Nearly every golfer will have one of these swing faults. Even the best players in the world can struggle with these from time to time, but in this article (you can also watch the video below), Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Alex Elliott is going to show you how to fix them.
Our PGA pro has plenty of tips on how to hit longer, straighter drives, plus some fantastic advice on how to strike your irons purely and hit your wedge shots close. Take it away, Alex…
COMMON SWING FAULTS… FIXED
Alex Elliott
Alex spent three years caddying on the DP World Tour before taking his PGA qualifications. Since then he has created a thriving social media platform on Instagram and YouTube, where he offers a whole host of tips and advice to help viewers shoot lower scores.
1. Poor takeaway (driver)
If you start a journey to the airport and you take the wrong first turn, it takes a lot longer to get there. It’s the same with your golf swing – it’s going to go all over the place, which can get quite distressing, just like a messy journey!
When you’re setting up, think about the relationship of the toe to the heel in your driver takeaway. I never like to see the heel start, and I never like to see the toe start.
I like to see the toe and the heel of the driver move away together, which simply helps to keep the clubface square.
You might want to try building this into your pre shot routine. My checkpoint is two waggles before every single shot of getting the right position (watch in the video above).
Alex Elliott demonstrates how to fix a common takeaway problem
(Image credit: Tom Miles)
2. Open clubface at impact (driver)
When you come into impact and the clubface is pointing to the right of your path and target line, you’re going to end up on the right (for a right-handed golfer).
There are a couple of fixes that you might want to try. Firstly, rotate your hands to the right side of the golf club.
By doing this, you’re going to make your driver have a chance of pointing a little bit more closed to your path by the time you’re striking the golf ball.
It might be worth tweaking your grip in order to stop the clubface being open at impact
(Image credit: Tom Miles)
If we create a golf grip like this, we need to match it in a release style. If you’re somebody who’s a little bit less mobile, I reckon you’ll be able to steal a few extra yards with your driver by doing this.
I would like to feel that if I was rotating my hands to the right, as my way of…
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