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Senior Golf Tips from Legend Tom Watson
when I'm asked about Senior Golf there are a few things I talk about before I even talk about the swing first thing is your equipment uh this is your friend a hybrid is your friend all the way from uh four five six seven eight hybrid you know get something which has a big sole to it like this so that if you hit a little bit behind it it's going to carry it into the ball and you're going to get the elevation you need the the problem with senior golf we don't get the ball elevated enough and obviously we don't hit very far elevation is the most important thing the second thing is the golf ball don't play a pro ball something don't do that play with as hard a golf ball as you possibly can you can't compress it anyway so make sure that that that hard ball will just jump off that club face and go go farther distance I talk to seniors about their grip and their setup mainly the grip has to be light it has to be light because you want to get your hands ACC active in the golf swing you can't turn your body very much but you have to keep your hands as active as possible to hit the ball you're going to you know 80% of your speed comes from your arms and hands and the senior golf is about 100% because your body really doesn't help you too much you can't you you can't get your body to do that so the thing I like to do you light grip pressure and in your stance narrow your stance up and pull the right foot back a little bit like this that helps you get a little bit of turn a little bit more turn with your restrictive turn as it is away from the ball like this and so you can get just a little bit behind it with your left shoulder just you know you can't get way behind with your left shoulder but you can get it the key is to get it as far back as you possibly can with light grip pressure then you just come in there and hit it and that's this is kind of what what it looks like it kind of goes and like that you know you're not using your body too much but you're using your hands don't be so hard on yourself that's the main thing the older I get uh the longer the golf courses get and uh you know moving up in the forward tea sometimes is fun for me I don't need to play those back tees anymore and force myself to hit three Woods into par fours or not reach the par fours the beautiful thing about the game of golf you can play it until the day you die so don't take it so seriously enjoy it and have fun the
Senior Golf Tips from Legend Tom Watson
when I'm asked about Senior Golf there are a few things I talk about before I even talk about the swing first thing is your equipment uh this is your friend a hybrid is your friend all the way from uh four five six seven eight hybrid you know get something which has a big sole to it like this so that if you hit a little bit behind it it's going to carry it into the ball and you're going to get the elevation you need the the problem with senior golf we don't get the ball elevated enough and obviously we don't hit very far elevation is the most important thing the second thing is the golf ball don't play a pro ball something don't do that play with as hard a golf ball as you possibly can you can't compress it anyway so make sure that that that hard ball will just jump off that club face and go go farther distance I talk to seniors about their grip and their setup mainly the grip has to be light it has to be light because you want to get your hands ACC active in the golf swing you can't turn your body very much but you have to keep your hands as active as possible to hit the ball you're going to you know 80% of your speed comes from your arms and hands and the senior golf is about 100% because your body really doesn't help you too much you can't you you can't get your body to do that so the thing I like to do you light grip pressure and in your stance narrow your stance up and pull the right foot back a little bit like this that helps you get a little bit of turn a little bit more turn with your restrictive turn as it is away from the ball like this and so you can get just a little bit behind it with your left shoulder just you know you can't get way behind with your left shoulder but you can get it the key is to get it as far back as you possibly can with light grip pressure then you just come in there and hit it and that's this is kind of what what it looks like it kind of goes and like that you know you're not using your body too much but you're using your hands don't be so hard on yourself that's the main thing the older I get uh the longer the golf courses get and uh you know moving up in the forward tea sometimes is fun for me I don't need to play those back tees anymore and force myself to hit three Woods into par fours or not reach the par fours the beautiful thing about the game of golf you can play it until the day you die so don't take it so seriously enjoy it and have fun the
