DRIVING Learn to free-wheel your right side

Whenever anyone asks me for a driving tip, I never hesitate to say: get your right side firing and finish with your right shoulder low, pointing at the target. ThereÕs no better swing thought than that. One way to encourage the correct body motion that will have you swinging into this position is to practise swinging with your right hand only.

Place your left hand on your right shoulder to help monitor the movement of your upper body, and then focus on swinging the club to a good position at the top Ð i.e. the clubshaft parallel with the ball-to-target line. Now the fun bit.As you unwind, you want to feel that your right forearm rotates as you swing the clubhead down and through impact.

Sense the straightening of your right arm from the top and the powerful release of the club as you rotate all the way through impact. Do this for a few minutes and you will train the right side of your body to unwind hard through impact, and thus have the makings of a full and powerful release of the club when you grip normally and practise your driving for real.

DRIVING Swing with your right arm only to improve your release of the club through impact
KEY THOUGHTS for a full release, finish with belt buckle and right shoulder pointing at your target