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Stop Casting Your Golf Club

June 20, 2021

Stop Casting Your Golf Club

In this video, Titleist member Dave Phillips explores casting. This common fault gets its name from fishing and those who suffer from it release the club early, resembling an angler who snaps the tip of his fishing rod to launch the lure out onto open water.

If you’re casting the golf club, you’re losing speed and power, because you’re losing the angle between your wrists and the club shaft prematurely. In golf, when you lose your angles early, you dump all the stored energy you’ve generated in your backswing before you need it – at impact.

The key to curing a casting motion is learning to use your lower body properly. When you can separate the turning of your hips from the uncoiling of your upper body, you maintain lag and swing in an efficient sequence that allows you to lean the club shaft forward, de-loft the club face and deliver maximum force into the back of the golf ball.

Develop this skill as described by Dave and you’ll start hitting crisper, more powerful shots with a lot less effort.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The 40-Yard Bunker Shot

June 8, 2021

The 40-Yard Bunker Shot

There may be no tougher shot in golf than the long bunker shot, but as Titleist staff member James Sieckmann demonstrates in this video, there are two solutions. As James explains, on this shot it’s important not to get overactive with the legs and the core (the muscles that are important for power in full swing technique). On bunker shots, the legs need be stable and quiet, creating a solid base for the swing. This allows you to be very precise and consistent with the bottom of the swing and the point at which you contact the sand – a key to escaping bunkers effectively.

So how do you produce sufficient power for a longer bunker shot without using the big muscles of your legs and core? First, James’ preferred option is to use a lower lofted club like a 9-iron. Irons still have bounce when you open the face and when you apply the same force required for a 10-yard shot with a sand wedge, the 9-iron shot will fly 20-25 yards and release the remaining distance to the hole.

If you need to fly the ball farther than that, the degree of difficulty goes up significantly, but as James shows, using a bigger shoulder turn is the key. A bigger turn using a sand wedge provides more power to the shot without jeopardizing good contact with the sand.

There’s no way to ever make the long bunker shot easy, but if you put in some practice time with James’ techniques, you’ll see very acceptable results much more frequently.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fix Your Swing Path With THIS Drill

June 5, 2021

Fix Your Swing Path With THIS Drill

Understanding what’s causing you to come over the top will help you fix it. Work on this drill from Michael Breed!

Training your trail arm to come down underneath your lead arm will help you attack the ball properly and have you hitting nice high draws in no time!

 

 

 

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Aim and Alignment Routine

May 29, 2021

Aim and Alignment Routine

To aim properly, both your clubface and and your body need to be properly aligned to the target. As Titleist Staff Instructor Justin Parsons shares in the video above, the most efficient way of aligning your clubface is to use an intermediate target. Pick out something small, two to three feet in front if your ball and in dirt line with your target (a leaf, pebble, imperfection in the turf, etc.) Align the clubface square to that object and send the ball straight over it. Practice by putting a golf tee out in front of you when you practice and get used to flying your golf ball right over the tee.

To establish proper body alignment, become acquainted with your lead shoulder as you aim your clubface and address the ball. Get familiar with where your lead shoulder is positioned in space, relative to your target. As you glance from your ball up at your target, be aware of your lead shoulder in your peripheral vision. You’ll develop a sense of when your lead shoulder appears too far away from the target (open alignment) and when it’s too close (Closed alignment). Soon you’ll learn to use your lead shoulder to orientate and dial in your body alignment. And when your body alignment is correct, your swing direction, your club path all have a much better chance of being consistent.

 

 

 

 

 

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Fundamentals of the Golf Swing – Titleist Tips

May 5, 2021

Fundamentals of the Golf Swing – Titleist Tips

Since golf’s origins more than five-hundred years ago, golf club technology, engineering and the materials used to make clubs have all improved immeasurably. But as Titleist staff instructor Ben Blalock points out in this video, the basic design of the club has change very little.

The club is still essentially a stick with a handle on one end and a weight at the other. The weighted end (the club head) is attached to the stick (the club shaft) at the heel of the club, not the center.

This is important because it encourages the club head to rotate open and closed as it is swung. Knowing how to take advantage of this design feature (and not work against it) is a key to playing the game well. And as Ben shows, allowing the club to work with your body and do what it was designed to do is easier than you might think.

 

 

 

 

 

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Best Golf Balls For Slicing

November 10, 2020

Best Golf Balls For Slicing 

Here are the reviews of the Best Golf Balls for slicing. If you have recently invested in a new golf club and are still struggling to get a straight cutting shot, something is wrong.

1. Callaway Golf Supersoft Golf Balls

2. Wilson Sporting Goods Smart Core Golf Ball

3. Titleist Pro V1 Prior Generation Golf Balls

4. Bridgestone E6 Soft Golf Balls

5. Srixon Soft Men’s Golf Balls

 

 

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Best New Iron Sets of 2019 – Improving your Game Starts Here!

May 5, 2019

Best new irons of 2019 | Titleist, Taylormade, Ping, Srixon, Wilson, Bridgestone, Mizuno and Callaway! 

 

 

 

Titleist 718 AP3 Iron Set Right 4-PW True Temper AMT Black Steel S300

TaylorMade Golf 2018 P790 Men’s Iron Set

Wilson Staff Golf Men’s D7 Irons (Sold as Set)

Callaway Golf 2019 Apex Pro Irons Set

Mizuno JPX 919 Forged Golf Iron Set

Srixon Z 585 Golf Iron Set

PING G410 Black Dot Irons – (Steel)

Bridgestone Tour B JGR HF1 Iron Set 2019 Right 6-PW1, PW2 UST Reciol 680 Graphite Stiff

 

Irons have been changing as quickly as the drivers in recent years. The new technology and design have caused some shifts in the iron’s ability to give great distance and provide solid control.


These incremental changes to irons make them more powerful more reliable and certainly more forgivable.


If your looking to improve your golf game then start here. Go out and grab a new set of irons not only will you be hitting longer and straighter you’ll look great and feel great doing it.