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[GOLF LESSON]

Eliminate the Left Side of the Course

코스 왼쪽을 버려라

’ve spent quite a few recent lessons working with at impact. There are great players whose clubface rotates
Iplayers who start their shots right of their intended open dramatically throughout the swing, and there are
target line. The ball either explodes left (and often bends players whose clubface is closed to the target line at the
even more left), or is hit weakly as the hands adjust and top of the swing. The key is that the clubface is square at
try to correct the swing and “fade” or “slice” the ball impact. Don’t take a swing any bigger than one you can
back toward the intended target. Both are disastrous take and still square the face. One of my teachers would
outcomes: pull hooks long and left or weak fades short hit his driver during warm-up with tiny swings, one after
and right. Worse, I believe that these shots cause players the other, building the length of the swing until he started
to compound their errors by swinging less aggressively, noting the face not staying square. And that length of
lining up incorrectly, and creating unnecessary anxiety swing became what he took to the course. He didn’t try
that leads to poor performance. to swing harder or bigger. He found the maximum length
swing he could make and still square the clubface. I highly
Here are a few thoughts to help you transition to an recommend practicing and warming up in the same
aggressive swing that eliminates the left side of the manner. The clubface’s importance cannot be overstated,
course. and to keep the ball on the fairway and away from the
left side of the course, it must be aimed at the target, and
The most critical element for any shot is how square the away from the left side of the fairway.
clubface is to the target. Eliminating the left side of the
target requires that the clubface be square to the target The second and third leading challenges I see that

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