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WATCH: Master the Swish Drill for more distance
Top-100 instructor Tom Stickney shows a simple way to maximize your clubhead speed through impact, thus maximizing your distance.
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We enter week 4 of Thursday night men’s league feeling a little more confident in the game. BK is hoping to go a little lower and reduce the mistakes out there with these clubs in the bag. Watch the video for the full breakdown of why these clubs are getting the starting nod this week!
Driver: Titleist TSR2 (10 degrees, neutral setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana WB 63 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Lin-Q M40X TSPX Blue 7F5
7-wood: Ping G430 Max (-1 degree, flat Ssetting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8 S
Iron: Mizuno Pro Fli-Hi 4
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber hls880 S
Irons: PXG 0317 Tour (5-PW)
Shaft: LA Golf A-Series 105 Low (4)
Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM10 (50-08F)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Dart V 105 F4 Wedge
Wedge: Ping S159 (56-10H)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115
Wedge: Ping S159 (60-08B)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115
Putter: PXG Battle Ready II Brandon
Shaft: BGT Stability Tour Spec One
Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour X
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GolfWRX’s Resident Club Junkie, Brian Knudson, was naturally excited to get his hands on Mitsubishi’s new Diamana WB shaft.
In this video, BK gives you a brief overview of the new WB, builds up a driver, and takes it to the course for some testing.
With the rebirth of the iconic Whiteboard profile, Mitsubishi didn’t just re-issue a classic, but rather infused all the company’s latest tech into a new shaft, paying homage to the original with its quintessentially Hawaiian-inspired stylings. A summary of that impressive roster of technology, below.
- 80-ton Dialead pitch fiber: Positioned in the handle, Dialead is designed to deliver greater ball speed via better energy transfer.
- Aerospace-grade MR70 carbon fiber adds additional strength, and 46-ton fiber in angle plies in the tip section reduce torque for tighter shot dispersion.
- Consistent Feel Design: Engineers target minimal variance across shafts (butt OD, weight, and balance point) to make the fitting process easier.
- Xlink Tech Resin System: Engineers continue to reduce resin content and increase carbon fiber volume for greater feel without sacrificing strength and durability.
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Back by popular demand, it’s BK’s WITB for his third week of league play. Check out the video for the details and WITB logic (such as it is from golf’s most impetuous equipment adjuster!).
Driver: Cobra Darkspeed X (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: L.A. Golf A-Series Mid X
3-wood: PXG 0311 Black Ops
Hybrid: Mizuno ST Max
Irons: Cobra King Tec Utility (4), Callaway Apex Pro (5, 6), Callaway Apex CB (7-9), Callaway Apex MB (10, 11)
Wedges: Adams Idea SW, LW
Putter: Ping PLD Anser 2D
Ball: TaylorMade TP5x
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Michael
Nov 28, 2018 at 8:00 pm
OMG hilarious. I can’t believe you’re showing GolfWRX members the swish drill. The same drill thats been in Golf Digest every 4 months since 1972.
Next comes the “fire your hips to hit it long”. LOL….
Bob Jones
Nov 26, 2018 at 4:07 pm
It seems to me you would want your maximum clubhead speed to occur at the ball rather than a foot or two past it. Am I missing something?
Mbwa Kali Sana
Nov 26, 2018 at 12:24 pm
Sorry ,this is a completely misleeding and useless drill .It makes you swing with the arms and the hands not with the core and the hips .To send the ball faster and further ,you must improve the speed of your hip rotation ,the arms and hands just follow the rotation of the hips.
steve
Nov 26, 2018 at 2:26 pm
Most (97%) of all recreational golfers cannot rotate their hips past impact and must block hip rotation to bring their pot bellies to a stop and thus hold balance and save spinal injury. Also they rotate their hips and shoulder in unison for a weak swing.
larrybud
Nov 26, 2018 at 10:31 am
The problem with this is that since your mind takes 1/4 second (at best) to recognize when the “swish” occurs, you really don’t know where it occurred in the swing.
steve
Nov 26, 2018 at 2:21 pm
…. and by the time you ‘feel’ impact in your hands and brain the ball is 15 feet off the club face…
joey
Nov 25, 2018 at 3:12 pm
Swish??… I prefer the “SWOOSH” image… like the Nike swoosh … or a toilet flushing 😮
steve
Nov 25, 2018 at 1:08 am
What if the “swish” is just before the golf ball… does that mean your speed is highest just at impact?
Shawn Clement
Nov 24, 2018 at 6:31 pm
Right on Tom! I find that many of my female students respond well to that; if they look for the swish sound well past the ball, the weight shift happens properly with good timing and the body clears very nicely; one of the best tips in golf and a great reminder to the average player trying to get more speed. A little tip to go with this: make sure that grip is strong enough to feel that when you do go for that swish, you feel no need to square the club manually through impact…
Tom F. Stickney II
Nov 24, 2018 at 7:57 pm
Thanks sir! We need to get you down to Mexico soon!!!
xavier
Nov 26, 2018 at 2:23 pm
Mexico is an unsafe narco state where they hate gringos….
Joe Baker
Nov 24, 2018 at 5:40 pm
You’re kidding, right? What’s next? Keep your head down? Look at a spot on the front of the ball? Keep your left arm straight?
steve
Nov 25, 2018 at 1:14 am
… and the longer the shaft the greater the “swish”. How about extra long club shafts to get that swish up up up ??!!!
gps
Nov 24, 2018 at 11:22 am
With more weight in the hands(butt end of the club) as opposed to the clubhead, our subconscious will automatically put more effort into the movement,even though total weight has not changed. Just as our body adapts automatically when we know a box we are going to lift is heavy, compared to one that is not so heavy.
It is the reason that counter balancing the golf club, CORRECTLY, is so effective. Wearing a golf glove or changing to an oversize grip all counter balance the club.
With more of the total weight in our hands, rather than in the clubhead there is less tendency to swing the clubhead and more tendency to swing the handle, resulting in more Lag(swish in front of the ball is evidence of delayed hit).
steve
Nov 25, 2018 at 1:12 am
Are you suggesting that all golf clubs should be counter balanced with counter weights to be more “effective”? If so, why haven’t the club and shaft manufacturers incorporated backweighted so they can claim higher swing speeds and longer shots?
gps
Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 am
absolutely , CORRECTLY counter balancing the golf club will be an improvement for every golfer.
The problem is that there may be only one person in the world who understands why and how to counter balance the golf club correctly. He applied to patent counterbalancing all hand held devices 30 years ago. The cost to pursue world wide patents was too costly and never pursued.
Simply adding weight to the butt end of the club and calling that counter balanced is a joke. May as well do nothing than to do it incorrectly. There is a scientific basis(formula) for correctly counterbalancing a golf club or any hand held device.