How Do Tour Golfers Get Those Prodigious Golf Club Distances?
How Do Tour Golfers Get Those Prodigious Golf Club Distances
?The announcer gives the distance to the stick at about 180, the player pulls a 7 Iron. And then he sticks it 2 feet away! And it is not just a few players, they all do it. How in the world can they get such huge distances out of their clubs?
Are they using some super golf clubs, that the rest of us can't buy?
Granted they do have the latest and greatest clubs that all have the proper loft and lie, they are all the correct length, they all have the correct shaft stiffness for that particular golfers swing.
Well when you consider all of that, they are different clubs than most amateur golfers have, not that we can't get them, we can, but we are not that careful and do not get custom fitted.
The equipment really only explains part of the equation.
Tour golfers almost always have a perfect swing, all the parts, the grip, the stance, the backswing, the impact, the follow through are all done exactly correct, they do have more club head speed, they do have perfect swing tempo. Not every swing but you almost never see the kinds of swing faults you see at the municipal course.
There is also something else, parts of a perfect swing that many recreational golfers are not even aware of. But if they were, and could use the same subtle swing mechanics, they also could get fantastic distances from all of their clubs.
Most of us have heard things like the following;
Hit down on the ball, or hit the small ball first.
We have been told that the hands lead the club head.
We have heard fleeting references to a thing called lag.
How about rolling the forearms over.
One thing these things have in common in that they all come into play in a very small portion of the swing, they all make their presence known in the 6 to 8 inches before and after impact, or about a tenth of a second!
Lets expand on those golf swing subtleties a bit;
A descending club face is created by good fundamental swing mechanics, a big part of it is lag, the more lag you can create and maintain the easier it is to have a descending swing.
Keeping the hands ahead of the club face all the way through impact is easier when your arms are tension free and being moved by the shoulder turn, the rotation of the lower body and proper weight shift.
We usually hear lag discussed in conjunction with a driver swing, however lag is part of every full swing, and is a major contributor to club head speed. Hitting the ball harder, does not increase distance, hitting it with a seemingly effortless, balanced swing with maximum club head speed in the impact zone, and a square club face are what does it.
This is where the forearms rolling over comes in. Beginning at about waist high on the downswing and all the way to waist high on the follow through, the proper natural release of the club head will square the club face. The trailing forearm rolls all of the way over the leading forearm, when timed exactly right the club face squares exactly at the ball.
If you can find a very slow motion video of a tour players swing with an iron that shows the impact zone, you can actually see all of these things happen. The typical tour players actually adds up to 8 degrees loft to whatever club he is hitting so in effect a 7 iron becomes a 5 iron and so on. So how do the rest of us get there. Find a quality teaching pro to show you each part of a proper golf swing, and learn to perform it perfectly.
Jim Newell is a robust 66 year old retiree,a very zealous amateur golfer and serious student of this great game. Having at one time been a mid handicap player he is on a quest to improve his swing and re-gain some of the distance he once had. His website http://www.golfdriverswingkeys.com is dedicated to helping him do so, and helping other golfer's in their quest to increase their average golf club distances Latin American Festivals You Can't Miss Satisfactory Escort Services in Paris Modern Ways to Holidays Prepare for your Spring Clean Now Reasons to Choose A Customized Tour in Latin America Top Five Honeymoon Destinations In Latin America Must See Big Island One Day Tours AA Rout Planner: Grab The Best Information Concerning To Your Traveling Travel to thailand and visit chiang mai Why Spring Mold Removal & Basement Waterproofing is Needed in NJ, PA and DE How Will Growing Tourism Affect Playa del Carmen Condo Sales? Kanchanaburi travel guide and night-life guide in kanchanaburi thailand Time to see the Veterinarian Colorado Springs: When Shedding is More than Nuisance