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 How to golf, distance, lessons Fairfax, VA 17 out of the top 20 Springfield golfers are students of mine. A bit of hard work goes a long way! Yours truly is on top of this list, although I'd like one of my students to claim that spot! Add Comment April 9 MAPGA Match Play Championship Qualified: Lost to Faber Jamerson 19holes May 29 Central Chapter Championship 76 June 25 Virginia State Qualifier 70 July 12-15 Virginia State Open 74-75-74-77--300 Aug 13-15 Middle Atlantic PGA Championship 74-74-71--219 Sept Country Club of Fairfax Invitational 71 (Tournament winner) Oct 5 Stonewall Invitational 73  "99% of our country is free do to the 1% who serve" - Dan Rooney Mark Supko won Springfield's Presidents Cup on Sunday. Mark shot rounds of 73 & 75 to earn low gross. Mark worked hard on his swing and his game two weeks prior to his victory. You can watch what Mark worked on by clicking HERE.  One of the simplest and most effective ways to control your ball-flight is to adjust how you hold the club in your hands. Its well known that strong grip will help influence a shot to the left and a weak grip will influence the ball to the right (I will use a right handed golfer for the entirety of this article). What’s not well known is how to properly achieve these two grips. Too often students tell me that they create a strong grip by putting the club more in the fingers of the left hand and just move their right hand a little more under the shaft. For a weak grip, they put the club more towards the palm of the left hand and move their hand hand more on top of the shaft. Both of these descriptions are wrong and result in changing how you hold the club in your hands. There is a simpler, more consistent way to achieve these two grips. For a stronger grip, start with the clubface aimed left of your intended target, take your normal grip, and then rotate the clubface back towards the target using just your hands and forearms. It's important to note that once you complete your grip, that you do not adjust your hands on the club. That would be defeating the purpose of strengthening your grip. For a weaker grip, simply start with the clubface aimed right of your intended target and continue with the same process. All this is assuming that your grip is sound in the first place, so I highly recommend working with a qualified instructor who will know exactly how to help you with your grip. So as you play a round, use these two grips to help work the ball towards your target and away from the trouble. Its a simple and effective way to lower your scores!  A look into how some better players swing. More swings to come..... |
