5 Ingredients to Great Golf

Playing great golf requires a lot of good ingredients, but whether it’s driving, iron play or the short game, it all starts with a precise position at address. Here Claude Harmon III demonstrates the most important keys to the full-swing setup: body alignment and clubface aim. Harmon explains how to adjust these factors depending on the kind of shot you want to play.

We’ve all heard the phrase “angle of attack” many times, but properly executing it requires careful planning. A proper angle of attack will significantly improve your iron and driver consistency, but different clubs call for different approaches. In this video, Claude Harmon III discusses how to check your attack angle and shares his best tips on improving impact.

Among the many things the best players do well is swinging the club fast. That’s a great ingredient for your game, but your focus should be on ball speed, not clubhead speed. Ball speed comes from efficient contact in the middle of the clubface. In this segment, Claude Harmon III teaches you how to optimize your ball speed with the driver—and the short game.

Few things in golf are as frustrating as struggling around the greens and wasting strokes. Most of the time, amateurs over-complicate the short game by making all kinds of changes to try to hit different shots. These are unnecessary complications. Here, Claude Harmon III shares some basic tips on how to vary loft with one basic setup and swing.

Once you understand the basics of the short game, you can add a little flair and expand your shot selection. Do this by adjusting your ball position and swing length, even opening the clubface, and you’ll learn what it takes to become a creative shotmaker. In this video, Claude Harmon III shows you different techniques for developing advanced short-game skills.