
Golf coaching has been evolving, but the best advice has stood the test of time. In Golf.com’s new series “The Eternal Tips”, we highlight some of the greatest advice teachers and players distributed in the Golf Magazine page. Today, we reviewed our July 2012 magazine when Justin Rose revealed his swing trigger because he consistently hit the ball.
Justin Rose is like a quality wine – he will get better and better as he gets older.
Although the 45-year-old was one of the older politicians on the PGA Tour, he won the weekend at TPC Southwind. What he did was the power of eternal swing that had served him for decades.
Back in 2012, Ross joined Golf Magazine Share some secrets of his butter action. View below.
Rose’s 5 swing “triggers”
In the 2010 Player Championship, I hit four flagpoles in practice and went out immediately and missed the promotion with a 72-72 shot. This gave me a 152 season on American Land, but I knew the job I was doing was right. Sure enough, I won two of the next four events. Thanks to my coach Sean Foley, and the entire team I built after moving to the United States full time in 2009. Since working with this group, I have been ranked 70th from the official world golf rankings and reached 9th place.
Everyone knows Sean is a technician and that affirmation that both mathematics and science play a major role in his methodology. No matter how pragmatic he is, he is not mechanical, and he worked with me to develop a three-phase process that improves my swing by replacing the hard set position with sensations and triggers. With just a little practice, these feelings and triggers are still almost second nature to me and they helped me catch the swing I always knew. And because they are so simple, they stick to the pressure, something my old moves can’t do. Try their size, just like they did to me, and they might change your game.
Defender: It feels like the club head moves first
Things I’ve done before: I often feel happy with what I see when I sway in front of the mirror – my lines are nice, the club head is where I want it to be on the top, and I look like I’m on the plane. But the appearance can be deceptive. You can get good positions in the back row with a poor rhythm, and a poor rhythm can make your swing time difficult, so you are where you want to hit. When I struggle, I kind of “backup” becomes a good top position, giving people a wrong sense of confidence. Even though I look good, I don’t have a real setting.
The trigger I’m using now: At the address, my main goal was to start my defender by taking the club away smoothly. This is important – the club head must move first, as it must cover the maximum distance during the swing. So once I light up the action green, I move the club and add the hand movement and end by wrapping my body. Trigger my defender by having the club move first, which keeps me in sync. Note: It’s easy to snatch it away when you first try to get the club forward. Use a nice rhythm.
Justin Rose’s Club: In his FedEx St. Jude Championship Game
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Jack Hirsh
Sagging: It feels like your left arm pulling across your chest
Things I’ve done before: While this is not the case for every golfer, the best way to hit a mass shot is to approach the ball from inside the target line, and the only way to set this method is to delay the shoulder delay from the top. I used to spin my shoulders from the start, which made it difficult to control the ball’s flight because I had to stand up and hit to create enough space to swing freely.
The trigger I’m using now: From the top, my only idea was to swing my left arm downwards, through my chest while keeping my shoulders closed. I almost wanted to feel my left arm pressing against my torso so that I stuffed my right elbow into the right side. This actually didn’t happen when I waved, as the rotation force brought my arms and club to me, but the feeling kept my angle at the angle I needed to hit from the inside.
My sagging trigger is fun, the exact opposite of what you see Tiger Woods is working now. Tiger tries to drive the club to him, which is why it is wrong for those who try to put Sean Foley into a specific teaching style. He understands – like any good player – it’s different for every golfer.
Impact: It feels like grabbing the ground with your heels
Things I’ve done before: As I looked at the many bad fluctuations that have been caused in the past, I noticed that the impact handle was much higher than the address. This problem stems from my spinning too early when I descended and getting up by impact. This master’s position is almost impossible to compress the ball and rotate correctly to the left side of the target after the impact.
The trigger I’m using now: As I approached the influence, I wanted to get the club’s heels to dig out the turf, especially with my irons. Although this never really happened, it helped me trigger the low-hand position through the ball and strengthened my internal approach in the movement by pulling my left arm from the top through the chest. My hands lowered the impact and I had to hang the club head on the ball. This is also an accurate trigger, and it also increases swing speed.
Justin Rose’s FedEx St. Jude.
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Josh Schrock
Follow: Feel like the left biceps are fixed to the left
Things I’ve done before: My upper arm used to fly away from the left side of my torso and I would be a little stiff and trapped – like I couldn’t go all the way to the left. Also, the club was withdrawn above my left shoulder. This high right arm position constitutes a disaster – when your follow-up looks like this, you absolutely have no chance to control your shot, which is why most of my career has bothered me.
The trigger I’m using now: Once I connect with the ball, I want to “low exit”. I want my right arm and axis to swing the left side of the target on roughly the same plane as my left shoulder. This type of shallow water outlet allows your body to turn and keep pace at the speed of the club head and keep pace allowing you to control the club face pointing position, allowing your shot to fly to where you want.
secret? Grasp the left biceps tightly and let the left elbow “roll” on the torso. Again, it won’t stay fixed due to the rotational force of the swing, but it’s a good trigger to prevent the swing from being tight and the arms cannot be disconnected from the body. When you feel the club head move and leave after the impact, you start to get the right feeling.
Complete: Push your body toward your goal
Things I’ve done before: The mistakes I made in the past (I still made them, but thanks to Sean and a lot of hard work, I’m getting less and less) forced me to hang on the right, beyond what I asked for. My reaction to this was to flip the club head over – a move that completely undermined the club’s control and swing rhythm. I found the left wing to be rough.
The trigger I’m using now: This ended late, but it started long ago – once I reached the top of the defender, I knew I had to get at least 90% of my weight on my forefoot and by the time I finished my hips faced the target. Now, I know you’ve heard this before, but it’s more to finish the swing than just changing weight and turning your hips. When the ball starts, you should feel like you sticking out after the ball. It’s not just a turning thing – you want every ounce of swing towards the goal. Good completion is an action, not a static pose. If you think of it this way, you will find more power.
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Zephyr Melton
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Zephyr Melton is an assistant editor at Golf.com, where he spent his days of blogging, making and editing. He participated in the University of Texas before joining the golf team, before stopping for the Texas Golf Association, Team USA, Green Bay Packers and the PGA Tour. He assists with all mentoring, covering amateur and women’s golf. He can be contacted at zephyr_melton@golf.com.