The Perfect Drill For a Relaxed Golf Swing

Robin Symes

Mar 28, 2018 Practice / Drills

A common fault is that players try and overly control the club head throughout the swing. When players have this fault, they will have a lot of tension in their hands, forearms and shoulders in address. Try "3 Finger Drill" to fix this fault.

3 Finger Drill

A common fault I see a lot is that players try and overly control the club head throughout the swing. When players have this fault, they will have a lot of tension in their hands, forearms and shoulders in address. During the swing, the wrists will not set freely. The swing will look very tense and wooden and probably they will use their upper body and big muscles in the downswing to create speed resulting in many different faults. If this is you, try this drill:

Tee the ball up
Rather than gripping the club with all the fingers in your left hand, take your baby off the grip, only gripping with 3 fingers.
Reduce your grip pressure as much as you can.
Take some practice swings, feeling the weight of the club swinging around your body with relaxed hands, arms and shoulders.
Once you have a feel for this, go ahead and hit some shots completing the same drill.

After some practice, you will start to feel that you do not need to use your upper body and big muscles as much to create club head speed ,and trust to not overly control the club head. Let it go – let it swing freely.

Robin Symes

Originally from Northern Ireland, Robin has been involved with the game of golf for over 20 years. As an amateur golfer, Robin won at all levels, county, national, and international. Most notably, Robin was instrumental in helping Ireland to win the European Team Championship – also representing Great Britain & Ireland.

Following his amateur career, Robin pursed his Professional career playing in mini tours and regional tours with invitations on the European Tour. While competing, Robin was achieving his PGA Class A status, and it was during this time he developed a great interest in teaching. This passion to teach lead him to begin his new career in 2003, working for David Leadbetter in England, and in 2006, transferring to a newly opened David Leadbetter Academy in South Korea, in which he spent 3 years as Senior Instructor.

In 2009, together with a top Korean coach, Robin opened his own academy, “RNY Golf Institute” and has become a regular instructor for Golf Digest.
If you haven’t heard of Robin yet, you have most likely heard of a few of the world class professionals that he provides instruction and consultation to. The 2012 U.S. Women’s Open Champion, NaYeon Choi, is just one of the many talented tour pros that have been working with Robin for several years now.

While Robin’s main clients are aspiring tour professional, he also loves helping all levels of players. SwingStation’s goal is just that, a tool to pass Robin’s teaching on to players from anywhere in the world, helping them improve and increase their enjoyment of the game.