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Most weekend players tend to hang back at impact, or \u201cdump\u201d the club too early. The culprits: not enough body turn or weight shift<\/a> on the downswing.<\/p>\n\n\n

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3 go-to drills to improve weight transfer in the golf swing<\/a><\/blockquote>\n By:<\/span>\n \n \n Tony Ruggiero, Top 100 Teacher <\/a>\n \n , \n Nick Dimengo <\/a>\n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

Try this: Make a swing, carving out a divot near your trail foot. Yes, your trail foot. Make another swing, digging out another divot just in front of the first. Keep doing this for six more swings, producing a divot slightly in front of the last in a semicircle pattern, mimicking proper swing path, like you see pictured above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally, you\u2019ll learn how to orient your downswing sequence <\/a>and body movement to get each divot in the right spot. Sure, it\u2019s overdoing things a bit, but this drill gives you all the right feels to produce high-compression impact without hanging back. Now, pass the divot seed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brech Spradley is a GOLF Top 100 Teacher<\/a> and the owner and director of instruction at Barton Creek Golf Academy in Austin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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