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Square the Shoulders for Longer Distance

square the shoulders

Article by Cheapgolf

The Right Equipment to Achieve Longer Distance in Your Golf Game

When you go for a custom-fitting session, as I did yesterday, at Titleist’s state-of-the art facility at St Ives Golf Club, it’s important to ideally bring your ‘A game’ to the bay (or as near as possible) so the clubs you’re planning to use, can compliment your current swing.

Obviously Srixon XX10 impact Driver can creep in but PGA-trained fitter Richard Harries gave me a tip he always used in the early part of his amateur career which helps to square the shoulders at address and reduces the risk of them opening up to the target as you grip the club, forcing a tendency to slice.

He recommends: “As a right-hander I was always encouraged to grip the club with the left hand and place the clubhead behind the ball, with my right hand behind my back.

Correct Positioning of Your Elbow and Shoulders for Longer Distance

“This way, the teaching pro watching from down the line, could see the correct position of the inside of my left elbow with my shoulders square to the target. Step two is to then bring in the right hand on to the grip from underneath the Srixon XX10 Prime Driver and into position.

“This helps retain the shoulders in a square position, as opposed to immediately putting the right hand on top of the grip and tending to force the shoulders open.”

Use these helpful tips for longer distance in your golf game

Hopefully it’s a tip that will work for you, too and immediately reduce the chances of that destructive out-to-in swingpath which can cause the dreaded slice.

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What are the most common golf swing faults?

What are the most common golf swing faults?

Every golfer at some time or another let’s a swing fault creep into his or her game.  Half the battle of fixing a golf swing fault is identifying what the golf swing fault is in the first place.

Below is a list of the twelve most common golf swing faults that all golfers experience on or off the course at one time or another.

1.Pull Hook: The pull hook is a golf fault that starts left and curves farther left.

2.Hook: The hook shot is a golf fault that starts right of target and curves left of target.

3.Pull: The pull is a golf fault that starts left of target and continues straight left.

4.Push: The push shot is a golf fault that starts right of target and continues straight right.

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5.Slice: The slice shot is a golf fault that starts left, but finishes right of target.

6.Push Slice: The push slice is a golf fault that starts right of target and continues farther right.

7.Thin/topped Shot: A thin or “topped” golf fault occurs when the leading edge of club strikes equator of ball usually sending the golf ball a few inches off the ground and only a few feet.

8.Fat/Duffed Shot: A “fat” or “duffed” golf fault occurs when the golfer hits behind the ball and hits the turf before the ball is struck sometimes popping the ball in the air with little distance.

9.Shank Shot: A “shank” occurs when the ball strikes hosel of club and ball flies viciously to right.

10.Left Arm Collapse (also known as “Chicken Wing”): occurs when the left arm collapses before club face impact with the golf ball resulting in significant power loss and errant golf shots.

11.Pop-Up Golf Shot: A “pop-up” golf shot occurs when the golf ball is popped straight up into the air with little distance usually resulting from too steep of a swing.

12.Poor Distance: Poor distance occurs when the golfer makes decent contact with the golf ball but does not achieve adequate distance with either irons or woods shots.  This usually occurs because the upper and lower body are not synchronized to achieve maximum swing speed and power.

Learn about golf swing and faults to lower your golf score. Golf Genie’s golf tips will help you every time when you need it. Golf hook, golf uphill and golf bunker shots advanced tips.