Use Jake Knapp’s putter-like takeaway for a power boost Jake Knapp might have the latest wrist set in a backswing in pro golf, says his coach John Ortega. His wrists don’t fully hinge until the club nears the top- – evidence of a wide swing arc that helped Knapp finish top-25 in driving distance (309.5 Read more…
Your lead shoulder (the left shoulder for right-handed golfers) should move almost double the amount across as it does down between the setup and the top of the backswing.
How baseball (of all things) can relate to golf. For golfers, it’s the crucial moment between backswing and downswing, and it’s the source of most golfers’ swing problems.
Adam Scott was patient zero as far as I can tell. Starting sometime around 2022, before each shot Scott would place the club to his side, with the clubface facing towards the target, and grip the club with his left hand.
Aaron Rai led the PGA Tour in Driving Accuracy last season. We asked him what some golf-swing priorities for him are – and what the rest of us can learn from him.