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37 articles tagged “golf swing”.
Hitting the ball straight is great, but controlling its height is what lets you play in the wind, get over trees, hold firm greens and keep the ball under branches. Good golfers can hit the same club…
A topped shot is one of the most frustrating in golf. You make what feels like a decent swing, but the club strikes the top of the ball and it scuttles along the ground for a few yards. It is…
Long irons, usually the 2-, 3- and 4-iron, have a reputation as the hardest clubs in the bag. With little loft, long shafts and small heads, they punish mishits and are hard to get airborne. Many…
Golf is full of advice. Some of it comes from coaches, some from friends, some from playing partners on the first tee, and a surprising amount of it is wrong, or only right for some golfers…
Few shots in golf are as alarming as the shank. The ball shoots off almost sideways, low and to the right (for a right-handed golfer), often after an ugly clatter off the hosel. One shank tends to…
Watch a good golfer swing and the word that comes to mind is often "effortless". The club moves smoothly back, changes direction without a jerk and accelerates through the ball, yet the ball flies a…
Good golf starts before the club moves. Your posture at address sets the angles your swing will follow, and it affects your balance, your ability to turn and the consistency of your strike. Many…
Ball position is one of the simplest parts of the golf set-up, and one of the most often overlooked. If the ball is too far back or forward in your stance, even a good swing can produce thin, fat…
Lower back pain is the most common physical complaint among golfers, from beginners to professionals. The golf swing is a powerful, one-sided rotational movement, repeated hundreds of times a week by…
Once you can hit the ball reasonably straight, the next step is learning to curve it on purpose. A draw curves gently from right to left; a fade curves gently from left to right (for right-handed…
The driving range is flat. The golf course rarely is. On most courses, a large share of your shots are played from slopes: the ball above or below your feet, or your stance uphill or downhill. Each…
"Release the club" is one of the most common pieces of golf advice, and one of the most misunderstood. Some golfers flick their wrists at the ball from the top of the swing; others hold on so tightly…
