Pros vs Ams | GOLF SET UP and ADDRESSING THE BALL!

In today's video, Mike and Shaun go DEEP into how the best players set up their golf shots and address the ball!

As you may know, what you do BEFORE the shot is incredibly important to how good (or bad) your shot is.

This video will walk you through a PRO-LIKE setup and address that you can take to the golf course immediately, as well as a pre-shot routine that will explode your golf swing!

[roakes]

At the British Open in 1960, the four times (later five times) Open champion Peter Thomson was having a drink with the great golf journalist Henry Longhurst. Longhurst asked Thomson why he hadn't written a golf instruction book. Thomson replied that he would be a bit embarrassed because he thought that all you need to know about the golf swing could be written on a single A4 piece of paper. He then proceeded to give Longhurst a lesson on the alignment and tilt of the shoulders at address, essentially the same as the lesson included in todays video. Thomson thought that if you get this right everything that follows is easy and natural.

[andrewsibrian]

For all intents and purposes I’ll just say that video was spot on

[alexbenson]

stare at the target glance at the ball is a Seve quote 👌

[ubbme]

I just had a lesson where i was introduced to this neutral head/spine position. I always thought that you needed to be tilted away from the ball. My ball striking was a weak glancing blow even on relatively solid strikes. In a matter of minutes I was flushing the ball off of the sweet spot. My ball trajectory was piercing and I was hitting a baby draw. My distance increased even when I was working on this with a 3/4 swing. I'm excited about playing and practicing again. Thank you for the explanation on the spine non tilt and the slightly open shoulders at address. These new positions feel odd to me but I know they are correct. You're videos have a lot of good information and are well explained. My instructor said to not get too caught up in YouTube videos but I'm pretty sure he'd be okay with yours.

[Farhip]

You two guys are so perfectly interactive with each other in both your descriptive narrations and physical engagement while depicting the actual method or specific task, that it makes these instructional suggestions SO much easier to internalize. And I mean that in being able to internalizing these critical details both mentally and physically. Between Danny Maude delivering the easily understood basics and you guys drilling into those finite details that make MASSIVE changes in strike compression and ball flight consistency in a way that’s very simple to comprehend and emulate, I have been able to completely re-form my swing to a level I honestly never thought I would be able to get to. I now swing with less effort and have realized DRAMATIC gains in ball flight penetration and yardage while producing dead straight shots from a neutral address position. And that’s with literally every club in my bag!! It’s absolutely amazing and I really can’t thank you enough for putting this content out there. Seriously. 👍🏻😎👍🏻

[petercrocitto]

This video is so timely, I'm a new premier member, just this week this came to me that when I set up was incorrect, I found myself as I tried to drip my back Shoulder down, my head went backward rather than staying centered over my spine. I find now when I setup correct I feel I'm much taller, in a powerful position to hit the ball. Peter from Myrtle Beach, SC

[andrewcompton]

You guys are so wise!!! Your videos have transformed my swing. THANK YOU! Added 20-30 yards by just having much better mechanics. My friends can’t believe the transformation.

[abiyadesta]

The level of depth and quality of these videos... thanks guys!

[texstar]

Ive seen a couple of your vids where you mention how pros drop (greater left knee bend) at the top and still drop down some more before impact. It got my attention and like to see a vid on that. I have given it some range time and am seeing more distance but, hoping Im developing bad habits. Thanks for all of the vids!! Always great material!!

[guyface]

i messed around yesterday with the bent right arm at address and a bit flying elbow for me at the top....30 years of golf, it was a completely different feeling. You made a point on the locked to bent to locked again, which i played most of my life and i struggle with my right elbow getting too forward and in, and the club "dropping under". The feel changes were the overall wrist motion is less, which was great after about ten balls and the release was more of a "pull swipe" instead of a "push extend"....the clubface doesn't move as much and its easier to get on top with my arms extending well after the shot...the feel through the shot which i struggle with under pressure feels more with rotation of torso as opposed to arm extension to square the face. thx guyz and great work!

[Skylarchasenichols]

Awesome video. What happens to me alot is I setup looking at the ball instead of the fairway, my friends say, "you are aiming to the right". I adjust left (without looking again) and then hit a terrible shot because i feel uncomfortable so I appreciate the step by step setup.

[golffit]

Another winner here fellas. I hope we youtube is making you rich, I even watch the commercials

[starks]

Love the night homework!
It's adds that extra training to help with mind and muscle memory to use on the weekends, especially for folks that don't have a simulator at home. Brilliant!!!!

[jeffanwar]

great video, the ending stare at target glance at ball what an insight

[ralfpierre]

Great video, I’m finally hitting the driver with consistency. I was under the misconception to close my shoulder. Thank you much guys.

[toddmanley]

I was just playing around with this yesterday at the range - timely video as always!

[petegalindez]

Another keeper! One of the things I’ve been doing to align myself better is pick a target on the ground about 2 feet in front of the ball if possible and line up to that…then, once I’m aligned to that, I’ll glance up at my target and make sure I’m aligned before firing.

[kjcjensen]

Thank you, great help. Use a screenshot from your hip rotation video as background on my PC. Just as a reminder.

[cujo]

For aim/alignment I stand behind ball and find something a foot in front of my ball that is in line with target. I try to line up parallel to a line between the ball and that spot. That way I only need to look down range to distant target only once or twice. Do same with my putting. Don't know if it's righ or not but it seems to work for me.

[phil]

Amazing, because in the last two years ive had two different coaches teach me two different extremes from set up perspective. This is exactly what I've been looking for to help fix the issues that have been caused the last couple of years.