I always get confused since I live near John Daly Blvd., in Daly City. It’s like John Daly has a city named after him….NOT!
Well, it’s good I still live in San Francisco but very close to the infamouse John Daly Blvd….
Check John Daly’s site for his cool swings!
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Wow, check out Steve Elkington’s stack and tilt swing. It seems like this is what some of the pros have been doing after all along… This helps you to actually transfer your weight before starting your downswing, something Ben Hogan used to do…
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Check out Aaron Baddeley’s new Stack and Tilt swing. (I know, I’ve haven’t been watching TV nor read GolfDigest lately…)
we call it the Stack & Tilt Swing. Keeping your weight on your front foot is the simplest way to control where the club hits the ground, which is the first fundamental of hitting the ball. Golfers who shift to the right on the backswing have to make precisely the same shift back to the left by impact. That complicated maneuver is the biggest source of frustration in the game today.
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I agree with getting “stacked” onto the ball but you shouldn’t have to do it un-naturally…
Anyways, the drills shown in this vid might help you, but I think it’s too confusing…honestly…
“Just grip and whack the ball” – Junger Woods
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It’s a nice little knockdown, my swing looks horrible by the way… but a great little tool for those pressure situations.
A knock-down-shot is basically a slightly shorter backswing and shorter follow-through for distance and arc control.
Arc is the arc of the golf ball. Basically, a knock-down-shot is a knock down because the arc will be much lower than a regular full shot.
But if you can hit this shot well, it’s really easy to hit all the time…
Anyone up for $100 a hole?
Here’s my 3 Wood swing. I can hit it about 250yards in the air with my 3+ wood. But take a look at the finish. The lower body is nice and straight. The upper body can be a little tilted but the main thing is that I am in balance.
Today’s Tip: Try to make every one of your shots finish in perfect balance. I promise your next round will compose of much much better shots just because you tried keep in balance. This also automatically helps you not to try to hit the ball too hard.
Just don’t do this:
As you can see, the follow-through shown here is not too on-plane, but not too bad. (for playing golf for the first time in couple months…)
Anyways, the ideal follow-through is the one that will meet that yellow line. (or the plane)
This swing is actually going slightly outside-in, which was how I was hitting the ball today.
Anyways, hopefully I should be able to get my golf game together over the next couple days and get you a perfect plane shot…
In the meanwhile, you can try to “hit the right field” if you are experiencing lots of slices. For hookers? I don’t know, just stop being a hooker! :p
This is not an accident that I have an unlit cigarette while hitting a golf ball. It’s actually a training tool. You don’t have use a cigarette, you can also use pens, anything that’s about 3-5 inches.
What I’ve found that the cigarette does for me when I swing with it is that:
1. Keeps me in balance. If I try to swing to hard, I will bite the cigarette with my tooth and I won’t be able to smoke it after my practice.
2. Keeps your shoulders relaxed. If your shoulders are tense, you will hit the cigarette with your shoulders on the backswing.
3. Keeps your head up for balance…. balance …. balance is everything in golf and life…
If you think I am wrong, look in the history of golf and look at Ben Hogan. If you find a Ben Hogan’s swing without a cigarette, let me know and I will send you five dollars!
(Could be that because Ben Hogan was a chronic smoker, he’s golf swing HAD to be in BALANCE!?!)
Here’s an example of going outside my plane. As discussed in the previous post about Tiger’s plane, it seems here that I am on my way to hitting the ball with a 50 yard slice here. This is what NOT to do…
As mentioned in the previous post, you need to first have both of your hands opposing each other like shown in the picture above. (kinda like a prayer…)
Then, simply just grip the club without twisting or unnecessary actions.
WARNING: This grip is good for people with neutral golf swing, a natural golf swing. If you are a chronic hooker, this might help you, if you are a chrnonic slicer, don’t even try it dude.
Leave a comment if you like my grip. 
