Load Up Your Backswing

Tiger loads up his right side during his backswing.

You want to load up around your back side on the backswing without sliding off the ball. This means that your shoulders should be turning more than your hips. The key point is that it is a rotation around your right side, not a horizontal slide. The more loaded your backswing is, the more power you will be able to generate swinging into the ball.

Here's a good drill to help you achieve a loaded backswing.

Full article on page 401 ►

Drinking coffee is not the way to start a round of golf. Golf and Caffeine Don’t Mix

There are countless things that you can put in your body to worsen your golf game.

Tiger knows how to stay in the moment down the stretch. Stay in the Present

Just like your golf swing, your ability to stay in the present is something that must be practiced to improve upon.

The initial ball flight direction is determined mainly by the clubface. Physics of Golf Ball Flight: Direction and Spin

I am never ready to accept conventional wisdom without a great deal of scrutiny - this time, conventional wisdom was wrong.

LatestNews Latest Golf News

GreenInitiative Support the Green Initiative

Conventional Putting Grip: The Left Hand

In a conventional putting grip, the left hand can be put on the club two different ways.

In a conventional putting grip, the left hand can be put on the club two different ways.

Read More ►

Golf Towels

If you don’t have at least three golf towels in your arsenal, you don’t have enough golf towels.

Tiger and Steve carry an arsenal of towels.

Read More ►