Golf Tip: Start Of The Downswing; Hank Haney

The first move down should be a transfer of your weight to your front leg from the ground up as the lower body leads the upper body Hank Haney: Listed as one of Golf Magazine's Top 100 Teachers Golf Digest's #4 instructor in the world; Instructor to PGA Tour Professionals Tiger Woods and Mark O'Meara; 1993 PGA of America Teacher of the Year

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[tagteamchamp81]

yeah, totally ruined Tiger's swing while he was winning 6 majors and over 50% of his starts....finishing in the top 10 80%+ of the time....imagine how good he would have been had his swing not been "ruined"

[KYIRISH1]

After close to 50 years of teaching golf as a PGA professional I'm confident of one thing: there are a lot of ways to swing at the golf ball. If you don't believe me look at the varied golf swings of players in the Hall of Fame. Here's hoping you find something that works for you, have confidence in it, and practice it religiously. And when you think "I've got it!", remember that you've only borrowed "it" for awhile.

[KYIRISH1]

@watertonrivers As I mentioned, there are many ways to do it. And give yourself some credit, I doubt if you are an idiot. To borrow a line from Shivas Irons, one of the greatest golf gurus of all time, remember we're just "all kites flying up in the wind".

[watertonrivers]

@jamer8 Please forget Hank Haney, he will screw your swing up!! Many instructors think they have the keys but most can't even tie their own fricking shoe laces!! My suggestion is learn the basics(fundamentals) and leave the idiot coaches in the dust!!!

[watertonrivers]

@KYIRISH1 Sir, actually if you have been teaching that fricking long, any idiot knows you don't swing (AT) the golf ball, you swing through the ball...END OF FUCKING STORY!!!

[watertonrivers]

@tagteamchamp81 I agree, Haney royally fucked up Tiger's swing...I have been playing this game since I was age 10(now 58) and the one thing you don't want to teach someone is the disconnect between arms, hands and hips on the downswing...that thought will destroy tempo!!!

[jamer8]

I definitely suck but love the game. Hank is great!

[mikemendoza1969]

Easier said than done.

[lamejorliga]

just hit the dam ball!!

[KYIRISH1]

Very true senorchipotle. The impact zone is the same. The back and forward swings, along with the follow thru are what really screw us mere mortals up.

[senorchipotle]

@KYIRISH1 ... there may be a lot of ways to swing a club, but impact position is all the same. so technically, there is only one way to hit the ball efficiently.