That’s Wet! a Golf blog in West Palm Beach Florida

Like most all golfers I’ve been in search of how to create power by lagging the clubhead behind my hands. This looks easy in pictures but it is terribly difficult to know if you are doing it right. Really, you know you’re NOT doing it right because you hit the ball an average distance (my rule of thunb for a man is 150 yards with a 7 iron). I used to hit my 7-iron that far, but over the last 5-6 years I find it’s normally more like 140 (I have a recurring swing problem of taking too much terra firma on my swings which robs distance).

When I’ve tried to create this lag power over the years I’ve used the swing tip of pulling down on the handle of the club. Doesn’t seem to work. I was reading the latest Golf Magazine (November 2006) and came across one of those ah-hah articles on creating lag power (How to create lag power -keep the club behind you for explosive power). They point out that the method of pulling down on the handle doesn’t work. That’s what hooked me. I tried out their recommended version (sans club) in my bedroom and immediately felt the difference. I haven’t yet hit a ball using this method but I can tell that it does exactly what they say it does. Now, I’m itching to go out and try it on the range. Check out the video here.