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Golf club shaft flex and the effect on driving distance
By Paul Myers Golfers tend to believe a lot of different things about their equipment – some of them true, some not so much. One of the things that some golfers believe is that in order to hit long drives, you need to have almost no golf club shaft flex in your...
Hitting Straight (Or Straighter)
By Jaacob Bowden In his research studying millions of amateur and professional shots, Mark Broadie also noticed that not only do tour players hit farther than amateurs…they also hit twice as straight. The main thing I want to share with you about hitting the driver...
Hitting Solid
By Jaacob Bowden Let’s talk about another important aspect of getting off the tee long and straight…and that is hitting the ball solidly and consistently in the sweet spot. It doesn’t really do any good to swing faster if you don’t hit the center of the clubface. In...
Longest Golf Driver
By Paul Myers As you probably already know, simply buying the same driver that is used by your favorite pro golfer will not help you hit it as far as they do. The longest golf drivers use some of the best equipment around, and you can probably benefit from following...
The Golf Club Shaft length and Driving Distance relationship
By Paul Myers In general, the distance that you are going to be able to get out of your tee shots is up to you. You are the one swinging the club, and you are the one giving the power to the shot. If you are able to unload with a fast golf swing speed and make good...
Golf Swing Speed Training Gear
By Paul Myers As golfers, we all want to hit the ball farther. A big part of that is the golf swing speed. But not only can longer drives lead to lower scores, they are just plain fun to hit. Once you start adding distance to your drives, it can become addicting, and...
An analysis of the Rory McIlroy Swing Speed
By Paul Myers As a young professional golfer, Rory McIlroy certainly has accrued quite a list of achievements in just a short time on tour. Already having been ranked number one in the world, Rory has two major titles to his credit and seems to be destined for a Hall...
Tiger Woods’ Swing Speed
By Paul Myers There are many things that have made Tiger Woods one of the very best players in the history of the game. He has an incredible short game, an accurate iron game, tremendous imagination, and a legendary ability to focus and handle pressure down the...
Raising the Speed of What Feels Accurate
By Jaacob Bowden I do want to clarify one thing about swing speed training. I’m not suggesting that you should swing at max speeds on the golf course. That’s not really a good idea. Rather, we want to raise your max speed so that your playing speed also goes up. This...
Swing Speed Training & Hitting Solid/Straight
By Jaacob Bowden Last month I talked about how important it is have power in your golf game. The primary focus of that first issue was to make sure you get off and running with developing more club head speed for your golf game. Statistically speaking, Columbia...