The science of swinging faster and holing more putts

- Golf Digest

Golf Digest+ members can join our Happy Hour on Thursday, September 12 at 8 p.m. ET. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

You step up to a wide-open par 5, tee it high, swing as hard as you can and what happens? The ball spins off to the right and flies 30 yards shorter than normal. That’s because when many of us try to increase distance, we don’t understand the moves necessary to crank up clubhead speed.

A similar misunderstanding occurs on the greens, where we might obsess over fixing our stroke path and finding the center of the face, but science says another thing is causing our misses.

That’s why we’re excited about our next Golf Digest Happy Hour on Thursday, September 12 at 8 p.m. ET: The science behind swinging faster and holing more putts, according to Dr. Sasho MacKenzie. The live webinar is offered exclusively for Golf Digest+ members. MacKenzie is among golf’s leading biomechanists and is the co-founder of The Stack System, a popular speed-training product.

You can read more about MacKenzie and our upcoming Happy Hour here, and in the meantime, members are encouraged to submit any questions for MacKenzie by emailing us.