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The Art of Holding Off at Impact

June 7, 2020 by Stephen Altschuler 3 Comments

One of my teachers, Jim Knego, the eminent pro at Bennett Valley in Santa Rosa CA, took a look at my swing once and noticed I was pulling everything left.  His prescription was to hold off the club face at impact. And once I got the hang of it, it worked. Of course, in the […]

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February 6, 2017 by Stephen Altschuler 6 Comments

Links Golf - players at St Andrews, Scotland

Good posture at address, bending from the waist, knees flexed, and keeping the back as straight as your body will allow. In starting the club back, I recommend extending the arc by directing the clubhead a bit outside the plane keeping the shaft relatively vertical with the arms in front of the body, before the club flattens out […]

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