Create more power in the golf swing...
Ben Hogan did something in his setup, that gave him tremendous stored up energy in the backswing. It's something you can easily do, when you swing the golf club too. And what I'm about to share with you is a solution to a very common problem that I see a lot of amateurs doing in the backswing, which is this....
During the backswing, a lot of amateurs get too much weight onto the outside of the right foot and slide their right knee to the right. What Hogan did to prevent this from happening in the backswing was to kick in his right knee slightly towards the target at setup. Here is a picture of this...
When you do that, you need to keep your right knee in that same position all throughout the backswing and this will allow you to create some great torque in the backswing.
If you've been guilty of letting your weight go to the outside of your right foot in the backswing, it's not going to be that easy to change that. But here's a great way to help you do this. When you setup to a practice shot, place a golf ball under the outside of your right foot like this...
...then simply swing back and through.
By doing this, it will force you to keep the weight on the inside of your right foot in the backswing and you'll have a lot more stored up energy to release in the downswing, which naturally will give you longer drives.
Using the V1 coaching software in our studio, you will be able to see exactly what your right knee does in your golf swing.
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Callaway Fitting Day
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Noren amongst the world's best?
Sweden's Alex Noren began Sunday seven shots behind the overnight leaders, only to produce one of the very best final rounds the European Tour has ever seen to win the BMW PGA Championship by two shots.
In what was a display of magnificent ball-striking, Noren fired eight birdies and an eagle on the 18th to break the Wentworth West Course record and claim the European Tour's flagship event. This win - his 5th in the past 12 months - sees Noren now sitting 8th in the World Rankings, firmly established amongst the world's elite heading into the second major of the year in a few weeks' time.
But there was also another story which grabbed our attention from the week's play at Wentworth. Ernie Els chipped in for eagle from the rough at the par-5 12th only to proceed to call a two-shot penalty on himself for putting his ball back in the wrong position from a plugged lie. After his round Els explained that he had lifted and checked whether his ball was plugged before he hit his shot, and was uncomfortable with how the ball came out and wouldn't have been able to live with his actions had he not called a penalty on himself.
A brilliant display of honesty and sportsmanship from the 'Big Easy' when he could easily have picked his ball out of the hole and marched on to the next tee without saying a word.
View the best shots from the week here.