Golf

I’ve been casually golfing since I was around 13 years old when my Uncle took me to the driving range for the first time. Since the, I’ve been chasing that perfect swing. In 2024, I played by first couple rounds.

Tips

Some tips that I found work for me on getting those pure hits:

Keep the club head perfectly in plane by almost emulating a half swing with your arms, with the rest of the movement coming from the torso
Remember to drive with your hips
Stand a little wider on drives than you usually do
Remember to rotate your hips (turning) instead of moving them laterally (I sometimes forget to do this, but its so important for good contact)
Swing such that you get a pec stretch on your left chest when you finish like the golf influencers
Keep your stance narrower than you’d think for your driver which makes you stand tall and make better contact with the ball
Driving
- Lie your club face flat
- Position yourself where your hands naturally fall and grip the club
- You want to push your elbows upwards almost like oyu are over-extending them to keep your arms straight
- Rotate your hips backwards loading them
- Drive down with your hips and follow through
Ethan says that you should be reaching out in front of you when you drive (45 degrees NE), then cocking your wrist and driving with your hips through the ball… I should try this out at some point
Keep your arms straight in your downswing, like really tense them!
Pull your club with your right forearm like your flexing your right forearm, it should feel like a spring when you load it up and release it down (eh this is a hit or a miss)
Pull your right shoulder blade back like you are doing a dumbbell row and pull the club into yourself and swing down, this creates great contact