STEP TWO: SHORTEN
THE BACKSWING • Make a slow backswing with quiet wrists • Continue to favour your front foot • Don’t swing much further than halfway back
KATIE DAHL, one of Golf Digest’s Best Young Teachers in America, is at the West Bay Club in Estero, Florida.
STEP THREE: STAY LOW • Swing down and through smoothly (to keep the shot from ballooning) • Lead with your body, rotating it towards the target • Keep your hands and wrists quiet (think, dead hands ) • Finish low with the shaft pointing at your target
STEP FOUR: PRACTICE WITH THIS DRILL • Get in a punch-shot setup (ball back, weight forward) • Then rehearse the “look” of your body, arms and club at impact • Hit shots trying to recreate the pre-set impact position you just rehearsed
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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2025
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