Greg Norman’s 3 setup changes so as to add 15 yards to your drives

Golf instruction is ever-evolving, however one of the best recommendation stands the check of time. In GOLF.com’s new collection, Timeless Suggestions, we’re highlighting among the best recommendation lecturers and gamers have allotted within the pages of GOLF Journal. At the moment, we glance again at our January 1990 concern for just a few suggestions from Greg Norman that may add critical distance to your drives.

There isn’t any asset extra useful within the trendy sport than energy off the tee. When you can bomb the massive stick, it makes the remainder of the sport a heck of loads simpler.

Including yards off the tee isn’t a brand new fad, although. For generations, golfers have been trying to find methods to squeeze just a few additional yards out of their drives. Trendy tech has made that mission simpler to perform than ever earlier than, however the aim stays all the identical.

Again within the January 1990 concern of GOLF Journal, we sought to assist in that endeavor. With help from Greg Norman, we revealed a brief characteristic on tips on how to add 15 yards to your drives — all with three straightforward setup changes. Verify ’em out beneath, and be part of InsideGOLF for limitless entry to our archive of the GOLF Journal digital archive.

Add 15 yards with 3 changes

Each golfer I speak to desires to hit the ball longer off the tee. They’ll do something, they are saying, to choose up just a few yards on their drives. Sadly, in attempting “something” many amateurs twist their our bodies and minds so badly they really do themselves extra hurt than good. Fairly than producing extra energy, they create extra issues — swinging too quick, going previous parallel on the high and so forth. 

Let me counsel a better method: Add distance to your drives by making small changes to your setup. I’ve discovered that minor alterations in how excessive I set the tee, the place I place the ball in my stance and the width of the stance assist me hit longer drives. 

Under on the left is {a photograph} of my regular handle place; examine it to the {photograph} subsequent to it and browse the recommendations in between. Work these little modifications into your setup and also you’ll see a giant change in your tee photographs.

Norman’s 3 changes

1. Tee the ball 1/2 inch increased
2. Play the ball 1.5 inches ahead
3. Widen your stance by 2 inches

Teeing the ball half an inch increased than regular and an inch and a half forward of your left heel encourages making contact because the membership begins the upswing. This implies you’ll keep behind the ball longer, permitting an additional split-second to construct energy — capitalizing on a giant flip — and delay the discharge of the palms. 

Widening the stance by two inches does double responsibility: First, you create a strong base for the swing; second, you lengthen your takeaway and the arc of the swing, growing clubhead pace on the downswing. (Watch out to not pace up your backswing; strive to attract the membership slowly away from the ball.) 

Assume your regular handle, then make the three changes I’ve described. Evaluate your new “energy place” to the one proven right here: After they match, it’s best to see one other 15 yards in your drives.

Zephyr Melton

Golf.com Editor

Zephyr Melton is an assistant editor for GOLF.com the place he spends his days running a blog, producing and enhancing. Previous to becoming a member of the group at GOLF, he attended the College of Texas adopted by stops with the Texas Golf Affiliation, Crew USA, the Inexperienced Bay Packers and the PGA Tour. He assists on all issues instruction and covers newbie and girls’s golf. He may be reached at zephyr_melton@golf.com.