THE TAKEAWAY MADE EASY

The takeaway is widely misunderstood in golf, but it’s one of the most important elements of the golf swing. Keeping the club head outside of your hands and not rolling the club inside is fixed by this easy takeaway drill.

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[gerrymcintosh]

Great, great advice. One of the best instructors on line. I left to see what else was out there, but I’m back and your advice on the golf swing is second to none. Thank you Malaska Golf. 🇨🇦💝🇺🇸🙏👍

[jerrysorte]

This has really helped my ball striking. Thanks Mike.

[johnharrington]

Mike, former PGA instructor here, do you feel it’s necessary to do that early set with the driver ? Thanks, John

[abs]

mike, does the club head stay outside the hands all the way to the top from take away?

[Wrigadelphia]

I saw a video recently with you and Eric Cognorno about starting the takeaway with the right wrist bent back which some would say shut but you showed where it wasn’t actually shut at the top. Are you not doing this way any longer?

[kevinberry]

Good stuff tried the grip and swing today for the first time. I had a couple of mistakes but still only shot 3 strokes over my average. I just need to figure out how far up or back in my stance I need to have my ball position.

[jamesmoran]

When the club is parallel to the ground is the shaft outside your toe line? Thanks

[Lantheus]

should the left hand thumb be more on the top or side of the club shaft? here it looks more on top but I thought it would be more in the middle between top and side to produce the stronger grip

[ROSENDOGONZALEZ]

What do you think about stack and tilt?

[thetomschaeffer]

Mike - would you say there needs to be a foot or so of initial movement where the wrists aren't hinging? In other words, it's tempting to start a wrist hinge almost immediately when practicing this takeaway.

[pennynails]

I'm surprised by Mike's left hand grip, as stated by another comment. Not nearly as turned to the right as I thought it would be. Or is it an illusion?

[JohnMoore-hs]

At 1:10, Mike's club face looks shut (to me) at address. Is that an illusion from how his camera is angled, or is that how it is supposed to look at address? If that's the way it is supposed to be at set-up, then I've been doing this wrong for about forty years!!!

[TheJeff]

Do you choke down that much on all your clubs?

[BeefyPreacher]

Integrated at on a sub- 2 minute video is ridiculous