Randy Chang L to L Golf Tip

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• Instructor: Randy Chang
• Category: Lessons
• Topic: Full Swing

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Hi, my name is Randy Chang. I'm the director of instruction here at beautiful Journey at Pechanga Resort and Casino. Today, as you see, Aiden here has a problem with slicing the golf ball, like most of you out there. So here's a good tip right here to help you straighten that out. All right, so what we do here, number one, the reason why you slice the ball is because your face is open and impact. Alright, so we're gonna help you try to square that clubface up. Now, your initial instinctive reaction to hitting a golf ball is to try to swing really hard with your upper arms and shoulders. That's just your natural— looks like you're a baseball player, aren't you? Okay, so when you swing really hard with your upper arms and shoulders, the arms are going fast, but the clubhead is open and behind you. Alright, so we're gonna learn how to utilize more of your wrist in your swing rather than in your upper arms and shoulders. So the way we fix it is this simple little L to L swing. And what that is, is when you get it set up on the backswing, you're gonna form a capital L formed by the left arm and the club. Make sure that back is turned to the target. On the follow-through, you're gonna form this backwards L formed by the right arm and the club. All you're trying to do right now is try to get to those two positions. So try that, set yourself up. This is gonna be more like learning a couple of new yoga poses. All right, set, set up to your backswing. Position. Hold it there. So this is your L right there. Okay, now get to the other…