Tip of the Week- Lag, let it happen

I quite often get asked how to create lag in the golf swing. Lag is the angle created by the wrists on the downswing which unwinds just before impact increasing the club head speed resulting in greater distance.

The key to creating this lag is to get your body turning to the target before the arms come down. This move creates and maintains the wrist angle or lag of the club. Don’t try to maintain the angle by holding the wrist hinge just let it happen. Ask any good player if they create lag on purpose and I assure you they wouldn’t.