Creating lag in the golfswing is easy when you know how.
The key is to have soft hands and let the body turn pull the club down to the ball instead of trying to hit the ball with the hands.
Make lots of practice swings with your driver, start slow and have a really light grip on the club.
Creating lag in the golfswing is easy when you know how.
The key is to have soft hands and let the body turn pull the club down to the ball instead of trying to hit the ball with the hands.
Make lots of practice swings with your driver, start slow and have a really light grip on the club.
Swing back making sure to turn the shoulders fully, then concentrate on unwinding the body towards the target feeling like you are leaving the club behind. Body first, arms, hands and club follow.
When you see players with extreme lag like Sergio Garcia, Rickie Fowler and Ben Hogan, they have the left wrist in a cupped position until very late in the downswing.
We are NOT looking to create excessive lag like them. What you want to achieve is a 90 degree angle between left forearm and clubshaft until about halfway down.
After you get halfway down the body will be slowing down and therefore the club will start to release and the angle will lessen.
Lag is good, but too much is too much. The main thing here is to turn the body through the ball and have the arms, hands and club follow.
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