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TONY FINAU
FIRE YOUR RIGHT
SHOULDER DOWN
THROUGH THE BALLE
ven if you’re really good at putting and chipping, you’re only
going to create opportunities to score well from getting the
ball in play and in the right part of the fairways. Everything
starts from the tee. When I’m driving it well, I’m very confident in my
scoring ability. It seems like my putting stroke even comes around
and I give myself a lot of good opportunities.
Two things will help you hit the ball long and in play. Firstly, you
absolutely have to swing in balance. The best players in the world
who hit it far are swinging in balance and within themselves. I’m not
trying to hit it far but my distance is the result of staying
balanced for that one moment at impact and creating
a good result.
Secondly, you have to be loaded at the top
for you to make an aggressive move at the
ball. A lot of guys talk about ‘finishing
your backswing’. I need to know I’m in
a place where I can comfortably
transition towards the ball by
making sure I feel the club
feels loaded. That’s how I
get the maximum
distance, with control.Stay with
the shot
You want your right
shoulder to be low
through impact but
you can’t get that if
you hit early with the
upper body at the
start of the
downswing, like
many amateurs do.DRILL
A great way to
sync your body up
in the downswing
and create a lot of
consistency is to
hit balls by
starting from the
top of your
backswing. Don’t
take the club away
from the ball, just
swing from a
static position at
the top. You’ll
figure out exactly
how your hips
have to move and
what you have to
fire from there.JASON
DAY
INCREASE YOUR HIP
ROTATION SPEED
THROUGH IMPACTI
f you look at a lot of the world’s longest
drivers these days, myself included, we all
rotate our hips very fast in the downswing.
Some people are born with natural speed but
you can always work to improve whatever you
have. I’ve done a lot of work in the gym to make
my legs stronger so I can rotate faster through
the hitting zone while maintaining complete
control and balance. There’s no point doing
something fast if you can’t control it.
I want no sway or lateral movement outside of
my knee line on the backswing. I make sure my
left hip kind of bumps towards the target a little
bit as I start down towards impact. Then as my
arms move past parallel I can rotate powerfully
from there with my right foot, right knee and right
hip all starting to push and transfer the energy
into the ball.
I like to feel very solid at impact. My hips have
almost fully cleared and my weight is into my front
foot. My arms and club shaft should be in a
straight line, which helps deliver more power and
hit the ball higher.4
DRIVING AVG
309.2 YDS
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306.2 YDS60 GOLF ASIAGOLFING
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