WATCH: How to shallow your swing to hit longer drives
In this week’s Impact Show, special guest George Gankas talks about the golf posture and how it can help you get into a better position at impact. Also, he provides a drill to help you shallow the swing in your transition.
Kristoffer Reitan just won his first PGA Tour event at the 2026 Truist Championship. He is a Ping staff member and has a complete set of clubs from the brand. He did make a late driver switch this weekend that helped propel him to victory.
Driver: Ping G440 Max (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 60 TX
3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 80 TX
7-wood: Ping G440 Max (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Black 85 TX
Irons: Ping Blueprint S (4-9)
Shafts: KBS Tour X
Wedges: Ping S259
46-S
Shaft KBS Tour X
50-S
54-S
58-S
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Ping PLD Custom Ally Blue H (white finish)
Grips: Golf Pride MCC Midsize
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
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Driver: Wilson Dynapwr Max+ (12 degrees @ 11)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6s
3-wood: Cobra OPTM Max (15.5 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VR-7s
Utility: PXG 0311 X Gen8
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI-85s Hybrid
Hybrid: Ping G440 4h (22 degrees @ 21)
Shaft: Ping Tour 2.0 Chrome 85s
Irons: New Level 702+ (5 & 6)
Shafts: Project X Red 6.0
Irons: New Level 702 CB (7-PW)
Shafts: Project X REd 6.0
Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM11 (50.12F)
Shaft: Nippon Modus Tour 105 S
Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM11 (56.14F)
Shaft: Nippon Modus Tour 105 S
Wedge: Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks (60V)
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold S200
Putter: PXG Hot Rod ZT
Ball: Titleist ProV1x Left Dash
Bag: Ghost GT-14 Patriot
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Patricknorm
Jan 19, 2018 at 8:13 am
Clearly Gankas is for the millennial golfer. His information is excellent because it works. I’ve watched 5 of his YouTube videos and seen how George interacts and then corrects his students with video, metrics and then a hands on ( literally) help. I could see anyone over 50 years old struggling with the information overload. The YouTube video with the 10year old girl was fascinating in that he was able to get her to hit a 180 yard drive with a 70 mph swing speed. Her track man numbers were pretty well perfect.
George has a gift of individualising his instruction.
Jerry
Jan 19, 2018 at 6:21 am
Seems as if Gankas was saying golf is a game of opposites – taller at address produces good posture through the ball, flying elbow leads to natural shallowing of the club, and then leaving the arms at the top without pulling, but feeling the pressure in the lead arm on the chest leads to more speed. It appears Gankas does not like a hip slide or the lead hip rising but leaving your hips centered and rotating them, then pushing off as the club reaches parallel on the downswing. Not confusing, just different from the patterns you may now be using.
geohogan
Aug 29, 2020 at 11:54 am
Without pulling, there is slack.
Slack disrupts energy transfer.
Pulling begins with the lats, creating tautness from lats to hands.
ButchT
Jan 18, 2018 at 8:04 pm
I thought good info on shallowing the club. Different perspective.
HoleIn2
Jan 18, 2018 at 5:01 pm
When you see videos like this it often send you more into a tail spin, due in part because the problems and or tips being examined aren’t ones you suffer from… Me and My golf vids are most often very good. This one IMO wasn’t…
ChiliDip
Jan 18, 2018 at 4:56 pm
Horrible all the way around!!!
TMAC
Jan 18, 2018 at 1:10 pm
Sorry, but he just confused the snot out of me.
Waaay too much information. And the “teacher” can’t hit a ball to save his life. lol
4right
Jan 18, 2018 at 4:53 pm
A+
geohogan
Aug 29, 2020 at 11:57 am
TMAC.. agree, BS baffles brains.
Keep the right palm facing the sky and eliminate release
and clubhead will sweep the inside quadrant of the ball.
That is the only shallow that counts.