My Golf Swing Guide

The Downswing

Here I will attempt to show you how to improve you Downswing. Always make sure the golf club is swinging on the arc is the first part of the downswing. If you can swing the golf club on the arc with maximum clubhead speed, in a controlled way, you will be on the right path and will head down the road of success with improving your golf game. The body compliments the arms swinging the club; it is not the opposite.

When you addressed the golf club, be sure to keep the correct grip in mind and place your right hand even or slightly under the left hand. This will assist in strength and precise follow through. As the golf club begins to swing back, the left hand is slightly on top of the right. At the top of the backswing, the left hand is on top of the right, and now the golf club begins to swing down and as the club approaches the golf ball the right hand will roll over the left near and at impact. From that moment on, the right hand will be on top of the left.

Clubhead Closing 2 Feet Before Impact

After Impact Right Arm Rolls

Over Left Arm

The roll, the slight changing position of the hands, I just mentioned, is referred to as the “release”. This is yet another golf word that has had a million words written about. The release takes place just before impact and will insure a clubface that is slightly closed.

Another topic that comes up in this part of the golf swing is “timing”. The timing aspect of the game is when the body works in concert with the arms and hands. When the left hip turns out of the way at the moment the right hand rolls the clubface closed at impact, this is what is referred to as perfect timing.

I understand that it is by far easier to talk about or write about timing the golf club correctly than it is to actually do. The easy way out is to instruct students to hit one million golf balls, and that ought to do it. One million golf shots divided by 50 years is twenty thousand golf shots a year. I can not say I have hit 20 thousand golf shots a year, I can say I have averaged 10 thousand and my timing is not always exactly how I would prefer.

On the flip side, if you are not swinging the golf club back and down on the correct path with the correct posture and aim, you can hit 2 million shots and your timing is NOT going to be in any different place than if you hit 200 shots a year.