Most golfers go to the practice tee and just swing away with very little mental visualization about where the ball is actually going. It doesn’t seem to matter if there are fifty more balls laying there with plenty of chances …
A powerful golf swing and a powerful baseball swing, in a technically perfect world should be almost the same, the only significant difference is that they are made on a different plane. Being a golf “scientist” who studies rotary motion …
For many years it has been clear to me that the driver is the most important club in the bag. Not the putter? No! The putter is important for sure, but it’s the driver that gives the putter its chance …
“If you swing incorrectly, some of the energy goes into the golf ball, and some of it goes back into you.” – David Lee From both a physiological and physics perspective, there is an ideal way for swinging the golf …
Most great athletes who play other sports, but also play golf, will usually tell you in no uncertain terms that golf is the most difficult sport they’ve ever played. This interesting phenomenon is true more so with football players than …
Back weighting of golf clubs (putting weight underneath the grip or inside the top of the shaft) is a subject that few professionals and fewer amateurs that even attend a golf academy know much about. However it can have a …
In the modern day swing, most accomplished players hit a fade as a “bread and butter” shot, or “go to” shot, because the hands and wrists are more passive and all that’s required is to drop the arms at the …
One of the most important items, whether you’re hitting a golf pitch shot, chip shot, or any other shot for that matter, is the pre-shot routine. If you’ll notice in the video that accompanies this blog, The Cliffs at Glassy, …
Believe it or not, practicing and learning how to play from an uphill lie can train your golf swing with a number of very positive benefits of which you should be aware. When your body is fighting an uphill elevation …
The thought of putting with the driver may strike you as a little odd, but there are a number of good arguments for doing it that are all science based. In fact, all of the unusual drills developed at Gravity …
In this unprecedented year, the Masters is being played in November, making this blog a timely reminder for many golfers. The majority of American players are obsessed with flop shots and playing high lofted wedges around the greens. It doesn’t …
Teaching golf has not only been my profession for the better part of fifty years, it is also a vocational passion. Any time since 1954, if someone had asked me which clubs were the most important in the bag, I …
Talking about parts of the golf swing is never fulfilling to me because I don’t usually look at the swing in pieces (although I can), but as a dynamic-whole-mechanism. The first move of a proper “Gravity” swing, however, that I …
Almost across the board, everyone learns golf with a technically incorrect of how to apply power in the swing. Sadly then they spend the rest of their lives trying to fix it. Since we are holding the golf club in …
“Sand shots around the green have a couple of unique elements that should be understood” – David Lee If you’ve heard a golf professional or good amateur say that a bunker shots is the easiest shot in golf, they’re telling …
These blog pieces are intended to stimulate thinking and conversation among golfers that are interested in advancing their understanding of the swing and improving their technique. One of best ways to cut strokes from your game is to improve your …
Before beginning this discussion of swing “secrets” (sounds great), one should remember that the Gravity Golf swing, when executed in its ideal form, is a complete mechanism, functioning perfectly, both from a physics and physiological perspective. Frequently, I encounter golfers …
This week at the Tour Championship in Atlanta, Tiger Woods completed a comeback that was doubtful in the minds of many knowledgeable golf experts, as well as my own. Tigers Career During his entire career, I’ve classified Tiger not as …
This may seem like a very strange title for an article, but it’s a great way to practice and know that your swing is starting properly. “Perfect takeaway” are not the ideal words for the start of the back swing. …
Anyone who has ever watched carefully when Jack Nicklaus swings a golf club has probably noticed that when he has addressed the ball preparatory to starting his backswing, he does not ground the golf club. You want to make sure …
TOUR EXPRESS, is a unique, science-based training program that is set to transform the golf world in 2018. World class golf instructor David Lee, the inventor of the “Gravity” Golf teaching system, heads up the program. Through the teaching concepts …
Author’s Note: The information contained in this article is perhaps the most important material that I’ve discovered in forty-five years of doing swing research. The majority of golf professionals can move the ball somewhat successfully from the tee. Your ability …
The term Gravity Golfer is a word modifier that I added thirty-five years ago as a descriptor of the modern golf swing when it is executed in a proper manner. Golf labs have measured the starting speed of the down-swing …
Most great athletes have difficulty with golf. Even though they are great in their own sport, they will usually tell you in no uncertain terms that golf is the most difficult sport (if they call it a “sport”) they’ve ever …
