Deer Creek Golf Club

Improvement league 2008

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Deer Creek Golf Club

Improvement league 2008

August 4, 2008

4 - 5 pm

FREE Full Swing Clinic

Hello everyone and thanks for looking at this page prior to the clinic on August 4, 2008. 

I am going to put some materials on this page that we hope will help you with your full swing. 

The major theme of the clinic will be "PGA" which in this case stands for:

POSTURE   GRIP    ALIGNMENT

If you don't start with a good fundamental Posture, Grip and Alignment it is very difficult to make consistently good golf swings. 

 

POSTURE

 There are  5  basic steps in creating good golf posture:

1. Weight is evenly distributed on the balls of the feet not too much towards the toes or the heels.

 

2. Bend from the waist, allowing the spine to remain relatively straight.

 

3. Do not touch your chin to your chest; doing so will not allow a proper  turn  during  the swing and coincidentally cause the spine to curve too much.

 

4. Slightly flex your knees. The knees should be flexed at a point so that if you plumb-bobbed a club down from the knee-cap, it would rest over the center of your foot.

 

5. Let your arms hang naturally straight down. This will place the butt-end of the handle about a fist away from the body allowing you to easily and freely swing your arms back and through. 

         

The link below will lead you to some video that will explain how to get into a relatively good posture:

YouTube - Golf Instruction - Posture

 

GRIP

You only hold onto the golf club with your hands so the proper grip is a must.

There are three generally accepted grips:  10 fingered, overlapping and interlocking.

 

The ABC’s of The Grip:


 [Figure A]

 

The Ten Finger Grip: Both hands should be close together working as a unit. When using this grip, make sure you do not have a gap of any kind between hands, causing a lack of swinging sensation and too much leverage in the swing. Remember to work the hands together as one unit. Kids tend to use this grip due to the lack of strength in their hands when they first start playing golf. It can be referred to as the baseball grip because of its similarities to a baseball-batting grip. [Figure A]

 [Figure B]

 

The Interlocking Grip: The pinkie finger on your right hand along with the index finger on your left hand "criss-cross" one another in an interlocking fashion. This grip helps keep your hands together yet also gives a tendency to use the palm of the right hand a bit too much, Be aware of this. Beginning golfers favor this grip. [Figure B]

 [Figure C]

 

The Overlapping Grip: The right pinkie finger in the gap between the left index and middle finger on the left hand. This grip creates another way to keep your hands close together working as one unit. The majority of professional golfers use this grip. [Figure C]

Think About It:

  1. Make sure your grip is not so tight it will not allow movement in the wrist.
  2. The grip is more in the fingers than in the palms.
  3. When first learning golf, try a neutral grip.

YouTube - Golf Instruction - The Grip

 

 

ALIGNMENT

Alignment is "aiming" the body and the club.  Below is a picture of a golfer with clubs on the ground to aid in alignment. 

Whenever practicing you should always work on alignment.

 

YouTube - Golf Instruction - Aiming

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