WATCH: Put the ball in the way of your swing instead of “hitting it”
Stop hitting the golf ball and start letting the ball get in the way of your swing for effortless power and consistency!
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Instruction
Clement: Why your practice swing never sucks
You hear that one all the time; I wish I could put my practice swing on the ball! We explain the huge importance of what to focus on to allow the ball to be perfectly in the way of your practice swing. Enjoy!
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Equipment
Mitsubishi Diamana WB: Club Junkie takes a technology deep dive
Earlier this week, Mitsubishi announced the return of its iconic Whiteboard profile with the new Diamana WB shaft.
In our launch story, we offered a rundown of the key technology in the new WB — 80-ton Dialead pitch fiber, Aerospace-grade MR70 carbon fiber, Consistent Feel Design, and the Xlink Tech Resin System. To go deeper, however, we enlisted our Resident Club Junkie and bona fide shaft nut, Brian Knudson, to track down someone from Mitsubishi at the PGA Show. Fortunately, Mitsubishi’s Director of Global Aftermarket Sales, Jonathan Alongi, was on hand to answer all of BK’s questions.
Check out their discussion about the new WB, as well as the 20th anniversary of the original design, in the video above — time stamps of key points below, including a definitive answer as to how the surfboard graphic ended up on the original Whiteboard in 2004!
- :40 – Mitsubishi Japan expands to the U.S. in 2004
- :50 – “The shaft that set the standard”
- 1:12 – “The ‘board is back”
- 1:45 – WB or Whiteboard? Or both?
- 1:55 – The first iteration of the sixth generation of Diamana
- 2:10 – Incorporating key technology from a 20-year journey
- 3:10 – Modifying the tip section for more ball speed
- 3:50 – Delivering ball speed in a low-launch, low-spin shaft
- 4:20 – Drilling down on the shaft profile compared to the original Whiteboard
- 5:00 – The most impressive element of the new WB
- 5:30 – Butt, mid, tip specifications
- 6:00 – WB’s iconic graphics and the Diamana legacy — flowers, surfboard, numbering system
- 8:15 – An abundance of available weights and flexes
- 8:55 – More players going lightweight
Check out more photos and see what GolfWRXers are saying about Mitsubishi WB in the forums.
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Equipment
2024 Vokey SM10 wedges: Club Junkie’s full fitting video
Our Resident Club Junkie, Brian Knudson, goes through a wedge fitting with Chris Baingo, Titleist’s Club Fitting Analyst.
Get the full story on new SM10 wedges in our launch piece.
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tlmck
Oct 22, 2017 at 10:08 pm
I tried this method decades ago and went back to “hitting” almost immediately. It just works better for me.
Aot
Oct 21, 2017 at 9:50 pm
I don’t understand how you can compress 4 layers or 5 layers of modern-day golf balls properly by just collecting the ball and sweeping through, as opposed to hammering through and letting the compressive layers do their work. More than likely you won’t be able to and therefore those balls won’t perform as designed.
Andrew Cooper
Oct 23, 2017 at 7:58 am
Looks like Shawn is compressing the ball quite nicely I’d say?
SW19 Golfer
Oct 21, 2017 at 3:57 pm
More disappointing modern day instruction – read Swing The Clubhead by Ernest Jones ( published in 1952 ) for a much more helpful description of how to put the ball in the way of your swing . He lost his right leg below the knee in World War 1 , shot a 72 not long afterwards at Royal Norwich and in 1923 took up the position of Head Golf Professional at the Women’s National Golf and Tennis Club in Long Island, New York .
Tom1
Oct 21, 2017 at 12:12 pm
hey … thats me down range under the other canopy.
COGolfer
Oct 20, 2017 at 3:53 pm
Apparently he was scratch as a righty and lefty at one time (this was something that has been said in a couple of his videos). As with any instructor, there are good tips and bad. I’m with you as far as how long the swing takes. It’s very different from mine, which makes it hard to implement the tips.
SteveK
Oct 20, 2017 at 5:14 pm
Only on his home course…. only. 😉
bogeypro
Oct 22, 2017 at 11:45 am
What’s your deal SteveK? Why do you troll all of these tips? Are you mad that golfwrx won’t ask you to write an article?
yobro
Oct 22, 2017 at 12:44 pm
Stop posting on the forum and just sit in the wrx office and drink coffee….
Philip
Oct 20, 2017 at 12:35 pm
For myself, I finally started “not” hitting the ball when it dawned on me that it is caused by setting up to the ball. I now set up to the club and then place it behind the ball. It looks the almost the same for both, but it turned out to be a world of difference for me.
juststeve
Oct 20, 2017 at 11:11 am
Does anyone know if Clements can play, or how well. I find his swing so awkward and ungainly that it’s hard to watch.
OB
Oct 20, 2017 at 9:45 am
YouTube “golf tips” are just as bad as Golf Magazine golf tips.
Golf tips are only a bandage while the disease festers underneath.
Most of the swing faults are between the feet and the shoulders.
The rest of the faults are in the arms, hands and golf club.
Attempting to fix the swing from ball impact inwards is totally wrong.
Jacked_Loft
Oct 20, 2017 at 8:07 am
Nothing new to me as the ball is always getting in the way of my swing.
MB
Oct 20, 2017 at 3:05 am
Another ruse to keep the bad players to stay bad players so that good players can beat them and make money. Just ask Henry Cotton.
AB
Oct 20, 2017 at 12:10 am
Nice imagery… but … 95% of all golfers do not have a consistent golfswing and can’t square the clubface through the ball… they just don’t know how to do it.
M. Vegas
Oct 19, 2017 at 5:49 pm
And keep the grip moving forward yo