PUTTING

1. Start on straight away hole, no more than ten feet. [Use putting device]
2. Simple grip.
3. Posture - triangle shape.
4. Eyes over ball / ball middle of stance.
5. Hands close to body.
6. Use a two count.
        a. back stop
        b. forward stop
7. Putter head kept low.
8. Strike center of club.

 Let students FEEL putting with hand to promote putter head to target - back of left hand on line at impact.
[If, they don't do it right first time, let them do it again] -


FORWARD SWING MOTION AND FOLLOW THROUGH
SWING THE CLUB, STRIKE THE BALL

1. Review stance, posture, grip, alignment, balance.
2. Review following exercise.
    Club on chest hands on both end club rotate body.
    Club behind arms. [Feel weight on back foot.]
    Club back shoulder hand on grip and club face rotate body- hold each position back and through
3. Review one piece take-away.
4. Introduce new drill.
    Half swing left arm / Right arm by side
5. Rotary motion gravity swing.
    Top of back swing motion.
    Weight shift to left side
    Plant left heel, left hip will turn out and away clearing path for the release (This will happen automatically with a good backswing).
    Extend through ball to finish.
    Swing club to position behind head on follow-through (Same as backswing)
    Finish facing target up on right toe.



Tips by Professionals

TIP #1: THE SLICE BUSTER: STRENGTHEN YOUR GRIP!
Let me tell you something, I hardly ever, ever see an amateur stand up on the tee and draw the ball; too many of them fight slice. When you slice, you lose so much distance because its half-hit shot; it's a glancing blow. So let's do something to fix than slice. Most of the amateurs I play with grip the club far too weekly, with both of their hands turned too far to the right on the club. Starting with the left hand I want the golfer to look down at their hand on the club at address and see two knuckles of the left hand. This is very important. Now your hand has got to be parallel to the left! Not way over the top of the club turned to the right. In other words, the line formed between the index finger and thumb of both hands has got to point to the right shoulder. Tip: Take a magic marker and put black marks over the two knuckles on your glove so that when you address the ball, you can see those two knuckles. Now you have a great visual reference point to
check your grip. Make sure you see those two knuckles of the left hand, place your right hand on the club in the parallel position, so than both line's between your thumb and forefinger point to your right shoulder and you'll be on your way to a better grip and better game.
 

TIP #2: THE QUIET TAKEAWAY
"Interference" with the clubhead on the backswing is poison! When I play in Pro Ams, I see the average golfer doing all kinds of things with the clubhead at the start of the swing. I see him put it inside too quickly. I see him lift it up abruptly. I see the clubface roll open, shut closed and every bad combination of interference you can image. It's poison, I tell you! At address, with the clubhead obviously still, you should be two feet back from the ball. If you interfere with the clubhead at the start of the back swing, you fail to keep your club on line during the crucial start of the swing. Three men who kept their clubs remarkably quiet and on line, who did not interfere with it at all, were Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus. Now as far as tempo, or speed of swing, is concerned, not everybody is the same. Arnold Palmer's tempo is fast, Hogan was fast, Lanny Wadkins is fast, Snead was slow. Littler's tempo is slow. I'd say my tempo is average. A player's tempo is an individual thing, like a finger print. The main thing is to feel that the clubhead doesn't move from its address stillness as you start the swing. Do it fast or slow or average, according to your natural tempo, but don't interfere with that clubhead and cleanse your swing of that lethal poison.


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