Posts by Robin Symes

Park In Bee 박인비 Swing Analysis – Mental Strengths

  What can we learn from Park In Bee In 2008, In Bee became a Rolex First-Time Winner when she became the youngest player to ever win the U.S. Women’s Open at the age of 19 years, proving her great potential.  For a few years afterwards, even though she had some good finishes, she did…

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Alignment and Target Awareness

  Practicing to a target Very often when I watch players practicing, they will be on a driving range with a square mat or on the grass with a club on the ground. They will take their address position, squaring themselves to the mat or the club and hit the shot without actually looking at…

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Weight Transfer

  How to transfer your weight correctly I believe there is a misunderstanding about the correct pivot and weight movement in the swing, and all the information that is available these days is not helping to make the concept simple. I think everyone knows that to create an efficient golf swing there should be a…

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Putting Balance

  Balance point during putting This image shows the ideal weight placement for putting at address. It shows weight evenly spread between the heels and toes in both feet, but favoring the left foot with a 60-40 split. So, why is this ideal weight distribution for putting? 60% weight on the left foot There are…

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Connection

  How to be Connected in a Golf Swing It might seem simple, “keep your arms connected to your body”, but it is very important to know how, and I believe there are many players trying to do this with the wrong concept. Some questions I would like to answer in this article: 1)      What…

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Chipping With a Rescue Club

  Chipping – Play it like you Putter As I said earlier in part 1 of “How to use a Rescue or Utility Club”,  since the sand wedge was invented in 1935, there have been no new types of clubs designed that have really stuck.  There have been a few clubs that came close, one…

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How to use a Rescue or Utility Club – Part 3

  Fairway – Play it like a Iron For most, a rescue club is much easier to play than a long iron, from the fairway.  As I said before, the nature of the design is such that making solid contact with a good ball flight is much easier.  It’s not that hitting the sweep spot…

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How to use a Rescue or Utility Club – Part 2

  Long Par 3 – Play it like a fairway wood Again, with the modern golf courses, par 3’s seem to be getting longer and longer with more hazards around the front of the green.  I do not think anyone likes the long iron par 3 over bunkers or water!  Even when you hit a…

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How to use a Rescue or Utility Club – Part 1

  Different ways to use a utility / rescue club In 1935, Gene Sarazen, one of the greatest players of the time, realized how adding extra metal on the bottom and back of the club, and increasing the loft helped the club bounce through the sand making bunker play easier.  This is how he created…

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