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Great golfers like Freddie Couples generate more power by swinging with a “lazy wrist”. As a matter of fact, you may not see the lazy motion in the takeaway, but powerful golfers lead their downswing with the butt end of their golf club. By adding lag and rhythm at the top of their swing, they automatically adds more power. Danny Maude’s recent blog reminded me about this secret power builder.

If you are a rigid armed, fast swinging golfer, you will be surprised at how well you can swing if you loosen up. That’s right, put some rhythm in your swing and let your wrists do the work.
I mentioned Freddie Couples as one of the few golfers who has a swing where you can see him start his downswing with the butt end of his club while the head of his driver or iron still seems to be adding wrist lag at the top of his backswing. He is not rushing his swing, but his motion is the opposite to casting.

Casting at the top of your swing is where you lose most of your power. The only way you can add head speed is to “release” as the bottom of your swing to increase head speed and generate more distance during impact.

Danny Maude recently illustrated what I call “Lazy Wrist Action” by using a weak wrist takeaway like a waggle where your hands are moving the way you would waggle (in the opposite direction of the head of your club). As his hands approach the top of his swing, he lets the club head catch up and pass the wrists to add lag at the top of the swing as he pulls down on the butt end of his club and starts his forward hip press and rotation. Try to do this as you exaggerate the lag at the top and feel your wrists pulling the butt end of your club down.

Practice by waggling your club to get the feeling of leading your takeaway with your wrists (but you won’t actually do this for your swing). Then swing to the top and let the club add lag with your “lazy” wrists as you pull down with the butt of your club. Learn the feeling of letting your loose wrists create lag as you start your downswing.

Former World No. 1 golfer Lee Westwood told Sky Sports that he has requested releases from the PGA Tour and DP World Tour to play in the first Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series event in London next month.

The Wells Fargo Championship shifts locations, moving to TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. Here is how to watch the action on ESPN+.

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Greg Norman says many committed golfers, some ranked in the world's top 50, backed out of the upstart LIV Golf league after Phil Mickelson's controversial comments about the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia.

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Game-improvement irons appeal to a lot of golfers with their blend of distance and forgiveness. Some of you might lean towards the distance side of performance. Others, the forgiveness side.

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Scottie Scheffler has the green jacket. But with the year's second major around the corner, is the previous world No. 1 ready to take back what was his?

Marina Alex won the Palos Verdes Championship on Sunday for her second LPGA Tour title, breaking a tie with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 16th and parring the final two holes for a one-stroke victory over Jin Young Ko.

Steven Alker returned from a two-hour rain delay Sunday by playing a six-hole stretch in 6-under par on the back nine to close with a 6-under 66 and win the Insperity Invitational for his second victory this year on the PGA Tour Champions.