Consider the swing thought jack nicklaus used on tee shots. If youre someone who gets nervous on the tee box, that mental state is affecting how you physically swing your driver. However, as someone who has studied woodss mileperhour driver swing, kostis added, im not sure that the new swing has greatly reduced the pressure. Phil mickelson explains his swing key that helped his swing speed jump in 2019. Butch harmon tells david the best tip that he can give to amateur golfers in this missed cut from feherty. A video version of butch harmons famous golf clinics, this fivelesson series covers all the basics of the full swing to boost your power, accuracy and. The flagship location of the butch harmon school of golf is located at rio secco golf club in las vegas. From what ive seen, nerves typically make the backswing fast and short. Rickie fowler and butch harmon show you how to fix that drive slice. Here, justin parsons, the director of instruction at the butch harmon school of golf, details his top 3 tips for making a great transition in your swing. Butch harmon started working with tiger woods while he was in college, helped him storm the golf world with a win at the 1997 masters, and guided.
Fedex driver saves north carolina wedding with lastminute ring delivery. Butch harmon on how to hit longer drives golf lessons golf. Golf instructors peter kostis and butch harmon think tiger. In search of answers, brooks koepka flies to vegas to see. Pga champion jimmy walker reveals the swing techniques he. You want the club head to start back first, followed by the hands and arms and the. Butch harmon was raised in new rochelle, new york by eugene claude harmon 191689 and alice cullen mckee harmon 191870. The family also lived part of the year in florida, when butch s father served as the winter professional at the seminole golf club. Butch harmons best driver tips will get you hitting it straight and long. That pretty much guarantees an outtoin swing pathand a big pull or pullslice. Phil mickelson reveals his key to more distance, then rips. To combat this, keep some motion in your fingers and feet. You want to stay smooth and deliberate going back, let. Butch harmon on the correct takeaway golf lessons golf.
Under pressure, the tendency is to freeze over the ball. Ive been involved with this golf school project from the ground up and i truly believe we are creating the finest teaching facility and golf school in the world, right here in beautiful las vegas. Butch harmon retires from sky sports golf golf monthly. Golfers of all abilities struggle with how to hit driver. Two sources confirmed to golfweek, on the condition of anonymity, that the legendary golf coach and. The instinct to try to pound the ball off the tee gets a lot of golfers into trouble. Butch harmon s greatest tip for getting off the tee. Nerves typically make the backswing fast and short. Butch harmons best golf tip for amateur golfers golf. Butch harmon s greatest tips for getting off the tee. School of golfs martin hall and blair oneal share an iron play drill butch harmon taught tiger woods that helped him become a 4time masters champion. Brooks koepka flies to see butch harmon for answers. Yes, koepka is still working with butchs son, claude harmon, as his swing coach, with pete cowen as his shortgame coach and with jeff pierce as his putting coach. Welcome to the official website of the butch harmon school of golf at the rio secco golf club.
His father was the head pro at the nearby winged foot golf club in mamaroneck. There are more drills and tips in each of the five lessons in the butch harmon swing clinic, which cover the long game from driver down through the. Jimmy walker reveals swing pointers from butch harmon. The downswing the backswing has one function and one function only. Phil mickelson and butch have worked together since 2007. Tips and drills for posture, swing plane, impact and rotation. This makes the swing path steep and across the ball from out to in. But there are now four other locations across the globe where every day golfers can learn the same secrets and philosophies that harmon and his staff of professionals instill in the worlds greatest players.
Then just commit to covering that yardage, not swinging like you have a driver in your hands. Watch lessons with butch harmon the downswing golf. After a good windup, start the downswing from the ground up. Pga champion jimmy walker reveals the swing techniques he works on with butch harmon. Butch harmons greatest tips for getting off the tee. Golf instructor butch harmon says the direction of your takeaway really dictates everything you do in the swing. Years earlier, tiger created similarly largescale media buzz over his breakup with his longtime pga partner butch harmon. Over the years, they ve tried to make mickelsons driver swing shorter and wider, which he does well. Justin parsons, the director of instruction at the butch harmon school of golf, reveals his 3.