1.

PERFORM THE CORRECT

STANCE.

GOLF SWING BASICS

2. START THE CLUB BACK
LOW AND TO THE INSIDE
WITH A TURN OF YOUR HIPS
AND SHOULDERS WHILE
KEEPING YOUR LEFT ARM
STRAIGHT.

GOLF SWING BASICS

3. MAKE THE LEFT ARM A
LEVER WHEN YOU SWEEP
THE CLUB BACK ON YOUR
BACKSWING. DON’T BEND
YOUR LEFT ARM AT THE
ELBOW.

GOLF SWING BASICS

4. KEEP YOUR HEAD OVER
THE BALL, AND THINK OF
YOUR HEAD AS THE CENTER
OF THE HUB OF YOUR SWING.

GOLF SWING BASICS

5. TURN YOUR LEFT
SHOULDER UNDER YOUR
HEAD AS YOU REACH THE
TOP OF YOUR BACKSWING.

GOLF SWING BASICS

6. YOUR WRIST SHOULD BE
RELAXED AND “BREAK” AT THE
TOP OF YOUR BACKSWING.
THIS SHOULD BRING YOUR
CLUB APPROXIMATELY
PARALLEL WITH THE GROUND.

GOLF SWING BASICS

7. START THE CLUB
DOWNWARD WITH A
FORWARD PUSH FROM YOUR
REAR LEG, AND THEN TURN
YOUR HIPS, THEN YOUR
SHOULDERS.

GOLF SWING BASICS

8. YOUR WEIGHT SHOULD HAVE
SHIFTED FROM THE INSIDE OF
YOUR RIGHT FOOT TO THE BALL
OF YOUR LEFT FOOT, AND YOUR
BELT BUCKLE SHOULD BE
POINTING TOWARD THE TARGET.

GOLF SWING BASICS

9. YOUR SWING SHOULD FEEL
THAT YOU ARE SWINGING FROM
THE INSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE –
FROM CLOSE TO YOUR BODY
OUTWARD TOWARD THE BALL.
STAY RELAXED, AND YOUR WRISTS
WILL RELEASE NATURALLY.

GOLF SWING BASICS

10. AS YOU FINISH YOUR SWING,
YOUR WEIGHT WILL BE ON YOUR
LEFT FOOT, YOUR HIPS WILL BE
FACING THE TARGET, AND YOUR
HANDS WILL BE AS HIGH AS
THEY FINISH THE SWING.

GOLF SWING BASICS

11. ALWAYS SWING EASY. LET
THE CLUB DO THE WORK. IF
YOU NEED MORE DISTANCE,
USE A LONGER CLUB.

GOLF SWING BASICS