COUCH TO COURSE

BETTER GOLF WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR HOUSE

- MIKE BENDER

When you’re trying to make your swing better, the only thing that matters is that it looks right. You learn technique first, and then you learn what that technique feels like. Most golfers think the process is the other way around. A lot of times they think they’re doing something right based on feel, but their technique is way off. I once showed a golfer her faulty swing on video, and she denied it was her.

“I don’t swing that way,” she said.

Let’s flip things around. I’m going to teach you proper golf-swing technique using five drills, so you can compare how each exercise feels with what you normally sense when swinging the club. I’m guessing some of them—or maybe all of them—will feel pretty strange. If they do, you’ll know what to work on. The best part is, you don’t need to leave your living room to do these drills. Think of this like an at-home workout. Let’s get started with this one (left) that syncs your swing. —with ron kaspriske

1 SEQUENCING DRILL