Older Players: Trying to Hit It Straight Is Costing You 30 Yards
Craig Jones from Face First Golf explains why trying to hit straight golf shots causes senior players to lose up to 30 yards. Using a tennis racket analogy, Jones demonstrates how adjusting your setup to face-left and body-right with a strong grip promotes an inside swing path and proper face release for effortless distance.
Trying to hit shots straight often leads to cutting across the ball with an open face, causing weak glancing blows.
Draw inspiration from tennis topspin groundstrokes: swing from the inside and let the toe of the club whip past the heel.
Adopt a strong closed-face grip with the lead-hand 'V' pointing toward your trail shoulder to enable proper release.
Establish a face-left, body-right alignment bias at setup to naturally invite an inside-out club path.
Practice exaggerating both slice and draw shapes on purpose to master face and path delivery at impact.
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