WATCH: Put the ball in the way of your swing instead of “hitting it”
Stop hitting the golf ball and start letting the ball get in the way of your swing for effortless power and consistency!
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
Videos
Finau’s unique long putter experiment, Webb’s WILD irons | Inside the Ropes | Truist Championship
In this week’s episode of Inside the Ropes from the Truist Championship, Alistair Cameron catches up with Tony Finau, who is in the midst of an interesting long-putter experiment, and Webb Simpson, whose irons must be seen to be believed. Also featuring: Sepp Straka, Ryan Gerard, and much more!
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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tlmck
Oct 22, 2017 at 10:08 pm
I tried this method decades ago and went back to “hitting” almost immediately. It just works better for me.
Aot
Oct 21, 2017 at 9:50 pm
I don’t understand how you can compress 4 layers or 5 layers of modern-day golf balls properly by just collecting the ball and sweeping through, as opposed to hammering through and letting the compressive layers do their work. More than likely you won’t be able to and therefore those balls won’t perform as designed.
Andrew Cooper
Oct 23, 2017 at 7:58 am
Looks like Shawn is compressing the ball quite nicely I’d say?
SW19 Golfer
Oct 21, 2017 at 3:57 pm
More disappointing modern day instruction – read Swing The Clubhead by Ernest Jones ( published in 1952 ) for a much more helpful description of how to put the ball in the way of your swing . He lost his right leg below the knee in World War 1 , shot a 72 not long afterwards at Royal Norwich and in 1923 took up the position of Head Golf Professional at the Women’s National Golf and Tennis Club in Long Island, New York .
Tom1
Oct 21, 2017 at 12:12 pm
hey … thats me down range under the other canopy.
COGolfer
Oct 20, 2017 at 3:53 pm
Apparently he was scratch as a righty and lefty at one time (this was something that has been said in a couple of his videos). As with any instructor, there are good tips and bad. I’m with you as far as how long the swing takes. It’s very different from mine, which makes it hard to implement the tips.
SteveK
Oct 20, 2017 at 5:14 pm
Only on his home course…. only. 😉
bogeypro
Oct 22, 2017 at 11:45 am
What’s your deal SteveK? Why do you troll all of these tips? Are you mad that golfwrx won’t ask you to write an article?
yobro
Oct 22, 2017 at 12:44 pm
Stop posting on the forum and just sit in the wrx office and drink coffee….
Philip
Oct 20, 2017 at 12:35 pm
For myself, I finally started “not” hitting the ball when it dawned on me that it is caused by setting up to the ball. I now set up to the club and then place it behind the ball. It looks the almost the same for both, but it turned out to be a world of difference for me.
juststeve
Oct 20, 2017 at 11:11 am
Does anyone know if Clements can play, or how well. I find his swing so awkward and ungainly that it’s hard to watch.
OB
Oct 20, 2017 at 9:45 am
YouTube “golf tips” are just as bad as Golf Magazine golf tips.
Golf tips are only a bandage while the disease festers underneath.
Most of the swing faults are between the feet and the shoulders.
The rest of the faults are in the arms, hands and golf club.
Attempting to fix the swing from ball impact inwards is totally wrong.
Jacked_Loft
Oct 20, 2017 at 8:07 am
Nothing new to me as the ball is always getting in the way of my swing.
MB
Oct 20, 2017 at 3:05 am
Another ruse to keep the bad players to stay bad players so that good players can beat them and make money. Just ask Henry Cotton.
AB
Oct 20, 2017 at 12:10 am
Nice imagery… but … 95% of all golfers do not have a consistent golfswing and can’t square the clubface through the ball… they just don’t know how to do it.
M. Vegas
Oct 19, 2017 at 5:49 pm
And keep the grip moving forward yo