She Never Thought the Golf Swing Could Be THIS Easy!!!

hey there siguto golfers Tom here with Teegan she is a reporter for wmbf news in Myrtle Beach and she has agreed to put herself on the chopping block today The Chopping Block that's what we're calling this I didn't mean to say it that way but now you know what now it seems like all the pressure of the world is on you she has to hit a crispy golf shot in today's lesson that is the goal we've never golfed ever I've never seen her swing nope and we're just coming out here raw unedited and we're going to make some magic happen at least that's the goal we're going to do it I believe so oh me too I believe I believe firmly believe that we're going to hit it extra because we deep fry it and I want to know a little bit about your golf story so do you play a lot what's your you have any golfing goals well uh let's see I bought a set of clubs like three months ago because I moved to Myrtle Beach and very quickly learned that this is kind of the golf capital of the world and in order to do anything social with a bunch of people they like to play golf so I figured you know what I'll give it a try I have never actually been on a course played myself that'll happen today I've been to the driving range like probably 30 times I hit the ball I hope for the best sometimes it goes far most of the time I don't hit it so most of the time you're not you're not striking the ball either it's like a little topper and it's rolling it's just I mean sometimes that ball is there and my club is here wow okay so contact is somewhat inconsistent you'd say oh 100% and you haven't played golf but you've gone to the driving range so today is really about getting your driver's license to play golf I like that yeah that's exactly it what we're going to do is we're just going to go straight into contact okay creating good contact skipping any analysis want to show the folks back home what kind of magic we can create out here so the first thing we're going to do before we even take the club back is we have to get set up the correct Foundation allows you to make the correct swing like 95% of your swing happens before you just start the club back and we're going to start with the grip because if you look at your grip here you can see how your finger is sticking through your right hand M and we might have to work around the nails here just a little bit just a little we'll start with the left hand okay and I'm going to draw a line from here to here in your mind we want the grip going on this line with your pads of your fingers okay and now fold the fingers around the grip and we're going to bring that hand over I'm going to turn that hand over a little bit more so you see your thumbs point at about 1:00 okay so it shouldn't be straight down should not be straight down just slightly off to the side okay and the key here is that it's secure in your hand and it's more in the fingers it's not in like the palm area so that's why I do fingers first all right now we're going to take the right hand and this one you did interlock so go ahead and interlock it and we have the grip going on the pads here on the fingers okay all right so go ahead and move the fingers first fold them and then we're going to get this is the real good part right there now my thumb isn't sticking out it's not sticking out W and you it it probably I liken it to vacuum seal like you've got all of a sudden there's no wobble no wobble it just it's there now I'm going to do one thing I'm going to move turn the club a little bit in your hand cuz I want the club pointed towards our Target this is going to tell the ball where to start so where this points see it's pointing that dire yep we're telling the ball to start at our Target and that's good so very nice don't forget the grip the grip is do not let go this club Got It Never Letting Go Jack and Titanic and all that yeah yeah you are holding on to the the floating door yes exactly in icy water all right so our next part is we're going to get the weight set so your weight is going to be just a little bit forward so push your hip towards me a little bit like that good and and then go Ahad and unlock your knees softly nice now we're going to adjust the arms I'm going to bend your right arm and tuck it in okay that probably feels really strange right it feels really weird yeah yeah so this right arm is a power arm it's going to supply power in your swing the left arm is a straight arm if this arm gets too straight then it's going to fight your left arm and you'll end up hitting all over the place sometimes you'll miss the ball we're going to take that right arm and I want you to tuck it in as much as you can right there yeah just like like that and you know how your arm is here it's in the upper part of your rib cage right around there yep yep and so that's glued in nice now regrip it okay good that arm still bent tucked in now we're going to get some setup to the ball a good relationship to the ball you want the ball be your friend so push your butt out a little bit I'm going to bend you forward towards the ground so now you're tilted down towards the ground unlock your knees a little nice this might feel like you're bending over a lot more because before you were standing up more yeah but if we're going to swing and have the club hit the ground it's really hard for us to do that when we're more level so when I bend over more like you are right now if I just swung this back and forth it'll be easier for you to brush the ground okay that's like 99% of your topping and that those those um what in the world shots are gone y I call them WTF shots but you know what the fudge fudge what the fud got it got it that's the setup we start with grip we set the arm we push the weight a little bit forward and we have a good bend down towards the ball so from here you notice how I've got your elbows closer together yep I want you to keep this relationship it helps you swing the shoulders around the body so you don't have to worry about what pieces to move the shoulders are going to control your swing think of this as the engine so go ahead and and take your hands and arms out in front of you tuck that arm in pretend you're gripping so we're going to clasp our hands together like this like this so I got my right arm tucked in I've clasped my hands now do you feel this unit hands arms shoulders yes you're going to stand up level like this and just turn that left shoulder under your chin just like that and then the opposite way for the rest of your swing would be the right shoulder moving past your chin yeah okay that is the golf swing on the most basic level like that yeah yep exactly like that do you feel how your body responds yes yeah so you're not having to tell your body what to do it's happening as if by Magic okay okay and so when I bring my arms they're both straightened here got it exactly it's bent here the right arm is bent here and it's bent at the top of your swing which is called the back swing and then when you go into the down swing impact and after impact is straightens fully okay the key here though is that you remember this is in charge and these guys are just hanging out okay yeah got it all in the should cuz I don't want you thinking a lot especially since this is really new to you yes I'd rather have you say Okay grip weight arms and I'm bent okay I don't have to think about my setup anymore now I just think I got my hands clasped and I'm swinging those shoulders so go ahead and get into your setup now we're going to bend forward okay clasp those hands together and get your arm tucked in nice now keeping your body tilted towards the ground we're going shoulder under the chin shoulder under the chin okay okay so notice how I'm moving your front shoulder it's down now there we go that's keeping your body's relationship to the ball so good relationship with the ball hello ball we're going to hit the ground and my head is in the same place like that whole time exactly okay got it cuz if it moves we don't know where that club's going to hit the ground no idea no idea so all we have to do from this point is it's your clasp hands drill we're thinking shoulders so we're going to go back short here we're going to do here through to here and the goal is that we're going to hit the ground after this ball so this is a reference point like if you were at the range this would be the imaginary ball that we're not going to hit just a imagine the ball's here but we want the ground the club to strike the ground after the ball and that's where that delicious feeling is the KFC feeling that's where it all comes from got it okay as you swing back notice how I'm turning that shoulder down and then I'm moving that shoulder through and you're keeping your your body is still staying tilted you see see how your body is staying tilted yep it's not up here cuz this is top all all day long yes you're keep keeping the Tilt okay keep the Tilt yeah we're seeing some dirt we're seeing some dirt okay we're going to we're going to plant some plants yeah okay perfect did you hear that sound that's the sound we're looking for okay yeah the dirt's in front of the ball the dirt is in front of the ball perfect now your goal is to do that every single time every time easy right every single time for the rest of your life oh uh perfect yeah yeah I can totally do that all right we're finding some more ground okay check that out give me some more weight forward there we go keep the weight forward do the same thing all right good good so I was just going to explain to you all back home that the reason why we are rehearsing so much is that this is a skill just like riding just like riding a bike we need to start off with some movement training so that tan knows what she needs to do when the ball gets in the way and she's going to get really familiar with hitting the ground after the ball so when I put the ball there it'll be like nothing nothing changed that's the real goal okay yeah how do I how do I fix rather than hitting the grass hitting the ground like do I come down more am I not leaning enough how do I make contact with the ground well how do you make contact with the ground comes down too does your shoulder does this go down as you're swinging so you're swinging it's going down right okay versus if you're swinging and it goes around you'll never touch the ground got it yep okay shoulder so this when I point it's got to get to my finger okay that shoulder has to get to where right around where that shirt button is on your shirt okay I actually like to get it down to right about here the seam this that that area yeah the seam perfect okay that will give you the ground yeah now that was perfect a divot after the ball all right we're going to risk every thing we're risking it all Who Wants To Be A Millionaire me that you hear the music the lights are dropping down okay okay so nothing changes with the ball on the way right we're just trying to do that exact thing right there so think shoulder down shoulder moves down as you swing back there we go beautiful whoa so we hit we had the ball go in the air it it went in the air it went straight too it straight in the air wow nice that felt so cool we call that crispy crispy that felt crispy now do you want to do that again absolutely okay get that shoulder turning down as you keep swinging back sweet sauce that was hot that was perfect that was that was like going to Johnny de's and getting a waffle just going to readjust you a little your hands there we go just think about that shoulder got it oh did you hear that it made a sound I would fist bump you but I'm not going to do it it made a sound it made a divot look at that it's art on the ground yes wow thank you you can't you can't touch your hat either you got a hold in the club oh right right exactly I just got it yeah you got you got all right so do you want to do that again let's do it this time I'm not going to do a rehearsal I mean we're just going to go right into it we're going to go for it all right we're taking all the risks right now we're going for it oh little topperoo well well you know I hit it you know you did a wonderful job on that swing with the form getting your shoulder down so whenever we hit one that's not quite satisfactory we just go right back to the drawing board here yep pretend there's a ball there okay so imagine you're going to hit that yep and then we're going to do another rehearsal swing gotcha yep all right wa forward bend down beautiful woo okay you hear that thud let's do that again okay am I hitting the ball this time you are hitting the ball we are live we are it's it's armed you can move your body back this way yep there we go yep in the center okay good you got a nice secure grip Mission Control says all systems go shoulder down nice that is a beauty T there we go that one went even farther it did it it went and that's all that matters to me that's all that matter what's that bem nothing really matters exactly except for this except for for this does matter yeah so we hit we went through basically like a mini type of lesson right there yes and you went from we got the foundation solid foundation you know grip arms waight forward and just tilt and then we took that and you built this unit with the shoulders yes and then all we did during the swing was we focused on getting the front shoulder down to your left shoulder down Y and you're making sure you keep it down as you swing and then you're finding the ground right there I don't think I've ever uh hit a golf ball like that in my life granted I've only been playing playing three months so with the top shots happening it didn't take much to eliminate that problem no just that shoulder just the shoulder yep science science physics so awesome job today Tegan finally [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]