correct my past positions. I would say being able to get into a good posture at address is likely the main reason my swing is so much better and easier to do.
Tom
Feb 8, 2017 at 10:58 am
This explains why I pull a lot of my shots.
cgasucks
Feb 8, 2017 at 10:44 am
I couldn’t agree more with this guy…
chip
Feb 8, 2017 at 9:35 am
I immediately think of Stenson.
Nathan
Feb 8, 2017 at 9:22 am
Good video, thanks.
Hope to see more videos like this one in the future.
AMG
Feb 8, 2017 at 12:05 pm
Thanks… we have a number of these planned on several topics.
Brian Moore
Feb 8, 2017 at 8:59 am
So the same thing as the GolfTec Swing motion study
AMG
Feb 8, 2017 at 12:09 pm
The GEARS system allows us capture data from the club face, shaft, and full body. I’m not sure what data points were included in the Golftec study.