by Steve Kirkpatrick | Oct 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
The amount of forearm rotation in your golf swing is more of a preference than a right and wrong. Players including Raymond Floyd and Nancy Lopez used a lot of forearm rotation in their swings. The swings of modern players including Tiger Woods, Scotty Scheffler and...
by Steve Kirkpatrick | Sep 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Whether a fade or draw is better is a question that has been debated for many years among golfers and instructors. While top amateurs and tour pros have the ability to curve the ball either way they generally rely on one preferred ball flight. There are...
by Steve Kirkpatrick | Sep 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
There are five impact factors that determine the direction, curvature and distance a golf ball travels. They are club face, club path, angle of attack, center face contact and clubhead speed. Obviously club head speed is important, but in my experience most players...
by Steve Kirkpatrick | Jul 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Forward shaft lean is important when hitting irons because it helps you strike the ball with a descending blow, compressing it against the turf – which is how irons are designed to be used. Forward shaft lean simply means your hands are ahead of the clubhead at...
by Steve Kirkpatrick | Feb 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Timing is a common word in the vocabulary of golf as it relates to coordinating all the movements that comprise the golf swing. You’ll often hear announcers during a golf tournament describing a player’s excellent timing when they are playing well, or that...
