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Hooking the Golf Ball? Try This Drill.

Video Transcript Today we’re here to talk to you about how to fix the hook, or the golf ball that starts too far to the right and curves too far to the left. When hooking a golf ball, the golf club to dropping too far behind you, swinging out to right field with a club face that is closing dramatically. To fix your hook, I’ve set up a drill. We’ve got two golf balls: one we intend Read more [...]

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Tired of Blading Your Wedge Shots?

Video Transcript: Wow.  Did you guys just see that?  We’ve hit two great shots…good drive, good second shot, and we’re right here just short of the green with a little wedge in our hands…and we just skulled the ball across the green.  Now we’re just hoping to make double bogey and praying there’s not a pond on the other side. We need to stop losing shots around the green.  Read more [...]

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Topping the Golf Ball and Don’t Know Why?

Video Transcript: Hi. I’m Shane LeBaron with the Plane Truth Performance Center at the Wigwam Golf Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. We’re here today to help you stop the shallow top. If you’re shallow topping, from the top of your backswing, your spine angle is shifting back and to the right, getting the golf club stuck too far behind you, forcing you to swing too “up” on the golf ball. To Read more [...]

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To Hit Longer Drives…Listen for the “Whoosh”

Hi. I’m Shane LeBaron with the Plane Truth Performance Center at the Wigwam Golf Resort in Phoenix, Arizona. We’re here today to talk to you about how to gain more distance, get more club head speed, and hit the ball longer. To gain distance, we need to understand there are two points of energy in a golf club. We have club head energy and handle energy. For you to swing faster and make Read more [...]

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How to Avoid Shanking the Golf Ball

Golf Advice from Shane LeBaron If you’re a golfer who shanks the golf ball, one of the worst golf shots we can have, we need to fix it and we need to fix it now. If you shank the golf ball, the reason this happens is because the golf club is stuck too far behind your body on the down swing, swinging too far to right field with a wildly open club face, exposing the hosel of the golf club. Now, Read more [...]

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Hitting Out of the Sand with a Buried Lie

Golf Tips from Shane LeBaron, Plane Truth Performance Center Today we’re going to talk about how to get out of the buried bunker lie. The shot is a little easier than most people think, but the first thing you need to understand is that this shot is not designed to be a perfect golf shot. We are just trying to get this out, onto the green so we’re not adding insult to injury. Now, to the Read more [...]

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How to Fix a Chop Slice in Golf

Quick Golf Tip from Shane LeBaron We’re here today to fix your chop slice. If you’re a chop slicer, your golf club is working too far out and across your body, chopping and swinging across and to the left (for a right handed golfer). To stop the chop slice, we need to get your golf club working back, more toward your right pocket, and swing around your body. No more slicing for you. Read more [...]

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Putting Drill to Make More Birdie Putts

Exclusive Golf Tips with Shane LeBaron Video Transcript: We’re here today to talk about how you can become a better putter. Over the years of playing in tournaments with amateur golfers, especially in Pro-Am’s, I’ve noticed that they quite often will make a putt for par or a par-saving putt, but if they have a putt of the same length for birdie, it often doesn’t go in and often doesn’t Read more [...]

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The Patriot All-America – Through the Eyes of Adam Hedges

When the Patriot All-America Invitational, held on the Gold Course at Wigwam Golf Resort in Litchfield Park, Arizona, concluded on the final day of 2012, the leaderboard shows Sebastian Cappelen atop the list of 84 nationally recognized amateur golfers.  Cappelen sealed his win with a birdie on 18, finishing with a 2-under 68. A little farther down the leaderboard, you’ll see Adam Hedges' Read more [...]

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Sciatic Back Pain Exercises & Stretches

Golf can be a difficult game to master as it is, but when you couple it with sciatic back pain, things can go downhill in a hurry. Pain in the sciatica is commonly caused by damage to the sciatic nerve, found in the lower spine region. There are many causes of sciatic pain, so you should seek an evaluation by your physician to determine the cause. Oftentimes, the pain associated with this common Read more [...]

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