5 Tony Finau’s speed keys to get 25 extra yards from tee

Golf guidance is always developing, but the best advice lies in the test of time. In the new Golf.com series, eternal tips, we are emphasizing some of the biggest tips that teachers and players have shared on the Golf Magazine pages. Today we look back on some energy tips by Tony Finau first published in our September 2016 issue. For unlimited access to the Digital Golf Magazine archive, join Indoor tODAY; You will enjoy $ 140 value for only $ 39.99/year.

Tone there are ca grave FORCE The six-time PGA Tour winner on average 308.4 yards per poke last season-and this is at a truncated pace. When he really goes after one, It can reach over 200 mphs of ball velocity with ease.

Not everyone has the tools to hit the ball as Finau does, but that doesn’t mean you can’t steal some of his secrets to get some extra yards from Tee. Back in 2016, Finau joined Golf To share his five secrets of energy. Follow them and soon you will bomb it down the streets like him.

5 FINAU Energy Secrets

This season, I have been fighting it for the superiority of running with JB Holmes and Dustin Johnson. This is a good company for a mahogany tour like me. Busting drives is my specialty, in the melody of 31l yards for poke. It helps to be 6 4 ‘and a good athlete, but my 121km speed in the club comes mainly from executing the basics of shaking someone can do, including getting a balanced composition, sequencing my landing and completely releasing the club.

Follow my keys, and those disappointing short discs will be on your back. You will grab precious yards, regardless of your size or strength. Time time to do quickly, not enraged!

1. Balanced Start

I focus on the balance while addressing the ball, making sure I am in position to swing freely without my body get the way. To get started, I get into my stand with my right foot, while simultaneously putting the driver’s head behind the ball. This allows me to aim more accurately my club line in my intended line rather than waiting until they were both legs.

After the club was lined up, I bring my left foot and move my weight until I feel I have a 50-50 division, not only between the two legs, but also between my fingers and heels. I know I am balanced when I feel sure that someone either before me or after me could not encourage me by my placement.

Finally, follow my bullet: Check your back to be flat with shoulders drawn slightly back, just where your upper “wings fall”. This is what gives you that feeling “free pace” to the address.

Caution: The distance you stand from the ball can vary from round to round. Fight this! If you mean or overload, your shoulders will be tense, robbing you of speed. I like to only make the club without disturbing its angle of natural lie, then catch it while the upper wings are hanging straight down. This sets me the exact distance from the ball each time.

2. Make a spine without delay

To start my swing, I move my arms, hands and club in unison as I remove my body from the ball. I want my body to move in harmony, with zero delay between my different parts. The trick is to start taking your with your essence – those AB muscles that you may have or have not worked on. Then, let everything travel at the top.

Avoid the usual mistake of “breaking” your wrists too early. It is a large energy drain because – this makes the club at the top of the swing effectively. If you release your stored energy on top, you will not have it when you need – in influence.

My advice? Delay your hinges as long as possible. Believe me: Your ankles will be placed when the right time is. The Thello for a good, powerful high position is to maintain your intake with a piece as long as your essence and shoulders can come back. Don’t worry if you can’t get the club sit in parallel with the land when you reach the top. A long spine is not all and all. It is more important to “settle” and maintain the power for landing.

3. “Drain it” from above

I hold my hands passive when I start. If my myths move quickly, my whole sequence goes Haywire, spending all the power I have stored during my back. To keep it not to happen, I “bump” hip and left knee towards the target. Once I bump, I push down to the ground as if I am determined to dance up and catch a return to basketball. I will even go so far as to bend my knees. Large strikers know how to shake through influence, you need to get low first.

Here is another shaky thought: Pumpkin a fictional problem under the fingers of your left foot as you start down. This simple trick takes weight by targeting while keeping you “tied” to the ground – this is essential for giving maximum energy to the ball. To truly spill speed, flame the left foot to the address. Your hips will come back much faster.

4. Do not fight – or strengthen – your release

The weekend players with which I am paired with it tend to overdo the muscles in the arms and hands on the influence. At that time, it’s too late. Speed ​​should build – you can’t get ultimately catch as if it were a college exam. When I get to the hit area, I just allow the club to stick the ball through the ball at the speed you stored throughout my back and landing. Trying to run or “hit” the ball just break the moment of the club, leading to shorter, weaker discs.

The Thelli is to leave the club as natural as possible and as easily as possible. Properly done, it feels like the club is leaving everyone in itself. One thing to remember: keep your pressure stuck evenly on both hands through influence, and keep it constant until the club hangs on your continuation. If you squeeze your right hand harder than the left, you can roll the club’s head, hitting bad hooks. (If your left hand prevails in release, you will keep the club open and cut it.) So take a zen access to your club: just let it go.

5. Stay long at the end

Hey, do not sweat if you lack the flexibility to reach a complete, long conclusion like mine. Everyone’s physics is different. You just know that the higher and the more balanced your oscillation is at the bottom, the longer you run it. Believe it or not, a complete conclusion – with your right shoulder closer to the target than the left and your left thoroughly elongated foot – can get you a serious club speed.

Theelli is to light your left foot towards the target to the address. This makes it easier to turn into a comfortable end by keeping the left foot planted on the ground.

If you do these things and rotate all the way, you will end up with a balanced and long finish. Remember: come back, do not slip, toward the target through influence. You will wear in the yards and divide the right path.