This pro-approved workout transformed actor Rob Lowe’s riding

Welcome to Play Smarta regular GOLF.com game improvement column that will help you become a smarter and better golfer.

Golf is a great game because it can be enjoyed by almost everyone. Go to a golf course and you’re sure to find people of all demographics. There are not many sports that can be accommodated everyone just like golf.

The game also has a way of humiliating almost everyone who plays it. Perfection is impossible to achieve, and everyone from weekend raiders to the best in the world is reminded of this fact every day. The golf ball doesn’t care WHO you are when you are swinging the club. The only thing that matters is how the club face affects the ball.

Watching celebrities, politicians and athletes play golf reminds us of this fact every time we see them doing it. While in their everyday lives they are titans of industry, on the golf course they have just as much trouble hitting the ball as you or I do. But just like you or me, most of them are obsessed with finding a swing thought that helps them achieve it better.

Actor Rob Lowe recently gave us a great example of just that. And while playing in a pro-am championship tournament, he picked up some tips from Rod Pampling that transformed his driving. See below.

Rob Lowe’s Game-Changing Lesson

Getting the ball off the tee safely is essential if you want to lower your handicap. Most of the time, this is easier said than done.

To effectively hit a driver, you need to make sure your lead shoulder is higher than the trail shoulder at impact. This increases the angle of attack and helps you hit the ball, which helps get the ball in the air and further down the fairway.

Many amateurs try to take proper lean away from the target and instead keep their shoulders level throughout the swing. Lowe’s is one such example.

To help solve this problem, Pampling gave the actor a simple workout.

All you have to do is stand in your golf position with your driver. But instead of standing like you’re aiming for the ball, keep your driver’s head on the ground with the shaft pointing straight up. Then extend the lead arm and place your hand on the butt of the glove.

From this position, swing the right arm back focusing on keeping the lead shoulder in place. When you do it right, you’ll feel your lead shoulder stay higher than the trail shoulder throughout the swing.

“What I love is that you don’t even have to be at the range to do it,” says Lowe. “Honestly, the best place to do that — and I say this as a vain, narcissistic actor — is in front of the mirror.”

If you struggle to hit OVER on the ball with the driver, try this drill. Once you instill the feel, it will be easier than ever to get into the right position to hit the ball and bomb it down the fairway.

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