Take Your Shoe Off to Set Your Weight Right

Dear Seth,

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Time to answer these questions for us!

Joe is available for private lessons in the Chicago area.
If you are interested, let me know.

Joe is a very good instructor and does an excellent job, so if you
Are having a problem, send it to me and he will answer your
questions
You Make The Call:
After watching his putt stop at the lip of the cup, a
frustrated golfer kicks the shaft of his putter and
bends it a little. Then he taps in. Is this a penalty?
Why or why not?
(answer is below)

Joe,
Maybe you can help me understand shifting weight.
When I try to go to the right side on the backswing
and the left side on the follow-through, I move off
the ball and mis-hit it...An instructor said to keep
the lower body still and turn the upper body, but when
I do that I don't get any distance and feel that I am
not shifting my weight properly....Help!
Paul

Hi Paul,
Weight transfer is no guarantee that you will get more
distance. Too much weight transfer will mess up your
timing and also cause mis hits. Your instructor had
the right idea but only half the story. Weight shift
on the downswing is more important than the backswing.
In your case I would recommend tilting your spine away
from the target before you start the backswing. This
will automatically place more weight on your back leg
without having to guess how much to shift your weight,
because your weight is already in the right place. If
you want more distance, on the downswing you must have
perfect timing of an aggressive lower body weight
shift forward while delaying your wrist snap until the
last possible instant before impact. This may take a
bit of practice, but if you can do it right, it should
work.
Joe

Joe,
I have a tendency to pull my short putts. When I close
my eyes I do not pull them, but I do not want to putt
with my eyes closed. What can I do?
Manny

Hello Manny,
You have already provided a clue. When you don't look,
you don't pull. Your problem seems to be that you
cannot wait to look and see if you made the putt.
Trust your line and execute your stroke, keeping your
blade square to the target. If you look up too soon,
your body motion may move the putter off line where it
may no longer be square to the target, thus causing a
pull. Here is your solution. After the ball is struck,
keep staring at the spot where the ball used to be.
Don't look up until you have completed your follow
thru with the blade still square to the target, even
if you can't wait to see if you made the putt. Don't
worry, the cup is still there, nobody is going to move
the hole while you are not looking.
Joe

Answer to You Make The Call (above) - You cannot use a
club that has been altered or damaged other than
during the normal course of play (a display of temper
isn't considered normal). The Rules call for
disqualification.

Jody, my Evil Twin, what do you think about that rule?
Answer - If nobody is looking, you can cuss up a
storm, uproot the ball washer, tip over your golf
cart, use the flagstick as a javelin, and you can
continue to play, but if you bend your putter, the
purists will hunt you down and descend upon you, and
drag your sorry carcass off the course.

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Richard's Quick Tip

Take Your Shoe Off to Set Your Weight Right

Keeping too much weight on your left side during the
backswing causes a reverse weight shift. You'll tend to
transfer your weight to the right on the downswing, and
lose distance and direction on your shots.

To hit the ball more aggressively, your weight should move
from right to left on the downswing-in the direction you're
aiming. The easiest way to set up this action is to start
with your weight on the right side.

Sometimes exaggeration is the best teacher. I tell my
pupils who have trouble experiencing the correct sensation
to take off the right show in practice. This elevates the
left side and accentuates the feeling of weight on the
right side.

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Richard C Myers

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