Bobby Eldridge Golf

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Bobby Eldridge
Founder of Golf Swing Instruction

The best kept secret in golf is to make sure you aim your golf club first then your body.  This game is tough enough without making it more difficult by aiming your body first.  Let me explain what happens when you aim your body first.

When you walk up to the golf ball and plant your feet in the ground and aim them AT the target, along with your knees, hips and shoulders, from the get-go, you are in big trouble.  Everything would be OK, except, you have to place the club behind the ball.  When you sole the clubhead it is going to be aimed MILES to the right of the target.

Now let me tell you what is has to happen from here.  You will have to compensate in order to get the golf ball to fly towards your target.  You will have to hook or pull it back on target.  That my friend is one tough way to play golf.  Don’t get me wrong, it can be done that way but it is very difficult.

Now I am going to tell you an easier way to play golf.  When you walk up to the golf ball you should sole the club first, aiming it at your target. 

Once you have done that you can begin to grip the club.

As you grip the club you can walk into the shot with your right foot behind you and then swing your left foot around so it is parallel to where you want the ball to start.

Once you have placed your feet parallel to the intended target line then your knees, hips and shoulders will follow.

From this position you look down the target line and “See” the target instead of turning your head back to the left to see it.  From this position you NEVER have to compensate during the golf swing.  You can make a full turn in the backswing and smash it from there. 

SO, repeat after me…golf club first then your body when you address the golf ball and not…body first, then golf club.

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Written By
Bobby Eldridge
Founder of Golf Swing Fixes

If you want to add 15 more yards to your tee shot-in three months, do what I did.  I have a confession to make.  Less than 24 months ago, my great friend Harvey Mackay asked me if I wanted to play 18 holes the following week.  I had cut way back on my golf both playing and practicing for the past couple of years and I was not looking forward to this round of golf.

By the time I reached the 12 hole he (74 year old) Harvey had outdriven me four times.  Harvey was playing to a 9 at the time and he is a great driver of the golf ball.  I should say straight driver of the golf ball with an average of 225 yards.  If I hit it well I was maybe 15 yards past him.  However if I missed the tee shot a tiny bit, I was hitting first onto the green.

When I walked up to the 13th tee, I remember it as thou it was yesterday, I decided that I was going to do something about my golf game.  The first thing I needed to do was start practicing and the second thing was to CATCH UP with the game.  It was passing me by.  The game was changing (getting longer) and I was stuck in neutral.

The next moring I ordered a Momentus Heavy Hittable Driver off of the internet with overnight delievery.  I could hardly pick it up.  I took it to the range, swung it five times and almost feel over.  That is when I decided that I needed to come up with a routine so I could take advantage of my new club.

I decided that I was going to swing the club 25 times, three days a week whether I was at the golf course or not.  In the backyard I went every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  Once I started using it at the practice facility I then came up with another way to use it.  During practice sessions I swung it three times for every six balls I hit.  I like to hit three draws, three fades, three straight shots and then three swings with the heavy driver.

On days that I play, I have another routine that I have used for years.  I hit three shots with every club in my bag.  Now my routine includes swinging the heavy driver one time every time I change clubs.

OK, I know you are dying to hear the results.  The only reason I am not going to tell you how much further I am hitting the ball is that everybody is different.  The one thing I will tell you is that I am back.  I have caught up with the sport and…well ok, I am at least 20 yards further off of the tee and 1.5 clubs longer with my irons.  BUT, I have been VERY committed to this process.  I have not missed a day in two years.

VERY IMPORTANT REMINDERS:

#1.  Warm up before you pick up a heavy driver and start swinging it

#2.  Even thou it says it is a HITTABLE club, make 200 practice swings with it before you start hitting balls.  You have to get use to it first.

#3.  This is NOT an overnight fix for short tee shots.  Stay committed to see results.

#4.  I added 15 yards in the first three months, I kept going so I can keep what I have!!!

#5.  Harvey Mackay (USE YOUR HEAD TO GET YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR) is a genius at dishing out great business advice.  I took advantage of his lesson to me.

Start using a HITTABLE HEAVY DRIVER today and you will add 15 more yards to your tee shot-in three months, like me.

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I’m working with a golf student giving him a lesson on golf swing alignment.

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Written By
Bobby Eldridge
Founder of Online Golf Instruction

One of these days I am going to send out a survey to all golfers and it’s going to ask one question, “What starts the downswing?”

You can not believe some of the answers I have heard over the past 30 years.  Today I will tell you my answer and then I will tell you why I believe it to be.  The first thing you have to remember is that before you finish your back swing the golf club is already beginning to swing back towards the ball.  That is a fact.  I have a camera that takes 1000 fps and I have seen it on new golfers and Tour Professionals.  It is really cool.

Let’s put that fact aside and talk about the question as it relates to our swing thoughts.  No matter who you ask they will give you an answer.  The answer might start with the feet, ankles, hips and work it’s way up to the shoulders or chest.

You either believe that it is the upper body and arms or the lower body, the hips, knees, legs, ankles or feet.  Somewhere in the back of your mind you believe one or the other.  Upper body or lower body.

My take on it is a little different.  It has everything to do with your own golf swing.  If you are someone that hits a large number of pulls and hooks, you are going to have to move the bottom half of your body first.  If you hook or pull the golf ball the golf club is arriving at the bottom of the golf ball sooner than your body.  Instead of slowing down your arm swing you should speed up OR start your bottom half of your body first.

On the other hand.  If you are someone that hits pushes or slices, you are someone that is getting the body to active to soon in the downswing and the golf club is falling behind you.  Instead of changing your body action, try speeding up your arms and hands OR start them first.

Lastly, if you are someone that hits most of your shots in front of you.  STOP READING THIS ARTICLE.  It is not for you.  Seriously, if you are hitting the ball solid and you don’t struggle with shots to the right or left, then your timing is great.

If you stop and think about it, if the club arrives before you, your shots will start left, most of the time.  If the club arrives after you, your shots will start to the right, most of the time.  The next time someone asks you what starts the downswing, you can tell them-it all depends.

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Bobby Eldridge
Founder of Golf Lessons Online

How important is it to have the proper stance for your golf swing?  Certainly not one of the top 10 topics in golf but you can not downplay the importance of a proper stance.  Footwork in golf is vital to hitting accurate and powerful shots.  Great footwork comes from a proper stance.  If your stance is either too narrow, too wide or not parallel to your target line, you will have to compensate during the golf swing to make up for it.

The easiest thing to remember about your stance is that both feet should be slightly wider than shoulder width.  Once you have addressed the golf ball all you have to do is place the shaft along your shoulder line, pinch the shaft at both shoulders and bend over to check your stance width.

If your stance is too wide you will have a tendency to to slide in the backswing.  You won’t turn around your spine.  If you slide in the backswing it is difficult to build up torque and your impact will be weak.

On the other hand if your stance is too narrow you will have a tendency to not turn in the backswing and you will wind up with an arm swing.  An arm swing will produce very little clubhead speed. Keep in mind that the shorter the club the narrower the stance.

The second part of the stance that is equally important is the aim of the feet.  Remember to aim the clubhead first before you plant your feet.  Once you have soled the clubhead you have to place your feet parallel left of your intended ball flight.  If you aim your feet too far to the right of the target you will have to either hook the ball or pull it back to the target.   If you aim your feet too far to the left of the target you will either have to push the ball or fade it back to the target.

In closing there is one last step to a proper stance.  If you point your right foot at address out to the right you will have an opportunity to make a bigger turn in the backswing.  If you open up your left foot a bit at address you will have an opportunity to turn through easiert.

The next time you are on the practice tee going through the motions don’t forget that there IS a proper stance for your golf swing.

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Bobby Eldridge
Founder of Golf Swing Fixes

If you haven’t read Part I, you can at How Can I Improve My Golf Swing?

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In this golf video tip, I want to show you how to stop pushing your golf ball to the right with simple golf instruction and tips. This is a very frustrating miss in golf, which causes a great loss of yardage on every shot. We’ll fix that real soon.

If you want fix your golf swing quickly, check out my Golf Swing Instruction site!

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Bobby Eldridge
Founder of Golf Video Tips

If there is one question that I have been asked over a million times it is “how can I improve my golf swing“?  I might be exaggerating a tiny bit on the million times but it is with out a doubt one of the most asked questions in my professional career.

My answer has been the same for over 35 years.  “What is your mistake”.  The problem with the question is that the answer isn’t always correct, and in there lies the problem.  If you are going to self diagnose your golf swing, you better get it right.  If you miss on the diagnosis you are going to struggle with the correction.

The 10 million dollar question is, how can you tell whats broken?  I am going to give you a few things to go through so you can diagnois your golf swing and come up with the correct answer, most of the time.  If you ask the right questions you will begin to see the correct answers.

You have to keep a couple of things in mind.   If you don’t hit the golf ball straight there are four misses to the right (slice, push, push hook or a push slice) and there are four misses to the left (hook, pull, pull
hook, pull slice).  The reason I am telling you is so you can see that you have to be very careful with your diagnosis from the start.

The very first question you have to ask yourself if you are going to learn how to improve your golf swing is, what does the golf ball do CONSISTENTLY when I mishit it?  Believe it or not your golf ball does one or two things consistently when you don’t hit it well.  If you don’t hit it solid and straight then it will have a pattern to the mishit shots.

I will continue and finish this article during the next post. How can I improve my golf swing?

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What a great weekend. The Riviera Golf Tournament, and the Super Bowl. I had a great time. In this episode of Bobby Talks Golf I discuss the role of the shoulders in your golf swing. Many of you swing too vertical, and some of you swing too round. The golf swing is a combination of up AND around.

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Bobby Eldridge
Founder of Golf Download Video Fixes

I am going to give you some great golf swing advice.  If you want to hit the golf ball further, you are going to have to use your wrists.  Before you run out to the practice facility, I have to tell you exactly “how” to use your wrist to benefit your golf swing.

Let’s start at the address position.  When you grip the golf club your wrist are unhinged.  As you start the club back the toe begins to roll open and so do your wrists.  When you reach the 9:00 o’clock position the back of the left hand should be parallel to your target line.

This is where you have to pay close attention to your wrists.  From this position to the top of the backswing the wrists have to start (folding, breaking or unhinging) call it what you want, they have to have some play in them.  By the time you reach the top of the backswing the shaft has to be parallel to the ground.

I know some of you struggle with arthritis, stiffness or the inability to turn like you use to.  When you reach the top of the backswing and your shaft is pointing to the sky, you are going to loose a lot of yardage.  The key here is to make sure you soften up the wrists and let them fold.  Do not keep them in the same position as they were in at address.  You are going to need as much sling in the downswing as you can muster up.

The best tip I can give you so you know for sure that you are folding your wrists at the top of the backswing is called the thumb pad drill.  When you address the golf ball your left thumb is on the top of the golf club.  When you reach the 9:00 o’clock position your left thumb is still on top of the golf club.  As you continue to turn your right shoulder out of the way and swing the club to the top of the backswing, your thumb pad is now UNDER the golf club.  In other words your left thumb pad is supporting the club at the top of the backswing.  That is how you can tell if you used your wrist.

I know this golf swing advice will help you hit longer shots the next time you tee it up.

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