03/30/2018 ISSUE 13

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HOW OLDER GOLFERS CAN RECAPTURE A LONGER SWING Kevin’s
Kures
Many of our readers are either approach- week. It will pay great dividends. Perform Faldo, the 1987 British Open champion,
ing or have reached the age of retirement. some basic stretches such as a lat stretch, was the first player to not lift his left heel in Kevin Perkins is a PGA Master Profession-
One of the most common errors that golf- trunk twirls, toe touches, and arm circles, 127 years. Right around the late 1980s it be- al and operates his Golf Academy at 76 Golf
ers make is their golf swings are too short at the very minimum. This will help dimin- came popular in the teaching world to keep World in Stuart. Kevin has authored the golf
and lack the amount of motion needed to ish the aging process. Follow that up with a the lead heel on the ground. In my humble instructional book Golf Everyone, published
create freedom and power to ensure prop- brisk 15-to-20-minute walk. opinion, it’s not what people should be do- by Hunter Textbooks. Kevin may be reached
er timing and effortlessness movement. ing as they get older. Allow the lead heel to at 561-301-3783, email: [email protected],
One of our common sayings that you will 3. Long Arm Swing. As a teaching com- come off the ground and this will allow your or visit his website at www.kevinperkinsgol-
hear at our Academy is “true control comes munity, we talk too often about shoulder arms and shoulders and hips to move more facademy.com. 
when the players surrenders to the swing- turn and should talk equally as much about freely, providing some help, resulting in a
ing action.” This is much more probable if the length of our arm swing. Create a long, longer motion.
you have a longer, free movement, as op- free arm swing and this will prompt a larger
posed to a shorter, tighter motion. I would shoulder turn. The larger shoulder turn will 6. Allow Weight of Club Head to
also recommend that you try to stay away then prompt more rib-cage, hip and knee Cock Your Wrists. As the club nears the
from the line of thinking that, the more my and foot movement, resulting in a positive three-quarter mark of your backswing, al-
swing moves, the more that can go wrong. domino effect caused by the increased arm low the weight of the clubhead to cock your
Again, this can seem logical, but most peo- swing. wrists so that you get more down force. As
ple do this by over-controlling the motion, a result, the increased wrist cock will give
instead of letting it go. Obviously, it’s no 4. Allow Lead Arm to Bend Slightly. some momentum to the arm swing, and
secret that as we get older, we become less This is another area that we can improve help the shoulders turn longer as well.
flexible and, therefore, our range of mo- our thinking. I think all of us are almost
tion suffers. obsessed with keeping the lead arm (left
arm for the right-handed player, right arm
The following are a number of “Kures” for the left-handed player) straight to the
to help you regain and recapture a longer top of the backswing. Research has proven
swing, which can do wonders for hitting the that even though it appears a lot of the great
ball better: players keep their lead arm is straight, it’s
actually bent slightly. As we get older, it’s
1. Weighted Driver. There are a few crucial that you allow the lead arm to bend
weighted drivers on the market that help via the elbow joint. This will allow you to
enhance your strength and flexibility. Mo- take a much longer swing. Almost in all cas-
mentous Golf makes a great product called es, as the outward pull of the swing occurs
the Power Hitter. I would recommend pur- late into the downswing, the lead arm will
chasing a product like this and swinging it straighten as we go through the ball.
25 times per day.
5. Lift Your Lead Heel off Ground. From
2. Stretching Routine. I would highly the first British Open in 1860, until 1987,
recommend committing to a daily stretch- each British Open Champion throughout
ing routine. Try to perform the stretching that 127-year span lifted his lead heel off
routine at a minimum of 4 to 5 days per the ground while swinging his driver. Nick

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