Live to Play Better Golf

Swing Plane Improvement

Willow — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:40:00 +0000

Student Brian Head works on his swing plane. He has been hitting the ball very inconsistently lately and his shots can go a long way left OR right.

Brian Head Swing Plane

BEFORE SWING

Steep at the top
Outside Plane on the downswing
Outside to inside club head path through impact
Clubface not rotating enough
Left elbow not rotating into follow through

We observe his before swing as very steep at the top and then outside the plane on the downswing. This caused his club head path to be from outside to inside and relied on him to time his club face direction perfectly through impact to hit the ball somewhere straight. When he didn’t time his club face direction the results were quite erratic.

THE SOLUTION

To improve his swing, he made a few baseball swings while standing up straight. This helped him feel like he was flattening out his swing while rotating the club face more on the backswing and follow through. The results were quite dramatic in how he felt, how the swing looked and more importantly how the ball flew.

AFTER SWING

Turned Shoulder Plane at top
Clubhead On Plane on the downswing
Slightly inside to out clubhead path
Perfect clubface rotation onto shaft plane
Left elbow rotating into follow through

The after swing is now on a turned shoulder plane (hands inline with trailing shoulder) at the top of the swing and not way above it. The downswing sees the clubhead coming from inside the ball and not outside the ball. The follow through sees the left elbow rotating more and not sticking out.

His shots started going much more consistently straighter with the ball dispersion improving. The ball was finishing only 5m – 10m left or right of the target and not 20m – 30m with the improvements.

HERE is why the clubhead needs to come from the inside of the ball into impact.

Kindest Regards

David Williams
AAA Rated – PGA Teaching Professional
Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Links
Upper Beaconsfield, Melbourne, Australia

David is also a Master Instructor with the Medicus Golf Institute

Professional Golf Lessons in Melbourne

Improved Chipping in One Easy Lesson

Willow — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:48:41 +0000

Today I had Puji and Dinushi for their first lesson with me at Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Links.

Both players have great swings but are not achieving good impact alignments. Introducing better impact alignments in chipping first is a great way to monitor success before progressing to a full swing.

Dinushi Chipping Before and After

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Puji Chipping Before and After

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Both Dinushi and Puji achieved an awesome result with better compression and faster ball speed off the club face. Their homework now is to ensure their new technique becomes more automatic and to learn to control their distance through The Landing Zone Chipping Drill.

Puji lives in an apartment with no room outdoors to practice his chipping. Here is a photo he sent through. He set up an area in his hallway to practice his landing zone drill. He landed 21 out of 30 on the towel with his first attempt with his new technique. Great result!!!

Indoor Chipping Practice Setup

Kindest Regards

David Williams
AAA Rated – PGA Teaching Professional
Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Links
Upper Beaconsfield, Melbourne, Australia

David is also a Master Instructor with the Medicus Golf Institute

Professional Golf Lessons in Melbourne

Chipping Drills

Willow — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:52:54 +0000

Here is the latest edition of Inside Golf with my latest article on how you can improve your chipping.

Open publication – Free publishing – More gear

Kindest Regards

David Williams
AAA Rated – PGA Teaching Professional
Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Links
Upper Beaconsfield, Melbourne, Australia

David is also a Master Instructor with the Medicus Golf Institute

Professional Golf Lessons in Melbourne

On Course Golf TV Commercial

Willow — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:59:45 +0000

On Course Golf have just produced their new TV Commercial for play during and after the US Masters starting on Thursday 5th April at Augusta National. They recently visited Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Links to film their latest commercial series. On Course Golf has recently signed Australian Touring Professional, Craig Parry as brand ambassador.

Craig Parry visits Willow

See the new TV Commercial below starring Willow with Craig Parry in a supporting role.

Kindest Regards

David Williams
AAA Rated – PGA Teaching Professional
Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Links
Upper Beaconsfield, Melbourne, Australia

David is also a Master Instructor with the Medicus Golf Institute

Professional Golf Lessons in Melbourne

Distance Control Drill for Putting

Willow — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:29:48 +0000

Having good distance control is vital for consistent putting. When a golfer hits a bad putt that finishes more than a metre from the hole, the majority of the time it will be caused by the distance the ball travels and not the direction. When faced with a breaking putt, distance control becomes even more crucial as it will affect how much the putt breaks as well.

The Ladder Drill will help you to gain a good feel for distance which will help you get your longer putts closer to the hole.

THE LADDER DRILL

Set up 2 tees or coins on the green roughly 2 putter lengths apart.
Start from 2 putter lengths away
Get 5 golf balls in a row to finish in between the 2 tees
The trick is to make each putt finish a little further than the last and still in between the tees.

Putting Ladder Drill

Once you can get 5 putts to finish progressively further in the target area then move back another putter length. If a ball finishes outside the target area or out of sequence then start over.

You can set yourself a distance goal or time frame to complete a certain goal. You can also practice this in a carpeted hallway at home or in the office.

Kindest Regards

David Williams
AAA Rated – PGA Teaching Professional
Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Links
Upper Beaconsfield, Melbourne, Australia

David is also a Master Instructor with the Medicus Golf Institute

Professional Golf Lessons in Melbourne