Scottish golfer Sandy Lyle spent 167 weeks in the world top 10 rankings. He also won two major championships in a stellar career. And he inspired many British golfers to take up the game thanks to his free flowing action and fantastic long iron striking. Now what Sandy Lyle has which a lot of his contemporaries didn’t have was a nice tall height, a big strong body and very, very long levers which he used to maximum effect. Sandy Lyle’s swing is a fantastic example of the width which can be generated within a swing. Now what he did was get into a very, very good posture at address, but then just push the club away as wide as possible, extend the arms as much as possible and then repeat that same process on the way through. The only difference was in the middle of the swing, he brought his hands down to strike the golf ball and then extend them back up on the way through; such a very simple way to swing and such a very effective way to swing made all the more better by the natural strength and ability that he possessed. So if you are looking to add a little bit more consistency, a little bit of a more power, add the width in to the backswing, drop the hands on to the ball, and then really extend the arms coming through as well. And if you can get those two things together, the strike will be good, but the actual power and the distance generated should be increased. So check out Sandy Lyle’s swing; try the extra width, and hopefully you will see a bit of a distance increase within your game.