Do you want a slow golf swing like Ernie Els. Learning how to slow down your golf swing with your driver is not hard, but you’ve got to apply the right tips to achieve it consistently.

Even though Ernie is swinging an iron in this picture, his driver swing is no different. Beautiful tempo and rhythm. God gave him this, but you can emulate him and definitely see improvement in the speed of your swing, both on the backswing and definitely on the downswing.

One of the biggest mistakes in swinging your driver is “trying” to swing too fast. When you do this, you lose any tempo and timing you had before. This loss of timing will result in mishits and swing flaws; and even a lack of distance. So your intention of swinging faster (harder) will most likely backfire on you, as this will also create tension in your golf swing.

Some of the below golf tips you might have heard before, but have you consistently applied them? That is the key. You’ve got to do them regularly to see results.

Speed Up Your Golf Swing Takeaway

You might be thinking I’ve lost my marbles on this one, but hear me out! I know when I personally try to take the club back “low and slow”, I innately triple my speed coming down. I defeated my purpose of a good tempo golf swing. When I work on this normal speed golf swing takeaway technique my overall golf swing speed is slower, but not so slow I lose distance. I actually gain distance, because my golf swing sequence was better, so my ball striking improved. So next time you want to slow down your golf swing for better contact, don’t take the club away too slow.

Pause At The Top Of Your Golf Swing

This is a very common tip, but every time I do it on the course, I crush the ball! In my humble opinion, as amateurs we really screw it up in the transition. We get way too quick, and jerk the club down from the top, throwing our golf downswing sequence off, making it nearly impossible to come into impact in the correct position.

If you watch Ernie, Freddie Couples or any of the touring pros, none of them come down fast, with a jerk from the top. Their golf swing transition is smooth and slow. For us mere mortals, we almost need to think of stopping at the top, before we make our move down. It doesn’t actually happen, but it almost feels like that.

Once you’ve done your pause at the top, then don’t rush it. Let your body unwind in the proper sequence. When you do this, you come into the ball powerfully. It’s amazing when you think you’re slowing down your downswing, because in reality, you are just giving your body a chance to unwind properly. We do not ever want a HIT impulse coming down. EVER!

How about this for a picture? Ever feel like this guy? As golfers, all we want is a simple, step-by-step golf swing method that will make it easy to swing with consistency and accuracy. I know for me personally, I’ve been “all over the map” with my golf improvement process. I’ve purchases all the DVDs that have come out; I’ve taken lessons (even had one from a so-called, celebrity teacher, and it was terrible, and won’t mention names…Peter Kostis…oops!); I have the new equipment; and a couple of training aids too!

But was I was missing was this step by step golf swing approach that I could rely on day in and day out. I am still in search of it, but I think I can help you put one together that is a good starting point to better golf. It’s not rocket science, but you’ve got to stick with it to see results.

Correct Golf Grip

This cannot be ignored. Your grip is your ONLY connection to the club, so you’ve got to get it right! You MUST learn how to grip a golf club to make a consistent golf swing for 18 holes. Your grip should be come automatic, but it’s got to be right.

Golf Set Up (Posture, Spine Tilt, Alignment & Ball Position)

Here’s another critical component of a consistent golf swing. Your golf set up must be automatic like your grip. When you step into your shot, you must do it the same EVERY time, just like the pro’s do. If you need to develop a pre-shot routine… do it. Either way, you’ve got to get your posture, spine tilt, alignment and ball position correct every time you set up to the ball.

Golf Swing Takeaway

You don’t have to get weird about this, you just need to be consistent every time you make a swing. The proper golf swing takeaway is a simple, “one-piece” takeaway with no hands at all. No early wrist cock, or lifting of the club. Just a smooth takeaway with the entire upper body (core).

Top Of Backswing

If your takeaway was good, you should be at the top of your backswing in a good position. Your right arm holding a tray, with your right elbow pointing to the ground. Clubshaft should be parallel with your target line, with your right hand “under” and supporting the club.

Golf Downswing Sequence

This proper golf downswing sequence is so important to the success of your consistency and avoidance of mishits like slices, tops, thins, bladed, hooks and even pop ups. The most common error is to come down too fast with a “hit” instinct, which puts your upper body ahead of your lower body. This is disaster to your golf swing. You will most likely have an “over the top” and hit a slice, or at a minimum hit a block or push. Any of these will kill your score in a quick minute.

Golf Impact: The Key To The Kingdom

Your golf impact position is one of the most crucial issues in your golf swing. You’ve got to get to impact with a square clubface, or you risk hitting most of your shots offline, costing your strokes and distance. Impact is a dynamic, moving part of your swing, so it’s hard to break it down and work on a position. But, I know for me, I do that in front of a mirror, to see the difference between impact and address.

Your follow through to a balanced position on your lead foot and leg is a result of a solid, and correct golf swing sequence.

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One of the most common mistakes with beginner golfers is the dreaded “over the top golf swing”. This is a premature move of the upper body when starting the downswing. This is a “hit” mentality, that can cause sequence and timing issues in your golf swing.

Look at Figure 1 below which is the common over the top move in the golf swing. Now take a look at Figure 2 which is the proper downswing sequence, that will promote an inside attack on the golf ball, and fix a golf slice immediately.

Golf Tips To Cure Your Over The Top Golf Swing

Golf Tip 1: Bump Your Left Hip To Start Downswing

Golf Tip 2: Pause At Top Of Backswing To Give Lower Body A Chance To Start First.

Golf Tip 3: Let Your Arms Drop With No Move Towards Target.

Golf Tip 4: Right Elbow To Hip In Golf Swing As Soon As You Can Ala Ben Hogan.

Golf Tip 5: Rotate Hips BEFORE you drop your arms. This will creat separation between upper and lower body.

Golf Tip 6: Keep Your Left Arm Close To Your Chest Throughout Entire Golf Swing For A Connected Golf Swing.

Important: Improving in golf by stretching will also allow you a full backswing, making it much easier to come down from the inside.

If you want to have a consistent golf swing sequence that produces solid, powerful shots for 18 holes, your downswing is your defining moment. Learning how to start your golf downswing is huge! Implementing simple golf tips to create a proper downswing is what this article is all about.

I don’t believe in complexity or confusion. I believe in simple, easy-to-implement golf tips you can use RIGHT NOW to see improvement. We make the golf swing hard enough, we don’t need to add to it, we need to break it down into simple steps that you can achieve quickly and effortlessly.

There are many theories of how the downswing should occur. Some are way out there, and others are somewhat sound, but hard to do. There are some key elements that need to be in place to make your downswing sequence correct, so you come into impact in the best position possible to deliver a solid blow to the golf ball, with tons of compression.

Tip 1 From the top, shift your weight to your lead side, but not by sliding, but with a slight hip bump towards the target. Also, focus on learning how to slow down your golf swing from the transition.

Tip 2 Focus on no head movement laterally! So your weight is now left, but your head is in the same spot.

Tip 3 After you’ve shifted your weight, your hips start to rotate, but with no upper body rotation…yet.

Tip 4 As your hips are rotating, your arms are dropping into the slot for an inside attack on the golf ball.

Tip 5 Feel like your right elbow is coming down and into your right side, which will promote an on-plane golf swing. This is a Hogan move.

Tip 6 Retain your wrist angle (lag) as you continue to rotate your hips and your shoulders, now that you’ve dropped into the slot.

Tip 7 Fire your right side hard! There’s no holding back now. You can hit as hard as you want with the right side, including your right shoulder.

Okay…I hope the above golf tips for downswing makes sense to you, and you are able to implement some of these tips and see an improved downswing sequence, and solid golf shots.

I am a student of the golf swing. Through reading, studying and trying, I now realize the right elbow in the golf swing is so critical; having a flying right elbow is death to your golf swing, and Ben Hogan knew it too!

I, myself, have had what they call a flying right elbow at the top of my backswing. This is where the elbow gets too far away from the body and becomes “disconnected”, making it very difficult to come down “in the slot” and hit the golf ball from the inside and shallow.

I have been studying Ben Hogan lately, as he is known as one of the best ball-strikers of all time. He was a huge advocate of a nearly one plane golf swing, with a very low right elbow that did not get away from his body. This made his downswing nearly automatic. Every golfer should strive for this position if they want a sound, repeatable golf swing.

I have been working my butt off to get this right. The other day “on the course” I had my “ah ha” moment. I was really trying to keep my right elbow in close to my side at the top of my swing, and hit the purest drive of the day.

Hoping it wasn’t a fluke, I did it on my next iron shot. Again…a compressed, beautiful shot. Then the next tee shot…again…did it.

I am now a believer in working on the right elbow in the golf swing.

The picture of Ben Hogan below will give you a great visual of what your right elbow should look like in your golf swing. Notice how it’s pointing right at the ground. Picture holding a dinner tray with your right hand, and your elbow will be in the perfect position at the top of your swing.

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