You should actually start your downswing by pressing your leading hip forward but I was hoping to get your attention by referring to YOUR BUM. The shift of your hip is caused by a slight bend of your leading knee which will shift your leading hip and shoulder during the transition at the top of your swing. This motion should happen before your forearms start their downswing.

The downswing for low handicap golfers starts during their transition as their weight starts to transfer to their leading foot. This is especially important for iron shots to ensure that you are shifting to allow your club to impact the ball before taking any divot. If you are rushing your transition, you should notice that you are often hitting the ground before the ball and losing distance. If this is your problem, we have a solution for you.

The downswing chain reaction starts from your foot to your hip and then your shoulder rotation starts your straight leading arm downswing. The release of your cocked wrists to whip your club through the ball is last and most important part of your downswing to generate power.

Solution for the Rushed Transition
If you are one of the many golfers who starts their downswing before their weight shift to their leading leg, you need to learn the feeling for this change and see the impact of an improved swing.

CHEAT your forward “pressed position” during your setup with 60% of your weight on your leading leg by ADDING bend to your leading knee. That’s the move that you really want to make at the top of your swing but by starting with this forward press during your setup, you can learn the feeling that you want to add during your transition.

We know about AI and how it has changed the game but when the COBRA KING 3D-Printed Gransport 35 appeared this year, we started to learn what 3D printing can bring to the world of golf. Everything points to increased and advanced technology, making the next round of equipment better than the last. 

Speaking of which, COBRA had mentioned that they weren’t going to do much when it came to putters until they had something unique to offer. With the 3D printing in the Grandsport 35, they’ve achieved “unique.” 

Our COBRA KING 3D-Printed Gransport 35 review will reveal the seasons this putter has many golfers contemplating a switch in 2022. 

COBRA KING 3D-Printed Grandsport 35  Product Details

The COBRA KING 3D-Printed Grandsport 35 is an oversized blade putter with multi-material construction. For the first time, COBRA decided to use a 3D-printed nylon insert in the putter head. This insert helps lower the weight of the head and allows for proper positioning of other materials, including aluminum and tungsten weights. The result is a blade putter with very high MOI (or forgiveness). 

When a putter starts out with a White Hot insert and a Stroke Lab shaft, it has an edge on the competition. It’s kind of like starting out with a dad who’s a professional golfer and a mom who’s a sports psychologist.

Even with the great start afforded the Odyssey Eleven Tour Lined S, there is some new technology that we had to check out. The mallet head design has been completely redesigned with the center of gravity more forward than we have ever seen from Odyssey. 

This CG movement was a big step for Odyssey and something that certainly impacted the results of our 2022 Best Mallet Putter testing. 

Odyssey Eleven Tour Lined S Details

The Odyssey Eleven Tour Lined S is a mallet putter with tight dispersion, a high MOI, a forward center of gravity and all the other impressive features that we expect from Odyssey. The putter head is large and has some indentations where weighting has been moved around to help square the face. 

Although the Tour Line model is the one we used in our testing, there are other options for no lines or the triple track. Golfers who have struggled with the Odyssey Ten putter feeling open at impact or pushing the ball to the right should find better accuracy with the new Eleven shape. 

With the four majors now done, the race for the season-ending FedEx Cup truly heats up, beginning this week at the 3M Open. Here is how to watch it on ESPN+.

The World Golf Hall of Fame is leaving Florida and returning to North Carolina, where it will be part of the USGA's campus at Pinehurst and have two induction ceremonies during the U.S. Open weeks in 2024 and 2029.

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Henrik Stenson will no longer serve as Europe's Ryder Cup captain, with sources confirming to ESPN that he is preparing to join LIV Golf.

Vokey Wedges has launched the Vokey Wedge Fitting App.The app seeks to deliver a more reliable wedge fitting experience indoors.Available through select Titleist fitting accounts.

Have you have gone through a wedge fitting?

The percentages suggest the answer is no. Less than half of Team Titleist members and less than 20 percent of golfers as whole have been fitted for their wedges. In fact, those numbers are optimistically high given that a healthy portion of wedge fittings come on back of an iron fitting.

The reality is that wedge fitting is primarily an as long as you’re here kind of thing. It doesn’t have to be that way… at least not any more. That’s where the Vokey Wedge Fitting App comes in.

Good, Better, Best

Consider a basic but reliable measure of quality and performance: good, better, best.

Golfer Billy Andrade will receive this year's Payne Stewart Award, which honors PGA Tour players who demonstrate character, sportsmanship and a commitment to charity.

ECCO

ECCO is the kind of company that will challenge everything you think you know about R&D.

Imagine, if you can, a world where the likes of Titleist, COBRA, PING, TaylorMade and Callaway send their top R&D wizards on a group retreat and actually collaborate on ways to help the consumer. Can you imagine it?

I can’t, either. But that’s exactly what ECCO does in the leather industry.

ECCO is entering its 25th year as a company, and a quarter-century later, ECCO remains focused on the same two goals: innovation and performance.

In the early years, ECCO founder Karl Toosbuy didn’t want to make a standard golf shoe. He wanted to push the boundaries of technology and innovation which still runs in ECCO’s DNA.

Where do the best golfers live? Have any guesses?

Last month, we broached the relationship between a golfer’s handicap and actual score.

This time, we’re investigating which state (or region) has the best golfers based on TheGrint’s user database.

QUICK HANDICAP RECAP

A player’s handicap is NOT simply their average score. In reality, a handicap is a numerical measure of a golfer’s potential ability. In fact, a golfer should only beat his/her handicap index once every four or five rounds.

More specifically, the current index formula uses the average differential (adjusted gross score minus the USGA Course Rating) of the golfer’s best eight differentials from the most recent 20 rounds played. Once you start digging into the math a bit, it’s easy to see why golfers might prefer to think of a handicap as an average score.

David Feherty is leaving NBC and is expected to join the breakaway tour as an analyst for eight to 10 tournaments annually, the New York Post reported Monday, citing sources.

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Former Masters champion Sergio Garcia said he intends to quit the DP World Tour after joining the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series, adding that he no longer feels loved on his home European circuit.

The Best Shoes at The Open Championship

Why do we spend so much time obsessing over the gear PGA TOUR players use when it’s almost impossible to get our hands on?

And even if you COULD theoretically get the same putter that Tony Finau uses through PING’s PLD Program or a Rogue ST Triple Diamond LS Driver like Jon Rahm, the notion that you, a mere amateur, could make good use of it is just as tricky. 

If you want to feel like a Tour player, here’s my advice: Pay attention to their shoes! Yes, the one piece of gear that every player uses. Most of the golf shoes you see across the professional tours are readily available at retail to the rest of us. 

That said, I want to introduce a new column of sorts to MyGolfSpy. I hope that by recapping and showing off the golf shoes the professionals are wearing, you might find your new favorite pair. 

Here are the best shoes I saw at The Open this week.

The 2022 major season is over. It's never too early, though, to look ahead to 2023 and see who will be claiming the sport's biggest prizes.

OUR JOB IS YOUR GAME

2022’s Most Wanted Hybrid is here!

Do you struggle with your long irons? Do you have a large yardage gap between your irons and fairway woods?

Hybrids are versatile, offer more forgiveness than long irons and can fill the gaps in your set makeup.

Let’s take a look to see which club takes home the title of 2022’s Most Wanted Hybrid.