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By Steve Atherton, PGA; Illustration by Phil Franke
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 If you want to increase your ballstriking ability, you need to
understand how to rotate your hips properly in the golf swing. Most
amateur golfers rotate their hips too far during the backswing, which
makes it difficult for them to get their hips to open up to the target
at impact, a key component of a successful swing.
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By Dr. T.J. Tomasi, PH. D.; PGA Photography by D2 Productions
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 Even good golfers with sound, grooved swings come untracked now and
then, especially if they lose the flex in the back leg trying for
distance. If you stiffen your back leg during the backswing, your body
will likely tilt out of balance, making it tough to re-flex the knee
just the right amount in time for impact. If you can play some great
golf, but consistency is your problem, it might be that you need a dose
of Special K. Here’s how it works.
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By Brady Riggs, PGA
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 Amateurs have problems hitting crisp iron shots due to two fatal flaws.
First, the takeaway tends to be too low to the ground, which delays the
proper hinging of the wrists until too late in the backswing. Second,
in a misguided effort to create power, the arms tend to swing too far
in the backswing. This causes a breakdown in posture and usually leads
to a reverse pivot. These flaws cause mis-hits and a lack of distance
and control.
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Augusta National places demands on the iron game more than any championship venue. Here’s what it takes from The Masters.
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By Brady Riggs, PGA, with Mike Chwasky, Instruction Photography by Warren Keating
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 We all watch The Masters on television every year and are all amazed at
the conditioning and beauty of the course as well as the incredible
difficulty of the greens. But for those of us, like myself, who have
actually visited Augusta National, the most amazing thing about the
course is the almost complete lack of flat lies or straightforward
shots available to tournament competitors. Instead, Augusta is filled
with sloping lies, tricky distances and false fronts, making it one of
the most challenging tests of iron play in the world.
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Improve your scoring by refreshing yourself with the must-know components of the iron swing
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By Ron and Michael Castillo, PGA; with Ryan M. Noll
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 We admit, blasting a huge drive is a ton of fun. Nothing beats
splitting the fairway with every ounce of swing speed you have,
watching the ball soar for what seems like miles in the air and basking
in the success of the result. But what’s a 300-yard drive if you can’t
hit the green on your second shot? Worthless!
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Use the alphabet to groove a solid, power-rich, accurate swing
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By Lana Ortega, LPGA; Photography by William Swartz
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 Good days and not-so-good days on the course are part of golf, creating
the personal challenge avid players crave. For most golfers, good
rounds are those defined by solid ballstriking with ideal direction,
distance and trajectory. It’s these special red-letter days—the days
when golf seems effortless—that every golfer wants more often.
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By Eddie Lee, PGA; Photography by Warren Keating
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 If you’re planning a golf vacation this winter, be prepared to face a
course element common to most tracks in Hawaii, Arizona and Florida:
Bermuda grass. If you’re not accustomed to playing on this type of
turf, you may be surprised at how it can affect your game, both on the
fairway and the putting surface.
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By Karen Palacios-Jansen, Photography by Sam Greenwood
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 All good players have one position in the golf swing that’s similar
despite their very different-looking swings. This position is impact.
Good players retain their wrist-cock through the hitting area so that
their left wrist is bowed and the right wrist is flexed (for
right-handed golfers), and both hands are slightly in front of the golf
ball at the strike.
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Generate a more productive swing by correctly moving the right elbow
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By Joe Thiel, Photography by Warren Keating
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 Contrary to popular belief, the arms and elbows, from address to the
top of the backswing, travel only a short distance. This is a reality
few recreational players grasp. Most choose to believe that the arms
and elbows travel a very great distance, and this is what provides
power in the golf swing. These golfers are drastically misinformed.
Power isn’t generated by swinging the arms and elbows out and away from
your body. In fact, just the opposite is true. Read on to learn why and
how to develop a more compact, more efficient and more productive swing.
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By Karen Palacios-Jansen, Photography by Sam Greenwood
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 Professional and low-handicap golfers consider the swing plane to be
one of the most important concepts in golf. Swing plane directly
relates to how straight, high and far one can hit the ball. At the same
time, swing plane is one of the most intimidating terms for
high-handicappers, simply because they’re not sure what a swing plane
is, let alone what a good one looks like.
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