In a recent GolfersRX blog Christo Garcia recommend a driver swing setup that will help you generate longer, straight drives. When I tried his recommendation, I realized that his 2 suggestions were exactly what I have been doing subconsciously for my best drives. He suggested a STRONGER grip and keeping your trailing ELBOW CLOSE TO YOUR SIDE during the downswing, like Lee Trevino and Dustin Johnson. A stronger grip is easy to position during your setup, but the tight trailing elbow needs a flat or bowed leading wrist to create the inside swing path.

More Power for your Drives
The Garcia recommendation uses an inside to outside swing path so that your trailing elbow almost grazes your rib cage. I understood what he was trying to describe when he commented about Jack Nicklaus who liked to play with a “PALM UP CUT”. He was adding power to his swing by forcing his trailing hand to swing through the ball as if he is swinging a hammer with his strong trailing hand on the backside of his club and into a wall as he swung through the point of impact.

Dustin Johnson bows his leading wrist at the top of the swing in order to swing with a bowed wrist as he powers the back of his bowed leading wrist up his target line. That forces his trailing elbow to narrowly miss his side during the downswing.

Another Suggestion
If those 2 descriptions are not helping you understand how to swing with your trailing elbow narrowly missing your side, my personal option my help. As I approach the top of my backswing I remove any “cup” shape in my leading wrist by flatten my wrist. This shallows my swing path from the inside and up my target line. I’m not sure if my wrist is actually flat or slightly bowed, but I definitely shallow my swing plane and feel like I am hammering my club directly up my target line.

Slice Solution
Hank Haney highlights the fact that an open club face at the point of impact will ALWAYS create a fade or slice. If you are trying the “hammer” swing and experiencing fades or slices, setup with a 1 or 2 degree closed face on your club. That should create a slight draw or at least a straight ball flight.

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MyGolfSpy Ball Lab is where we quantify the quality and consistency of the golf balls on the market to help you find the best ball for your money. Today, we’re taking a look at the 2022 Srixon Z-Star Diamond. To learn more about our test process, how we define “bad” balls, check out our About MyGolfSpy Ball Lab page.

About the Srixon Z-Star Diamond

The Srixon Z-Star Diamond ostensibly was designed for Brooks Koepka to be a “best of both worlds” cross between the standard Z-Star and the Z-Star X offering higher compression than the former and more spin than the latter.

All of that made things a little awkward when he ditched the ball prior to the U.S. Open. The reality is that Srixon designers were working within a narrow window and it’s hard to get things perfect on the first try. A new Z-Star Diamond is in the works so it shouldn’t be too long before we can find out how that ball stacks up against the original.

Z-Star Diamond Construction

The 2022 Srixon is a three-piece golf ball. In that respect, it’s more similar to the standard Z-Star than the XV. It offers a 338-dimple urethane cover. The entirety of our sample was produced in Srixon’s factory in Japan.

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First Look: Inesis WW500

Have you ever put on a golf shoe and thought, “Holy s**t! This is the most comfortable golf shoe I’ve ever worn!”?

If you have, think again!

In 2019, Inesis, who operate under the Decathlon umbrella, burst into our doors at MyGolfSpy HQ wanting to be heard. And, as we discovered, for good reason. They looked at the golf industry differently and had some high-performing products.

One of those was the Inesis waterproof golf shoe for men. It won second place overall as well as Best Value in the 2019 Most Wanted Spikeless Golf Shoe Test.

The Inesis waterproof shoe ranked first for most comfortable shoe in 2019 Most Wanted Shoe Test.

Team Europe's Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald is unsure if LIV Golf players will be allowed to feature in next year's event but he says he is committed to picking the strongest 12-man team to challenge the United States.

LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, in an interview that aired Monday night, confirmed that Tiger Woods turned down an offer between $700 million and $800 million when approached to join the Saudi-backed golf league.

The PGA Tour announced a 2022-23 schedule on Monday that includes a record $415 million in prize money in official events and another $145 million in bonuses, including $75 million for the FedExCup.

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Best Golf Shoes at the Rocket Mortgage Classic

One day when you look back on your life, what are some of the things you might regret? Don’t let wearing lame golf shoes be one of them.

Take this advice from yours truly: the perfect pair of golf shoes is the perfect compliment to your horrendous short game. Heck, if you’re playing with me, your trendy golf shoes may just mask your chipping woes to the point where I wouldn’t even notice. 

You’re here because you need shoe help, and I’m glad you stopped by. Let’s discuss the best shoes I saw this week at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. 

Rickie Fowler in a Custom PUMA PROADAPT Alphacat

I know what you’re thinking; why am I writing about Rickie Fowler again? If I was funny I’d probably say something like “it’s because my favorite color is orange,” but in reality, Fowler’s shoe choice this week caught me off guard.

Because I’d just written about Fowler last week, I didn’t go into this week paying attention to his footwear at all. But as the days trundled on, I noticed that the shoes Fowler was wearing were unfamiliar to me, something that doesn’t happen often. A quick search of Puma’s website didn’t return any promising results, and I was left speculating whether this was a new, unreleased model of shoe.