Titleist Tips: Flashlight Drill for More Consistent Golf

In the video above, Titleist staff instructor Trillium Rose tells us that the position of your club at the top of your backswing can tell you how well you're swinging on-plane. If your club shaft is too steep or too flat, you will have to make some difficult compensations on the downswing in order to deliver the club back to the ball. Swinging on-plane is more efficient. And swinging efficiently is more consistent. Use a full-length mirror for the following drill. ° Set up two alignment sticks in a criss-cross pattern several feet in front of the mirror, with one stick parallel to the mirror (your ball position line) and one stick perpendicular to the mirror (your target line). ° Get in your golf posture and sole your club where the two sticks intersect. Align your feet parallel to the target line stick. ° Look the side to make sure you can see your entire body and the club as you swing to the top of your backswing. Hold this position. ° Imagine a flash light is shining from the grip end of the club, sending a beam of light into the ground. This beam is an extension of the line formed by your club shaft. ° If your flashlight beam would shine on the ground at a point inside the target line stick, your shaft is too steep. ° If your flashlight beam would shine on the ground at a point beyond the far tip of the ball position stick, your shaft is too flat. ° The goal is to shine the beam on or just beyond the target line stick.