Written by Chris Ryan, Founder of the HIT Golf Academy, based at Forest of Arden on Thursday 16 February 2023
Top coach Chris Ryan highlights the key moves in Rory McIlroy’s driver swing – and how you can groove them into your own action. Yes, we hear it too – our rather tactless inner monologue, which right now is saying something along the lines of “How on Earth can anything Rory McIlroy does be relevant to you?” He is, after all,...
Written by Piers Ward & Andy Proudman on Thursday 9 March 2023
Me and My Golf, aka Piers Ward and Andy Proudman, have helped millions of golfers improve their games with their simple, easy-to-implement advice. Here, they share their greatest driver tips to help you hit it longer and straighter off the tee. The more time we spend with the world’s best golfers, the more we are struck by how uncomplicated they...
Written by Rob McGarr on Thursday 2 March 2023
Golf coach and long drive specialist Lee Cox is the man the game’s biggest hitters turn to in the hunt for extra yards off the tee, and he’s yet to meet an amateur he can’t help it further… Every golfer wants to hit the ball further. Confidently striding past your playing partner’s tee shot, knowing your ball is 30 yards further,...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 3 October 2022
Three-time DP World Tour winner Ryan Fox is one of the biggest hitters on tour. Here the New Zealander shares four simple tips that could help you gain even more distance. The 35-year-old, who has averaged 315.44 yards during an outstanding 2022 season, says a stronger grip and his downswing sequencing play a key role in his impressive performance with the...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 12 November 2018
Lee Westwood: My 4 keys for longer, straighter golf drives Good driving has been the foundation of my game for as long as I can remember. A lot of people talk about the quality of my iron play and how many greens I hit in regulation, but you can only hit it close if you’re going in to greens from good...
Written by Rob Jerram on Monday 12 October 2020
BMW PGA Championship winner Tyrrell Hatton shares his four key swing positions to help club golfers get more power and accuracy with their driver. “I haven’t really changed my swing since I was about 17,” Tyrrell Hatton, the BMW PGA Championship and Arnold Palmer Invitation winner, tells Today’s Golfer. RELATED: WITB Tyrrell Hatton’s clubs reviewed and tested “I like to keep things simple so...
Monday 18 June 2018
Brooks Koepka and his coach Claude Harmon reveal the 2018 US Open and PGA Champion’s six swing keys for power Here, Koepka and his coach, Claude Harmon III, reveal the six swing keys that deliver the power which underpins his whole game. – This tip originally comes from our sister magazine Golf World. To subscribe, click here #1: SET UP STRONG Harmon says: “The...
Monday 20 February 2017
Learn how to hit long drives like World No.1 Dustin Johnson We asked the World No.1 and 2016 US Open champion to divulge the secrets behind his powerful drives, and he not only gave us insights in to his game but provided some great advice for amateurs everywhere…. Where does your power come from? Power is a product of leverage, speed, strength,...
Monday 14 May 2018
Play Smart: Staying out of big trouble off the tee Find the fairway from the tee is supposedly one of golf’s most important assignments; yet at the time of writing only one of the world’s top five golfers is in the PGA Tour’s top 100 for fairways hit. Justin Thomas, who just became the World No.1, is the lowest ranked of the World’s...
Tuesday 24 April 2018
With help from a long drive specialist, follow these 4 do’s and don’ts for generating power in your swing. TG Top 50 teacher Lee Cox reckons every golfer, regardless of size, age and handicap, can gain extra yards off the tee. He says: “These are the four big power leaks I see on the lesson tee every day. If you can eradicate...
Thursday 4 May 2017
“I may be known for hitting my 3-wood, but I do take out my big stick when I feel like I can really attack a hole and go for broke” – Henrik Stenson I would like to think I can keep up with the longest guys on Tour, yet lots of my power comes from things you can do, too –...
Thursday 8 March 2018
Sarah Jane Smith: ‘Crush it past your partners with my three driving power moves’ Let’s face it, nothing beats ripping a tee shot miles down the fairway. It’s even better if it flies past the drives of the guys in your group. If you want to out- hit your playing partners more often, you’ll need to add some serious power and stability...
Monday 29 January 2018
Explained by Jason Day: Why you should increase your hip speed through impact to get you more distance If you look at a lot of the world’s longest drivers these days, myself included, we all rotate our hips very fast in the downswing. Some people are born with natural speed but you can always work to improve whatever you have. I’ve done...
Monday 8 January 2018
Dustin Johnson: Create A Wide Swing Arc To Generate Maximum Swing Speed This tip originally comes from our sister magazine, Golf World The key to hitting the ball further is generating as much clubhead speed as you can at impact and transferring as much of that energy as possible into the ball. I swing the club at 121mph and launch the ball...
Written by Michael Catling on Friday 3 February 2017
Daryl Evans, European Tour manager at TaylorMade, makes his living out of fitting the likes of Martin Kaymer, Justin Rose and Dustin Johnson on tour. So who better to explain why it’s worth splashing out on a custom-fitting session… 1 Treat your clubs like your shoes I don’t know why anyone would start golf and not get custom fit. You don’t have...
Written by Michael Catling on Monday 6 February 2017
Sergio Garcia offers his four best driving tips to help you on the course Back in April, Sergio Garcia defeated Justin Rose in a play-off to claim his long awaited first major title at the Masters, becoming the third Spaniard to do so behind Seve Ballesteros and and Jose Maria Olazabal. During the Masters, Garcia was ranked 1st for fairways hit at...
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Four things your driver set-up needs to hit it long and true Fault: Short, offline tee shots Fix: Use set-up to promote a more powerful launch and a better strike A long drive needs dynamic movement, and that can only come from a balanced and ready set-up. A good set-up primes your body for action, alerting relevant muscle groups; it also pre-sets...
Monday 19 June 2017
Back in June, Koepka raced to a four-shot victory during the final day of the US Open at Erin Hills to win his first major title, and now we delve a little deeper in to the swing that helped him get there. Breaking it down in to how Koepka sets up for his power fade off the tee, we look at...
Wednesday 23 August 2017
Hitting the power fade: Why this shot can be as long as a nice draw For most golfers who slice the ball, a draw becomes something of a holy grail. This is often based around the notion that a slice saps distance, while a draw adds it. However, this isn’t necessarily true. A fade can go as far as a draw so...
Monday 4 September 2017
In this tip, Tour Professional Pablo Larazzabal teaches you how to shift your weight to hit pure shots with your woods A lot of amateurs shy away from using their fairway woods and long irons, or simply don’t hit them as well as they could. This leaves a big distance gap between the driver and the mid-irons and prevents you from...