Articles by David Leadbetter with Ron Kaspriske

September 28th, 2024

It has been a long time since you checked your address posture. Let’s do it now

Here’s a quick way to make sure you’re standing to the ball correctly.

September 24th, 2024

DIY Golf Lessons

You don’t need an instructor (like me) to fix these common issues

September 20th, 2024

Use your hands to take your hands out of the chipping stroke. Wait, what?

One of the big differentiators between pros and average golfers is chipping. The best player on the PGA Tour in scrambling, which means hitting a short-game shot onto the green and making the putt, is Xander Schauffele. Want to know how often he does it? Seven out of 10 attempts. The worst player in this Read more…

September 12th, 2024

Time for a backswing check. If it’s too long, it’s hurting your consistency

A fundamental I always stress in the backswing is rotating over a braced trail leg. It’s the way you create coil and set up a powerful downswing. Many golfers fail to generate coil because the torso stops moving while the arms keep swinging back. That awful photo of me above? That’s what this fault looks Read more…

September 7th, 2024

In the sand, getting out is No.1, then comes controlling distance. Here’s how

Regulating distance from greenside sand is primarily about the through-swing.

August 31st, 2024

Oh, no! You’ve got the shanks. Here’s how to get rid of them

It happens to just about every golfer. One day you’re warming up on the range or hitting an iron shot from the middle of the fairway and—bam!—you catch one off the hosel and the ball goes rocketing sideways. You might shake it off, but what if it happens again and again and again? (They seem Read more…

August 20th, 2024

Get 20 more yards off the tee by ‘snapping’ your drives

Whether it’s U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau or a 25-handicapper who can’t carry the ball 200 yards, you’ll never hear any golfer ever say they don’t want more distance. Even when you’re striping it off the tee, there’s still that little voice in your head wondering, can I hit it even farther?If you’re struggling to Read more…

August 3rd, 2024

The way you hold the club might be costing you distance

Your hands and wrists make a powerful lever if you know how to use them.

July 26th, 2024

If you want to two-putt from long range, you’ve got to flip your stroke

A common misconception about putting, especially when it comes to good distance control, is that the putterhead should be accelerating as it hits the ball. That’s not actually true. If the putter is accelerating at impact, gathering momentum, the energy of the collision makes it very difficult to regulate distance. Thanks to technology and the Read more…

July 20th, 2024

You can seriously improve your backswing with this drill (and do it anywhere)

The terms “extension” and “width” are popular buzzwords for describing the backswing, and they are important components to solid contact and distance. Unfortunately, they are sometimes misinterpreted, leading some players to mistakenly move the trail arm out and away from the body going back. Get wide, they might be thinking. When you start back with Read more…

July 13th, 2024

You can hit the green from a fairway bunker. (Yes, you!) Here’s how

Fairway-bunker shots are among the least practised, mostly because it’s hard to find a place where you can do it.

July 4th, 2024

There’s nothing like the feeling of a compressed iron shot. This do-anywhere drill helps you learn how

To compress the ball and squeeze it off the turf, you need your lower body to lead the way.

June 29th, 2024

If you know how to skim a stone, you can hit good bunker shots

A great visual for how your body, hands and club should operate in a bunker swing is to visualise skimming a stone across a pond.

June 22nd, 2024

Swing out of sync? Here’s a simple drill to get everything working together

Synchronicity is one of the most important aspects of a good golf swing. It’s going to be really difficult to hit quality shots if your upper body is leading the way in the downswing or if your arms are working independently of your body, like I’m showing in the photo above. Those are common amateur Read more…

June 15th, 2024

Terrified of tight lies around the green? You’re using the wrong club

Pinehurst No. 2, site of this week’s U.S. Open, is a classic example of a course that makes you sweat around the greens. If you miss one of the putting surfaces on No. 2, and even the best players do quite often because of the speed and undulations, you’ll likely find your ball on a Read more…

June 7th, 2024

It’s beach season! Grab a towel to fix your struggles with half-wedges

Those dreaded half-wedge shots. I know many of you would rather be 100 yards out than 40, so you can make a full swing. Why are these shots so difficult? When facing a shot that requires less than a full swing, many amateurs try to regulate distance with their hands and arms instead of the Read more…

May 31st, 2024

Want to stop hitting slices and pulls? Try this step drill

A common swing-path mistake is “coming over the top.” If you’ve heard of it but aren’t sure what it means, it’s just a way of saying the clubhead is swinging down into the ball over the top of the track it went back on. It’s caused by starting the downswing incorrectly, with the upper body, Read more…

May 25th, 2024

This simple drill with a bath towel can solve your short-putting woes

This is the key to start nailing those gimme putts that you can’t seem to sink.

March 22nd, 2023

2023 Masters preview: This is awkward

What you can learn from how the Pros play these shots at Augusta.

April 15th, 2021

Coil, don’t turn: It’s key to 20 more metres off the tee

If you’re looking to pick up some extra distance, what you do with your feet in the backswing is just as important.

September 23rd, 2016

David Leadbetter: Bunker Shot

What a good bunker shot feels like