When I look at photographs of Tour players at impact and a moment just after impact, I am stuck with the beautiful straight line look of the left arm all the way down from the left shoulder to the … ...

It’s what we call a common swing fault whereby your hips thrust towards (or move closer) to the ball on the downswing. And that’s a problem. Early extension is any movement of your hips toward ...

Golf Digest Logo Pros nail this trail-arm position. How to copy it for a better backswing . Golf Digest Logo ‘One-piece takeaway’ is wrong. ... Early extension is a swing killer.

You're on the range, watching the guy two stalls over casually stripe ball after ball down the center while barely breaking a ...

Watch any old footage of Jack Nicklaus or Tom Watson getting ready to hit a tee shot and you'll notice something: they look ...

To work on your trail-side move, grab a mid-iron make right arm-only golf swings like I’m doing below. You don’t need to hit a ball for this drill, but you can if you’d like to. RELATED ...

Here's one of the many things about the golf swing he was way ahead on. Advertisement. ... "If the left arm is not taught, its extension is indefinite, and the swing may go anywhere.

Yes, it's true that golf is quite literally a stick-and-ball sport, but in many ways that's not the best way to think about it. Ask top coaches, and they'll say the golf swing is most similar to a ...