The Simple Weight Shift Move Most Golfers Get Wrong!

Rob Cheney explains why golfers should avoid shifting their weight to the trail side during the backswing. Using 3D video data and PGA Tour averages, Cheney demonstrates how keeping weight forward and shifting pelvis sway toward the target leads to consistent ball-first contact and maximum compression.

• Keep weight centered or slightly forward at setup and maintain it on the lead side throughout the backswing.
• Understand that pressure shifts to the trail side naturally due to club mass, requiring no intentional body sway.
• PGA Tour players move their pelvis forward toward the target during both the backswing and downswing.
• Aggressive forward pelvic motion in the downswing guarantees low-point control and ball-first, turf-second contact.

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