It’s that time of year to dust off those cobwebs and pay your local range a visit. With golf season fast approaching, it’ll be critical for your golf sanity to get back into your peak golf form as quickly as possible. One of the most commonly forgotten pieces to a good golf swing is proper weight transfer to produce a good finish. Let’s review this concept.
Evaluating your finish is one of the easiest ways to figure out whether you’ve shifted your weight. If your trail foot is still planted well after you’ve completed your swing, you will need to work on this to improve your strike.
Club Drop Drill
You can take rehearsal swings or hit balls for this drill. Take your sand wedge and place the club (face up) under your trail heel. The shaft should point away and behind you. Take your swings with your normal swing speed and practice dropping the club to the ground. If your weight doesn’t transfer to the lead side, the club will not drop.
Cup Drill
Practice the proper finish by placing a tumbler or water bottle next to your lead foot. The goal is to finish your swing at full speed without moving or knocking it over. Practicing this will help with completing the hip turn and a stable lead leg.
Close The Gap
The feeling of turning your trail knee into your lead knee as you take your downswing will help with transferring weight at the proper time. At the finish, you shouldn’t be able to see a gap between your inner thighs. This will also help with a full hip turn, along with a completed weight transfer.
Tip provided by: Cathy Kim, PGA/LPGA Professional & Top 25 Instructor & Director of Golf Instruction at Baltimore Country Club
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