Stop Spinning Your Hips! Do This Instead For PURE Contact

Golf instructors Rob Cheney and Jess Frank demonstrate how to eliminate early hip spin and back-foot sway using an alignment stick belt loop drill. By keeping the pelvis shifted forward and slightly closed at impact, golfers can control their low point, compress irons consistently, and create an inside-out path for longer draws with both irons and driver.

• Thread an alignment stick through your belt loops to visually gauge pelvic alignment and rotation.
• Avoid spinning your hips backward on the downswing, which moves your weight back and causes fat hits or slices.
• Slide hips laterally toward the target so your weight sits roughly 70/30 on the lead side at setup and impact.
• Keep hips closed relative to the target line through impact (P6) to force the club on an inside-out path.
• Apply the same lower-body forward-and-closed feel with the driver to hit higher, longer draw shots.

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