"My swing is too fast" may be the biggest misconception ever. Think about it. If you take a fast, lousy swing and slow it down, all you've got left is a slow, lousy swing. Most people swing too slow, not too fast.
Nobody ever swung a club too slowly.
A question I get asked a lot in pro-ams is how I'm able to swing the club as hard as I do. Honestly, I'm not swinging that hard. I'm using about 75 percent of my maximum effort.
I don't hit it as far as a lot of guys do, so I have to be in the right spot in the fairway to score, and that means driving it well. The two biggest keys for me are to make a good transition and to keep my hands ahead of the clubhead through impact. I want to feel as if my swing is two swings: one going back and another coming down.
I almost never hit a shot all out, and I make a conscious effort to swing my long clubs just as I do my wedges. Keep this in mind when hitting your fairway woods.
I've got a good game plan... keep things simple with my golf swing.
We've been trying to get my body and head moving toward the target on the downswing. I have a tendency to hang back and not release the club.
I think a firm grip helps you control the club and prevents it from turning in your hands. Another thing about feel is, if you make a change in your grip, it takes time for your brain to adapt.
Your longest drives will come when you feel you're swinging at 75 percent.
Make a conscious effort to loosen your hands and let your arms feel soft when you're at address. Take the club back a bit shorter, and feel as if you're cracking a whip on the way down - not tensing up to smash something hard.
I would say that my downswing mirrors the path of my backswing pretty closely.
I'm still learning about my swing more. I continue to learn, with the help of my hitting instructors.
There have been nights I've stayed up late thinking about, 'What's wrong with my swing? What do I need to fix?'
When I was getting overly 'droppy,' that's when I was hitting shots left and right. That's what we were doing, so maybe if my swing was a touch flatter, I wouldn't drop the club as much.
The golf swing is very, very rhythmic. There's a certain tempo to it, just like in music.
