Natalie Adams – PGA Teaching Pro

If you are wondering how to get more yardage from your drives then a really good idea is have a look at how the lady pros swing and setup. One of the advantages of looking at lady pros play and run compared to the men is that lady pro swing speed is lower. So you can actually see more of what’s going on. If you look at the today’s top male players you really do see a blow when they swing their club, they really are generating a lot of speed. A lot of power with the movement and its over in a flash and it’s very very difficult to see what’s going on.

So have a look at the ladies instead because they swing at a slightly slower speed and you’ve got more time available with that slower movement to actually see and have a look at what’s going on. So having a look at a lady pro making the golf swing you’d see that they’ll set up, so the ball is on the end side of that left tail, and they’re setting up with a really wide stance. So the stance is shoulder width per minimum not slightly wider the club head here is going to make the biggest circle around you and the biggest movement around you. So you can build speedup and it’s really important that the base below you is able to cope with that speed.

So a really wide stance is going to make you very stable and well balanced throughout the swing. Okay once you’ve got the ball in the right position, set the club next to the ball and work on having the hands over the crown of the club, so that’s over the top of the club rather than opposite of the ball. And also then work on having your head, so just to the right of your hands. So that is the order we should see things in here, that we’ve got the ball, then the club head with your hands over the club head and then your hands to the right of that. That will get you in a good position where you’re slightly on your right side and we are now going to work on making a really good shoulder turn.

So as you swing back keep your legs nice and quiet, really turn the shoulders to 90 degrees and then to hit with power turn the knees and the hips back into the shot. So the impact the hips really turn towards the target, right arm is tightened to your right side and you can release that lever into this fully extended position. And that action of doing that through the ball really puts a lot of speed into club head and creates a lot of power and a lot of distance to the shot. So watch the lady pros hit they swing at a slightly slower speed and you can see a lot of more of what’s going on. Always work on having a well balanced finish and you’ll start to see you get the ball up in the air and you are really hitting a much longer golf shot.