Clement: At-home drills to stop rushing the downswing
We get those questions often: How do I slow down my swing? How do I stop rushing my swing?
The answer is so much easier than you think and not what you would expect. We are absolute gravity geniuses and through our natural self-preserving “central nervous system,” we thrive when it comes to simple tasks with simple tools. The golf club is a simple tool. As soon as you understand completely what the heck it was designed for, the tempo and timing of the swing take care of themselves.
You won’t ever see a lumberjack fight with his axe or a construction worker fight with a sledgehammer. We will show you how to flow with your golf instrument in this video.
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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Right now, I am tied for first place in my league! Don’t worry, the wheels will fall off as we get further into the year, but let’s keep the train rolling with 14 brand new clubs this week. We are off on the back nine again, so the driver is back in, and the 7-wood is out, as the course dictates what clubs I tend not to use. Excited to get these New Level irons out there and see if I can catch some of that driver magic I had down at Pinehurst with the Wilson Dynapwr+.
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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Timlambard
Apr 22, 2020 at 5:20 pm
This is cool and I LOVE IT.
geohogan
Apr 18, 2020 at 10:06 am
One of my lifelong checkpoints is to keep the shaft be- tween my arms throughout the swing, as shown in the halfway-down and follow-through positions. This happens without my thinking about it, if I maintain my posture, keep my head steady and allow my body to react to the club.
A proper release according to Nicklaus is to have the golf shaft
bisecting the two forarms in DS (P6) and follow through(Level left)
ie shoulders, elbows and hips all in the same plane at P8
with club shaft bisecting the two forarms
NOT trail hand rolled over the lead hand at P8
geohogan
Apr 18, 2020 at 9:54 am
What Jack said was, “you can’t release too early on the downswing, as long as you move into your left side and swing the club from inside the target line”
Fulfill those two things a) move into the left side b) swing the club from inside the target line then you cant start the DS fast enough.
Trying to slow any one link in a chain , is asking for trouble.
geohogan
Apr 12, 2020 at 7:42 pm
The sledgehammer the axe and golf club including the clubhead are levers; as are the arms levers.
This system of compound levers are moved by our torso rotation, with the kinematic sequence providing the deceleration to accelerate the club lever.
ie the dog wags the tail, whether its an axe, a sledgehammer or golf club.