Written by Adrian Fryer on Thursday 20 May 2010
The key to ripping your fairway woods off the deck is to impart a sweeping blow on the ball rather than a steep, descending angle of attack. In this golf video tip from Approach Zone Instructor Adrian Fryer, we show you a drill that help you achieve this in your swing. By striking balls off a high tee, you are automatically forced...
Written by Gareth Johnston on Friday 9 April 2010
When faced with a tight tee shot to a narrow fairway, the tendency among many amateur golfers is to try and guide their ball down the fairway. But swinging in this way often makes the action jerky through the ball, which reduces accuracy considerably. In this golf video tip from TG Elite Teaching Pro Gareth Johnston, you will learn how controlling the...
Written by Gareth Johnston on Wednesday 21 April 2010
As a part of our Zone Your Game: The Tee Zone series, TG Elite Teaching Professional Gareth Johnston shows you how to load your right side correctly in the backswing, adding yards to your drives! Feeling the weight on the right side in the backswing is paramount when generating power in the golf swing. But there is a right and a wrong...
Written by Gareth Johnston on Wednesday 21 April 2010
As part of our Zone Your Game series, TG Elite Teaching Professional Gareth Johnston explains how choosing the right gear or speed in your downswing depending on the amount of trouble your faced with wil help you hit those tight fairways. Imagine the task as a set of traffic lights. If the fairway is tight and trouble lurks everywhere – that’s...
Written by Nick Clemens on Wednesday 28 April 2010
One of the largest contributors to a powerful golf swing is the transference of weight. The problem is that there are many incorrect ways to do this, such as swaying, the reverse pivot and tilting, all of which cause ball striking and power-loss issues. A good thought to use when hitting the driver, as TG Elite Teaching Pro Nick Clemens explains,...
Written by Nick Clemens on Wednesday 28 April 2010
The more clubhead speed you can create in your swing, the further you will hit the ball! The key to clubhead speed, as TG Elite Teaching Pro Nick Clemens explains in this golf video tip, is a free hinging motion of the wrists. When the swing gets armsy, you rob yourself of clubhead speed and subsequently suffer from a lack of...
Written by Nick Clemens on Wednesday 28 April 2010
In the backswing, the body acts as a spring that winds up and then unwinds in the downswing to deliver power and clubhead speed to the ball at impact. But it’s important to understand how to coil your body correctly. In this golf video tip, TG Elite Teaching Pro Nick Clemens explains that keeping the lower half relatively quiet in the...
Written by Nick Clemens on Wednesday 28 April 2010
If you want to hit long drives, you need to strike the ball out of the middle of the clubface every time. A lot of amateurs, because of poor technique or flexibility, struggle to maintain the angles they create at set-up into impact. This makes it much harder to control delivering the clubhead back to the ball squarely and consistently. In this...
Written by Nick Clemens on Wednesday 28 April 2010
Creating width in the golf swing is crucial for generating power in the backswing. The more width you have, the more leverage and consequently distance you are able to form. In this top video tip from TG Elite Teaching Pro Nick Clemens, we show you how keeping the distance the hands are from the chest constant throughout the golf swing guarantees natural...
Written by Gareth Johnston on Thursday 29 April 2010
As a part of our Zone Your Game: The Tee Zone series, TG Elite Teaching Professional Gareth Johnston takes the instruction to next level in his quest to get you ripping your fairway woods off the tee in this golf video tip. The key to nailing this shot is a shallow angle of attack and a great way to do this...
Written by Gareth Johnston on Thursday 29 April 2010
As a part of our Zone Your Game: The Tee Zone series, TG Elite Teaching Professional Gareth Johnston helps you find the short stuff by making the fairway wood stinger your go-to shot! The key to getting the ball low and penetrating off the clubface is to reduce the dynamic loft through impact. You can do this by making sure your...
Written by Rob Watts on Thursday 4 March 2010
A common cause of the slice is when the body reverse pivots – where the weight shifts on to the left foot (for a right-hander) during the backswing and the upper body tilts towards the target. The weight then shifts the other way in the downswing, causing the club to come into the ball from across the target line. In this...
Written by Gareth Johnston on Thursday 25 March 2010
If you want to maximise the distances your golf swing can generate, you need to make sure you create the most amount of speed where it matters most – into impact. If you’re someone that struggles with a lack of power, especially with the driver, try the rope drill explained in this golf video tip by TG Elite Teaching Professional Gareth Johnston. A loss...
Written by Nick Price on Monday 9 March 2009
The former Open champion on how to be long and straight off the tee – every time. 1 Distance first, accuracy later Nick Faldo, Fred Couples, Greg Norman and others of my generation had a different outlook on hitting the driver than players do today. The threshold between power and control back then was so delicate. I couldn’t swing at more than...
Written by Adrian Fryer on Friday 30 March 2012
Striking fairway woods correctly from the turf requires a sweeping angle of attack where the swing arc levels at the point of impact. Many amateur golfers get too steep into the ball when using their fairway woods, which increases the likelihood of a poor strike. This simple drill from Adrian Fryer will help you achieve this feeling in your swing.
Written by Lee Westwood on Thursday 1 November 2012
Ahead of the WGC event at Mission Hills in China Lee Westwood spoke to TG columnist Andrew Cotter to share his tips on drawing and fading the golf ball from the tee. Watch the video below to see how you can learn from the world number four:...