Andrew rice on controlling the clubface to start striping the. Join facebook to connect with andrew rice and others you may know. Consider the red line to keep your golf swing on plane. Since then, his younger brother, andrew rice, has dedicated himself to trying to understand the underlying causes of violence. It involves potentially undoing some bad instruction you may have received. Conventional wisdom holds that long drives are mainly a product of your swing speed. Getting into a good position at the top is important because it sets you up to make the proper downswing from inside the target line into the ball. Apr 11, 2017 by now, any avid golfer knows what a trackman is, or even flightscope. My swing plane was very consistent from shot to shot. He is all about impact and in the game of golf, impact is pretty important. It means the club is pointing in front of your body, or to the right of the target line for a right handed. One of golf digests 50 best teachers in america, andrew has been teaching golf for almost 25 years, using cutting edge teaching technology to help golfers of all abilities improve. A wide stance, rice argues, will allow you to stay behind the ball and swing up on it two keys many golfers use for longer drives. Today i am very excited to announce our guest, andrew rice.
He is a golf digest top 50 instructor, a golf magazine top 100 instructor, a consultant to the engineering team at ping, a trackman partner and an ambassador for swingcatalyst and kvest. Threeday golf school information may also be found here. Hit down on the golf ball and take a huge divot its not. Mar 06, 2018 golf tip how to flatten your golf swing simple drills. Andrew rice savannah golf coach golf channel academy. Dec 15, 2009 if the golf club gets a little under or above the plane line as it approaches impact without being excessive that is acceptable, writes instructor andrew rice. This video will illustrate what you need to do to hit straight tee shots with the big stick. Quality wedge contact consistency is the name of the game. Martin chuck, one of your golfpass instructors, is the founder of the acclaimed tour striker golf academy and has invented some of golfs most popular training aids used by top professionals around the world. Join golfpass instructor andrew rice as he begins his series of lessons designed to build a foundation of fundamental principles during this challenging time of self isolating. On september 11 2001, investment banker david rice was killed when the world trade center collapsed. The conventional wisdom has always been that better golfers will take a huge divot with their iron shots, and the key to compressing the golf ball is to produce an extremely steep club path towards impact. Get longer and straighter off the tee golfinstruction. Elixir golf swing plane training aid with air cushion strap, gray.
It plays a significant role in determining the club path. Impact is the one position in which all of the great players are decidedly similar, they are almost identical at impact. In simple terms if the face of your club came in dead square to the target, but the path was 6 right of the target line, the ball would start straight and curve left hook. Big thing for me was to try and change from an outside to inside plane to a inside to outside plane. Andrew is the owner of andrew rice golf and director of instruction at the club at savannah harbor, located at the westin savannah harbor golf resort and spa. Andrew rice replied to clonewars222s topic in instruction and playing tips lag occurs as a result of good positioning and cannot be inserted into the swing.
But not only does more swing speed translate to more. If the best players in the world all have different hand positions, swing planes, and various other technical sticking. This reduces the amount of spin on the ball and increases the launch angle thus increasing both carry and roll distance when a golfer hits up on the ball with a neutral swing plane straight at the target notice how the pencil club path points left of the target. Jan 03, 2011 andrew rice made this video and i think ill give it a shot. By jeff pelizzaro in golf, podcast, practice posted july 8, 2017. He is a trackman partner and a swingcatalyst ambassador. In order to move your swing plane to facilitate an intoout path drop your back foot and shoulder inside the target line. But if you are under the plane line approaching impact, you will be hitting pushes and hooks. The purpose of the study was to determine the in uence of head mass on driver.
Chipping angle of attack featuring andrew rice youtube. Mark crossfield tests a distance golf ball against his current srixon z star to see if the longest distance golf ball claims are infact the best distance golf ball on the market today. Floridabased pga professional andrew rice also recommends a wide stance for long clubs, particularly the driver. In order to move your swing plane to facilitate an intoout path drop your back foot and shoulder inside the target line basically set up with a slightly closed stance. View the profiles of professionals named andrew rice on linkedin. Stop acrosstheline backswing move golf tip what does it mean if your golf club is across the line at the top of the backswing. These are professional launch monitors, used by instructors and perhaps more importantly, clubfitters.
Jan 01, 2015 chipping angle of attack featuring andrew rice with mark crossfield. Mar 31, 2016 in this video i will demonstrate the tray drill. Here i will discuss the swing, architecture, equipment, players and the general state of the game. The faster you swing the club, the farther your drives fly. With two and a half decades of instructional experience, andrew brings with him an expert knowledge of the golf swing, a keen understanding of why the ball moves the way it does, and a relentless drive to unlock whatever remaining mysteries the game of golf holds. Andrew rice talks about the elements of a great impact position. Driver shaft 315 feet average 31 off line on my andrew rice golf facebook page i asked readers if they had any experience with shortening the shaft of their driver and here are a few of their responses. How to increase your golf swing speed swing man golf. On my andrew rice golf facebook page i asked readers if they had any experience with shortening the shaft of their driver and here are a few of their responses. Martin chucks teaching facility raven golf club located in phoenix, az features a oneofakind round of desert golf. Lets view swing plane as the hula hoop in the pictures below it is the angle upon which the arc of the swing travels. If the golf club gets a little under or above the plane line as it approaches impact without being excessive that is acceptable, writes instructor andrew rice. This was primarily due to the fact that the pga tour average for attack angle hitting up or down was 1.
You will learn why its important to hit up and from. Play the ball where your righthand fingers point when hitting driver. Andrew rice golf is located at the westin savannah harbor resort and golf club. I purchased the swing radar must have with the system so i could track my progress. He said my chest is to big and there is just not enough room if i swing on plane. What is the correct swing plane for a golf driver video. He has actually played with ernie but we will get to that later. I was first introduced to andrew through his content on revolution golf, and have really enjoyed his style of teaching and his emphasis on. With a wealth of technology, they can measure ball speed, launch angle, spin rates both back spin and side spin, carry distance and overall distance, just to name a few. I will try this i have adjusted my grip in the past, i have adjusted my stance but when i aim left i hit the ball straight just left. None more so than when theyve got the driver in their hands because the driver is the longest club it hits the ball the furthest but most importantly it can curve the ball it has the ability to curve the ball more than any other club. His primary objective is to help golfers gain a simple understanding of what they need to do in order to enjoy the game more.
Hello andrew, with understanding that then swing pathclub path is going to the left at. As you move down through your irons, you can narrow your stance slightly with each club because. Jul 22, 20 the swings direction is simply how far left or right of the target line the direction of the swing is aimed at the bottom of the swing arc. Andrew rice can help make an impact on your golf game. Getting more out of your driver august 07, 2011 andrew rice. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover andrews.
We are excited to announce that andrew rice has joined the mygolfspy team. A simple drill for perfect ball position and pure strikes. Hit down on the ball is a phrase that has been told to golfers struggling to improve their ball striking for decades. If this is the case, then the look of the swing should play less of a role in a golfers improvement and the focus should be more on impact. Andrew felt that swing tempo and rhythm are mostly ignored these days because players think its not a sexy topic, and that it is an oldschool philosophy. Golf top 100 teacher andrew rice shows how a swing feel can. Andrew rice swing from home principles golfpass golf.
What exactly does a plane landing on a runway have to do with hitting wedge shots. Oct 07, 2014 we are excited to announce that andrew rice has joined the mygolfspy team. Jul 26, 2011 the driver fitting turned into a lesson with the guy tweaking my setup and encouraging me to swing below plane so i could attack the ball at a better angle. The driver fitting turned into a lesson with the guy tweaking my setup and encouraging me to swing below plane so i could attack the ball at a better angle. So, if you look at the photo above you will see that the swing direction of this player is 2.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Jun 07, 2011 i played this weekend and out of 14 drives, i sliced the ball 12 times, the 2 were teed up higher and i became more and more frustrated. Andrew s primary objective is to help golfers gain a simple understanding of what they need to do in order to enjoy the game more. Golf instruction what is essential to the swing and what is merely a. It will allow any golfer to get the trail arm to rotate properly in the backswing and set the golfer up for a shallow downswing. Andrew has been teaching golf for almost 25 years and uses cutting edge technology to help golfers of all abilities improve. Attack angle is the king of the parameters in my opinion. Here you will find advice on golf instruction, golf course management and golf tips. Top golf instructor golf instruction andrew rice golf. Every golfers swing is different, of course, but a basic rule of thumb is that the farther up in your stance the ball is, the more youll hit up on it, while the farther back it is, the more. Andrew rice has a drill for you that is aimed at helping you hit predictably straighter full shots. Alistair davies golf shares with you how to flatten your golf swing.
Get your grip strong and your body in a sound position on the way down and you have no choice but to lag the club into impact. Better drivers of the ball tend to hit up on the ball anywhere from 15 degrees up. A few youtube videos thank you revolutionary golfandrew rice later on flattening my swing and i was swing up at 12 degrees on most balls. Aug 20, 2015 when i tested my old college driver a few weeks ago my interest was piqued by how close my swing speed with the 43. Oct 20, 2015 an important element for almost all golfers. Andrews primary objective is to help golfers gain a simple understanding of what they need to do in order to enjoy the game more. Providing golf instruction for all levels of golfers. I have heard that altering the shaft length of your driver by an inch canshould alter the club speed by up to 4 mph. Once you get things right, youll be unstoppable with your wedges. I hope you enjoy the videos located on my youtube channel. View andrew rices profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Andrew rice, the club at savannah harbor, savannah, ga.
Jul 25, 2011 understanding swing plane and club path july 25, 2011 andrew rice there are important differences that occur at impact when a golfer hits either down or up on the ball attack angle. It shows your swing in 3d which you can rotate 360 degrees. I have kept track of of my top swing for each of the 21 swing stations rh light club, lh light club, rh middle, etc. Aug 07, 2018 a few youtube videos thank you revolutionary golf andrew rice later on flattening my swing and i was swing up at 12 degrees on most balls.
The attack angle, a measurement of how steep or shallow the clubhead is moving relative to the ground through impact, plays a vital role in how much distance youre able to generate off the tee. So, as you can see, being able to swing fast is a critical. Pdf the influence of clubhead mass on clubhead and golf ball. Hes trying to get his shaft to the same angle at impact as it was at address, but for me id really just be trying to get onto the elbow plane. Understanding swing plane and club path andrew rice golf. In this tip, chris como demonstrates a drill to help you see the entry point on putts better. The cornerstone of a successful golfer practical golf.
Elixir golf swing plane training aid with air cushion. Keep it simple with a better understanding of your swing. He has worked with improving player tempos through video analysis, and stated that 9 out of 10 players he sees have backswings that are way too slow. The swing plane as in the plane that the club is swung along is an important attribute and aspect of any golfers golf game. How to flatten your golf swing simple drills youtube. This has been a long time coming andrew, but thank you for taking the time to sit and chat a little bit. Hole it on the high side, hole it on the low side, and become a better putter. He said big guys need to swing on a different plane.
You can leave condolences in the guest book, buy sympathy flowers, and pay your respects. I am pretty excited to be sitting with andrew rice. August 07, 2011 andrew rice i know that in the past i have made it known that it is okay to hit down on the ball with the driver. Find out in hole 3 of breaking 100 with andrew rice.