Underdog Golf Blog

I have always felt like I had pretty good balance. That is until I started seeing my golf swing in slow motion on video with a little red line drawn around my head.

It turns out I, like many other beginner golfers “wave my hair back and forth” during my full golf swing. Admittedly it has gotten much better. My head used to go down during my backswing and then back up in my downswing leaving tons of room for inconsistency. I’ve worked hard and learned to keep my balance and stay more upright in the backswing but that led to my head going down just a tad in my downswing.

This is what I’m working on now and it feels like a whole different golf swing. It doesn’t feel weird, just good. Being so tall I think I got it in my head that I wouldn’t hit the ball if I didn’t “get down” but this is far from the case.

I also discovered that my weight has been sitting forward on my toes and this contributes to the dropping down just to maintain my balance. Wednesday during my golf lesson I took every thought out of my head except keep your weight back (which for me was distributed evenly) and the shots started to take a new ball flight. For the first time I was naturally hitting a slight draw.
This will be what I focus on most over the next couple of weeks along with getting more forward shaft lean at contact.

This is a short post as I’m traveling back east for the holidays and as I write this I’m running around making sure I don’t forget something important as I normally do.

It’s looking like the weather in Richmond, VA where I’ll be is going to be decent next Thursday so I’m going to attempt to get out on the course with my brother and uncle for a round of true winter golf.
I hope everyone has a happy holiday whatever holiday that may be you celebrate.