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Full Swing Season 2, Episode 7 Recap: The last of the picks, and on to the Ryder Cup
Editor’s Note: Golf Digest is recapping and analyzing every episode of the second series of the Netflix golf series Full Swing. Last season’s recaps can be found here. Season 2 Recaps: Ep. 1: The Game Has Changed Part 1 | Ep. 2: The Game Has Changed Part 2 | Ep. 3: Mind Game | Ep. Read more…
Polish PGA pro gets Ernie Els’ swing tattooed on his body and honestly we can’t blame him
Golf and tattoos go together like oil and water. The old guard down at your club think ink is for sailors and convicts, and many clubs will even force you to cover it up unless your name is Rickie Fowler. But the times are nothing if not a changin’ and Polish PGA pro Jakub Budaj Read more…
3 traits you can spot in (almost) every hockey player’s golf swing
There seems to be a weirdly huge crossover between ice hockey and golf, which I guess makes sense. They’re both stick-and-ball sports, and many hockey motions hit the same key muscle groups that are fantastic for the golf swing. Cameron Young is perhaps the best current example on the PGA Tour. Young is a rising Read more…
Improve your downswing sequencing with this two-step exercise
Does the start of the downswing jam you up? It’s a tricky move—getting your lower body to initiate the action, while your upper body waits to start its rotation through the ball. Moving your lower body independently of your your upper body probably isn’t something that comes naturally. If you want to improve this motion Read more…
How to transfer your weight: A 4-step drill to fix your golf swing
How do you transfer your weight in your golf swing? Moving your weight, or pressure, from side-to-side should feel as natural as walking, because it is, ultimately, a stepping motion. But what I see a lot of golfers do is slide way too far back on their backswing, and never make that next step forward Read more…
Low-handicap swing breakthrough: How understanding this concept helped me drop 3 shots
It’s about lag and shaft lean, two popular and perhaps misunderstood elements in the swing.
Tour coach explains one power-killing golf swing mistake—and 2 ways to fix it
When you want to know how much horsepower a car has, you look at its engine. When you want to how powerful a golf swing is, you look at its pivot. Your golf swing’s pivot is, basically, its turn. And it is for all intents and purposes the engine of your golf swing. It’s the Read more…
This 2-step swing tip is the key to launching higher drives, says top teacher
Something that goes underappreciated when amateur golfers watch pros on television is how much higher they hit the golf ball. Pros launch their ball seemingly into the stratosphere—the average apex on tour hovers around 100 feet. Amateur golfers, by contrast, often struggle to hit their drives north of 60 feet high. A large part of Read more…
This nerdy graph reveals a terrible golf swing takeaway mistake. Here’s how to avoid it
The start of your swing should see the club and arms moving first. Start with the hips and you’ll struggle the rest of the way.
How to make your golf swing more athletic
Part of the reason professional athletes generate so much power and speed in their golf swing is because they figured out how to apply their own athletic skills to the golf swing. Develop a more athletic swing with help from Top 50 Fitness Instructor, Milo Bryant. Bryant mentions the phases of throwing and how they Read more…
How to make your golf swing more athletic
Part of the reason professional athletes generate so much power and speed in their golf swing is because they figured out how to apply their own athletic skills to the golf swing. Develop a more athletic swing with help from Top 50 Fitness Instructor, Milo Bryant. Bryant mentions the phases of throwing and how they Read more…
How to make your golf swing more athletic
Part of the reason professional athletes generate so much power and speed in their golf swing is because they figured out how to apply their own athletic skills to the golf swing. Develop a more athletic swing with help from Top 50 Fitness Instructor, Milo Bryant. Bryant mentions the phases of throwing and how they Read more…
The best move in Nicolai Hojgaard’s golf swing, explained by Rasmus Hojgaard
ROME — The youngest player at Marco Simone Golf Club this week isn’t Ludvig Aberg, who was picked for the Ryder Cup team despite only turning pro in the summer. Nor is it any player on the American side. It’s Nicolai Hojgaard, the 22 year-old European Tour rising star who earned Captain Luke Donald’s 12th Read more…
Gary Player said this golf swing ‘improvement’ gained him 30 yards
Gary Player said this golf swing ‘improvement’ gained him 30 yards
The most important move in the golf swing, explained in 3 steps
The specific order of shift, turn and rise, is an absolute law of the modern game.
The golf ball rollback could have this unintended CONSEQUENCE. A top golf physics expert explains why
What if the proposed ball rollback doesn’t actually roll back performance among elite golfers?
Get your swing back
Strip away those adjustments you make in desperate moments and build something that’s reliable on a Long-term basis.
What top teachers see in Tiger Woods’ recent swing video
Golf Digest’s top coaches take a look at Tiger Woods’ recent swing video and offer their two cents on his comeback chances.
Howzat for a swing!
When Aussie cricket superstar Alyssa Healy isn’t winning World Cups off her own bat, she’s beating hubby Mitchell Starc on the fairways.
