Robin Symes, Author at SwingStation

Rory McIlroy – PGA Tour Player

Rory Mcilroy golf swing in slow motion Name: Rory McIlroy DOB: 04/05/1989 Turned Pro: 2007 (plus 6) Place of Birth: Holywood, Northern Ireland www.rorymcilroy.com Rory McIlroy Golf Swing

Golf Basics Lesson – Posture

Creating good Golf Posture I do not want to underestimate any of the basics I have explained up to now; but simply, if you want to have a solid repeatable swing, you must have good posture. The problem is that most of the things that we do in our daily lives like reading, typing,…

How To Fix A Slice – Part 3

Error 3 – Swing Plane Another common mistake players make in trying to fix their slice is starting the backswing by swinging the club inside the correct plane in the move away. Again, the natural thinking is the more you swing on the inside in the backswing the easier it will be to swing…

How To Fix A Slice – Part 2

Error 2 – Clubface position and rotation Another common method players try, to fix a severe slice, is to close the clubface at address. I don’t want to say this cannot work, but more often than not, it will not. Many times, what will happen with this error is that in the first…

How to Fix Your Slice – Part 1

Error 1 – Body movement One of the first things I see a slicer do, when trying to fix their slice, is pull their right foot back, closing their stance and lower body. They believe by closing their stance, it will help them swing more from the inside, in an effort to create a…

Basic Bunker Shots

Basic bunker shot technique Bunkers are a hazard that many amateurs are scared of more than any other hazard. Just one bunker can turn a good round into a bad round! The problem is a fundamental problem in the way bunkers shots are taught – especially in articles. Most of the time, with anything…

NaYeon Choi – LPGA Tour Player

Na Yeon Choi profile 5’5” – Started playing golf at the age of 11. Credits her father as the individual most influencing her career. Hobbies: shooting pool and watching volleyball. LPGA Victories: 7 Top 10’s : 58 Earnings: $7,647,218 2012 US Open Champion

SiWoo Kim – PGA Tour Player

Si Woo Kim Profile SiWoo Kim is the 17 year old who in recent weeks earned his PGA Tour Card. He played an incredible six days of golf in Palm Springs, finishing tied for 20th place in the final stage of Q-School. But the PGA Tour has an age restriction on players becoming full members on…

Mental Golf – The Pre Shot Routine

Golf Lesson – Pre-Shot Routine Recently, I looked at video footage of the 2 greatest players in the History of golf so far, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. If you look at them closely, many of the things they do vary a lot. Their golf swings are completely different in style, putting strokes different,…

Golf Swing Basics – The Stance

How to Take the Correct Stance The basic idea of the stance is that it should be wide enough to provide stability at high speed yet narrow enough that you can rotate correctly and transfer your weight. A fare judgment of this is to have your heels at shoulder width with a 6 iron…