By Arnold Palmer Golf Academy at Saddlebrook Purpose: To maintain posture throughout the swing. To obtain the feel of the shoulders rotating around the spine. To create and feel smooth tempo. To feel the response of the lower body that creates weight transfer and balance. Method: Standing upright, fold arms on the chest and hold
Right Foot Back Drill by Jerry Couzynse, VP Golf, Saddlebrook Resort; The most exciting club to hit has to be the “Big Stick”, or more commonly named the driver. Of course the most common result with most high handicappers is a big slice! To help with the slice the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy Professionals recommend
Impact to Finish Drill Address the ball normally and then turn hips toward target keeping the shoulders square to imitate impact, making sure most of your weight is on the left side. Maintain this hip turned position and make a ½ backswing feeling the stretching in your left side. Swing through to a full finish
Select a hole that is situated on the slope of a practice putting green. Place balls on each side of the hole from five feet away. Try to hole all the balls taking into consideration the different breaks from each putt. If you miss one of the balls, put it back in its position and
by Rolf Deming, Head Instructor, Arnold Palmer Golf Academy at Saddlebrook Resort. With the onset of winter, many people have time to contemplate the possible improvement in their golf game, and wonder whether going to a golf school might be the best avenue to lower scores. No question, attending a school will improve ones game,
by Rolf Deming, Head Teaching Professional, Arnold Palmer Golf Academy at Saddlebrook Resort This is probably something that you will never hear spoken at any other golf school, but you are about to hear it here. One good way in which most players can improve their game is to cheat! Yes, that was no misprint. CHEAT!
Terminology is very confusing when learning the golf swing so the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy Professionals create drills to produce the feel rather then explaining them with words. Release is a commonly used term but is rarely understood without further explanation. Simply put releasing the golf club means rotating the forearms and hands to produce
After 15 years of having the honor of serving as the Head Instructor at the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy at Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, Florida, I have a few memories that serve to define The King, Mr. Palmer: At nineteen years of age, I secured tickets to the PGA championship, and a friend and I
by Rolf Deming Head Teaching Professional and PGA Class A Member at the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy at Saddlebrook Resort How can we learn how far to take the club back to produce the appropriate distance with your go to clubs? How hard would you throw a golf ball to land it on a chair
A simple fundamental technique, frequent practice, and a positive, anticipatory attitude are easily acquired attributes of the successful bunker player As we create the bunker shot, we begin, as always, with the grip. We hold the club in a fashion very similar to the pitch shot: the club is held in the fingers, the hands
