Most weekend players tend to hang back at impact, or “dump” the club too early. The culprits: not enough body turn or weight shift on the downswing.
Try this: Make a swing, carving out a divot near your trail foot. Yes, your trail foot. Make another swing, digging out another divot just in front of the first. Keep doing this for six more swings, producing a divot slightly in front of the last in a semicircle pattern, mimicking proper swing path, like you see pictured above.
Naturally, you’ll learn how to orient your downswing sequence and body movement to get each divot in the right spot. Sure, it’s overdoing things a bit, but this drill gives you all the right feels to produce high-compression impact without hanging back. Now, pass the divot seed.
Brech Spradley is a GOLF Top 100 Teacher and the owner and director of instruction at Barton Creek Golf Academy in Austin.
