When looking for a training aid to improve my golf swing, I want it to be completely versatile and help me with many facets in my game. The Connector from Sure Golf is one of the best examples of this I’ve experienced in a long time. With the aim of improving synchronisation between your arms and body in the golf swing while also helping improve compression, it’s no wonder this training aid has been seen used by Rory McIlroy in almost all of his practice sessions and warm ups over the past few months along with a few other tour players.
Rory McIlroy using The Connector at the BMW PGA Championship
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With all of the technology floating around in today’s game, it’s somewhat ironic that the Connector is comprised of a simple memory foam wedge with two rods. Yet it does a great job of shining a light on the importance of fundamentals in the golf swing and clearly you don’t always need one of the best golf gadgets to get it right.
The Connector has two indentations on the side for your arms to comfortably slot into position and then a rod running horizontally across to help ensure a proper fit. This rod also serves as a reference point throughout the golf swing so when looking back at recordings of your practice session, you can easily analyze how much arm rotation has occurred and whether you have made the improvements you intended.
The rods act as indicators for reference points during the golf swing
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The vertical alignment aid with the white cap poking out from the top of The Connector is a great indicator of not only where you setup at address but also of shaft lean through impact. One of the main ideas behind The Connector is to be able to engage the larger muscles in the golf swing to help create more power and compression.
In order to create compression you will need a forward shaft lean at impact and so when filming from face on, you can easily identify whether or not you are achieving this. As someone who sometimes sees the club race past the hands back to the ball on the downswing, I found this to be particularly beneficial during my practice sessions.
The Connector fits comfortably between your arms
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There was very little to grumble about when it came to the Connector but if I was to have a little pop it would be that it doesn’t fit in your golf bag, so you will have to carry this separately to the driving range. This for the most part obviously isn’t an issue but if you wanted…
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