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School of Golf Extra Credit Tip: Best Driver & Iron Drills (3:13)
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School of Golf host Martin Hall celebrates the year end review with his favorite tips from Major Champions Nicklaus, Watson, Faldo and Miller. Watch School of Golf Tuesdays 7PM ET.
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-I'm Martin Hall. You're watching School of Golf Extra Credit
Year-End Review. Major champion information. Okay. Here we go. Four
tips from 4 major champions. First of all, we had
on the set, Brittany Lincicome. Big hit from the LPGA
Tour, great year this year, 2 wins, well up on
the money list. She said she started to play golf
with a too handy grip. Now, that would be one
of the reasons she's learned to hit the ball so
far, not the only one. If you have a young
junior or if you want to beat more distance yourself,
try hitting shots with a too-handy grip; that will give
you a bit more leverage at the bottom and should
give you a bit more clubhead speed. Now, there is
a tendency to hook it there, which you could see,
but if you want more speed, try using Brittany's too-handy
grip; that's the one she started with. Second major champion
we had on the set, Nick Faldo. Nick Faldo told
me he learned his control, his precision with his irons,
which he was famous for, by hitting the same club
with the same length of swing, different distances. The same
club, the same length of swing, different distances. He would
take his 7-iron when he was while in Golden City
growing up, and he would take a full swing and
hit his first 7-iron all about 120 yards. And then
with the same length of swing and the same club,
he then try and hit it about 150 yards. And
then with the same club and the same length of
swing, then he'd hit it flat out. What he taught
him he told me was the actual fact, you don't
need to put all that much effort to get maximum
distance. Good drill worth doing. Tom Watson. Everybody loves Tom,
how could you not? Tom Watson, the lesson he got
from his father starting out, take your belt buckle and
make it face the target at the finish, belt buckle
to the target at the finish, gave Tom tremendous leg
action, tremendous move through the ball. And even though Tom
is well into his 60s now, he still moves beautifully.
Thanks to that lesson he got from his father. Now,
the last tip, we didn't have him on the show.
I'm hopeful maybe one day we will, but I spent
a lot of time with the great Jack Nicklaus, and
I'd say what I think is the best 'til last
from the best that he's ever played. I have the
chance to ask Jack one time, "How did you win
all those majors?" And the short answer was "Never missed
it left under pressure." Well, "Jack, how did you do
that?" "Felt like the palm of my right hand was
up to the sky after impact." So he said, when
he was going through, he felt like the palm of
the right hand was up to the sky after impact,
never missed it left under pressure. I actually said, "Wow,
I got lots of video; it doesn't look like that."
He says, "Don't care what your video looks like. I
know when I feel my right palm stays up, that
ball is not going left." Four lessons from 4 major
champions; that should help your game. Thanks for joining us
on GolfChannel.com for the Best in Golf Instruction. I'm Martin
Hall. You've been watching School of Golf Extra Credit. For
more tips like these, tune in to School of Golf,
Tuesdays at 7 pm Eastern.
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