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TomTuckerGolf.com Golf Tips Newsletter Issue 535 - Wed. December 5th, 2018 Website Newsletters Archive |
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USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional
WGTF "Top 100" Teacher IGPA Certified Golf Psychology Coach |
Prepare to play your best golf by doing something now! Lesson Comments: What Students Have To Say Sponsors: Plum Creek Driving Range Batavia Country Club Chestnut Hill Country Club Click here: INDOOR GOLF LESSONS for details on how to improve your game over the winter. Plum Creek Driving Range, Batavia, NY, Open All Year Simulator Course Play Specials: BataviaGolf.com Call 585-993-0930 or Email Mark to reserve simulator time! Buy Gift Certificates for Lessons Sample Gift Certificate Golf lessons - Outdoor and Indoor - are available at Plum Creek. Please call me (Tom Tucker) at 716 474 3005, email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com, or visit my website at http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html for details. Subscribe - http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/signup.html If you like this newsletter, please do me a favor and forward it to your friends so that they may subscribe, thanks! The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this newsletter. Tom's Featured Tip: Alignment Guidelines For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective. I believe that most players take their body alignment pretty much for granted when they set up for a shot, especially for putting. Here are some guidelines for aligning your body for your personal stock swing and for putting, and why these guidelines are important. Your "personal stock swing" is a swing where you are hitting the ball with your natural swing speed, and not trying to apply any curvature to the ball flight that is out of the ordinary. I'm going to address an often neglected part of your setup first - your feet - then the rest of the body parts. Alignment - Foot Positions What happens as a direct result of foot position is often overlooked. Here are some foot placement options and reasons for positioning your feet for a specific result.
Your shoulders, hips, knees, and ankles should all be in line, parallel to your target line. When I'm at the range not giving lessons, I observe the people that are there hitting balls. The most prevalent flaw that I notice is having the shoulders open to the hips at address. An uneducated player will set up with open shoulders naturally because having their rear hand lower than their forward hand on their grip actually promotes opening the shoulders slightly. This causes all kinds of problems - especially an outside to inside swing path and all of the ball flight problems that go along with that such as big slices or dead pulls. Most players also set up with their shoulders open to their line when they are putting, and these players are destined to fight a miss that will be left of the cup most of the time. This is because their putting stroke wants to follow their shoulder line, which is aiming left of their target line. Having your rear hand on your putter grip lower than your forward hand promotes opening the shoulders even more so than in a full swing. Sometimes a player tinkers with other grips and switch to a left hand low grip and then the problem disappears. With that grip, the shoulders line up square or even slightly closed naturally, and the left miss goes away. The player thinks it's a blessing from the golf gods, but it's really just a matter of correcting the shoulder alignment. Constantly monitor your shoulders to keep them square with your hips, knees, and ankles. They can very easily gravitate to being open, even with high level players. PAY ATTENTION and play with shoulders that are square to your aimline for all of your swings - full, partial, and putting, and your game will take a giant leap forward. Comments: ttucker@rochester.rr.com Love your practice, own your swing, own your health, Tom Golf Lessons I conduct lessons at The Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility there's a link for Plum Creek info here: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/ Lessons are available for all ages and skill levels, please contact me - Tom Tucker - at (716) 474 3005 or email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com for more information. Outdoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html Indoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/indoor.html Testimonials: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/testimonials.html Sponsors Plum Creek Driving Range and Simulator Outdoor range and play indoor golf on any of our 40 Simulator Courses. Call 585-993-0930 or email Mark at plumcreek4@rochester.rr.com to reserve time for simulator play or practice! Batavia Country Club (585) 343-7600 www.bataviacc.com Great rates, the best greens in WNY. Golf Digest Four Star rating for public courses to play in New York State. Tee times online or by phone in season. Pre-pay for a 2019 membership now and your membership will apply to the rest of this year! FISH FRYS ARE BACK AT BCC and other dinner specials with soup and salad bar - starting Friday October 5th, 4pm - 9pm Chestnut Hill Country Club (585)-547-3613 www.chestnuthillgolf.com THE WESTERN NEW YORK LEADER IN GOLF OUTINGS! Only minutes from Buffalo, open to the public. Tee times online or by phone in season. All the best, Tom Tucker Teaching Pro, Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility WGTF ' "Top 100 Golf Teacher" USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional IGPA Certified Golf Psychology Coach Cell: (716) 474-3005 Email: ttucker@rochester.rr.com http://www.TomTuckerGolf.com "There are no substitutes in the quest for perfection!" ~ Ben Hogan |
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