WATCH: Make a better turn to hit bigger drives
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BK’s Breakdowns: Russell Henley’s winning WITB from the 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge
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Titleist GTS driver fitting: 10 handicap vs. +4 handicap
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Spaun’s surprise putter switch + the best wedge stamping on tour? | Inside the Ropes: Charles Schwab Challenge
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Tour Edge Exotics mini driver review + TaylorMade Spider ZT Max first look – Club Junkie
Alistair Davies shares with you how to increase your distance and consistency by turning correctly in the backswing. He shares great drills to increase your turn.
Russell made a massive charge on the last 3 holes of the 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge this weekend to force a playoff with Eric Cole. Henley drained another putt on the first playoff hole to win his 6th PGA Tour event! While he is a Titleist staff member, his WITB is far from a simple blend of the latest gear. He mixes brand new with some very old clubs in order to play his best.
Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 6.5 TX
3-wood: Titleist TS3 (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Project X Denali Black 80 TX
Irons: Titleist T250 (4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT (4-6)
True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (7-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11
48-10F @47
True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
50-08F @51
54-10S @55
60-04T
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom X5 Tour Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
What happens when a 10 handicap and a +4 handicap go through a full driver fitting at one of the most advanced golf performance centers in the world? Brian Knudson and Andrew Von Lossow headed to the Titleist Performance Institute in Oceanside, California, to find out.
Both players go through a complete Titleist GTS driver fitting with the Titleist fitting team to see how swing speed, launch conditions, strike location, shaft profile, and head setup can completely change performance off the tee. Even though the golfers have very different games, the fitting process reveals just how important proper equipment can be for maximizing distance, tightening dispersion, and improving consistency.
You will see how Titleist fitters analyze every part of the driver setup including loft, weighting, shaft selection, and head model to build a driver specifically for each player’s swing. While the skill levels, club head speeds, and desired outcomes are different both players show how deep and versatile the new Titleist GTS driver lineup is.
Videos
Spaun’s surprise putter switch + the best wedge stamping on tour? | Inside the Ropes: Charles Schwab Challenge
Alistair Cameron takes you inside the action at the Charles Schwab Challenge in this week’s episode. Recent winner Brandt Snedeker breaks down his WITB, Neal Shipley discusses his iconic wedge stampings, the reigning U.S. Open champion, J.J. Spaun, discusses a surprise putter switch. Also featured is a look at Project X’s new Titan shafts, which debuted on tour with a bang. All this, and more!
geohogan
Dec 16, 2018 at 9:52 pm
When the left shoulder works down in BS, the shoulders tilt and hips slide .. rather than turn.
ie left shoulder down= false turn.(very common instruction for single plane swing)
Better to elevate the left scapula and let hips and shoulders turn almost exactly the same degree.
Ref. The Hogan Manual of Human Performance: GOLF, 1992.
stevek
Dec 17, 2018 at 10:23 am
I have The Hogan Manual 1992 so please provide the exact reference pages for your assertions…. taken out of context.
stevek
Dec 17, 2018 at 10:25 am
I have The Hogan Manual 1992… so please provide the page references for your a as sertions… taken out of context.
Gun Violent
Dec 16, 2018 at 9:56 am
Awful.
Just lift the heel and let the knee turn inwards, you won’t have to feel any of those strains and you can get the club, the shaft, and the hands behind and farther away from the ball and the torso will go along with it enough to give you plenty of ball speed as you bring the club to hit the ball.
No need for this stupid, irresponsible drill for people who have no flexibility and they’ll just hurt themselves doing this.
geohogan
Dec 16, 2018 at 9:57 pm
@GV, in addition to freeing up the knees to allow a full hip turn, elevate the left scapula to allow the left shoulder to move laterally across the chest.
The exercise in the video is common single plane instruction, with left shoulder down, shoulders tilting rather than turning and hips sliding rather than turning in BS.
Hips have no means to turn other than by the knees. If knees havent moved then the hips have not turned. The Slide of the hips is a common error they only gives the illusion that the hips have turned.
Ref The Hogan Manual of Human Performance: GOLF. 1992
Gun Violent
Dec 17, 2018 at 9:04 pm
Yea, and I also think the illusion to people of how a swing “looks” to them, whether it looks properly rotated and a deeper back-swing is also due to people’s build, even here in this video, this coach is chunky and has a hard time turning that chunky body and makes his arms short looking and so his swing looks not as fully turned, as it were.
If you had long arms or are as flexible as John Daly and the club just gets in positions without having to turn so deep, there is no need for this exercise
stevek
Dec 16, 2018 at 11:31 pm
… ditto… and 95% of all golfers worldwide are rigid between the hips and shoulders so that both turn in unison in the BS and DS. This means there is no X-factor separation that creates torque from the hips up to the shoulder span.
geohogan
Dec 17, 2018 at 9:17 am
X factor is bogus.
Shoulders are made up of shoulder joint, that is mounted on our moveable, scapula.
Shoulder joints are not lumps fixed to our torso.
Scapula range of motion allows up to 40 -45 degrees of rotation without moving the sternum.
Knees can move hips about 45 degrees. Add scapula ROM to that to achieve 90 degrees of ‘turn’, without any stress on the spine.
stevek
Dec 17, 2018 at 10:20 am
X-factor is real and important for a more powerful swing. This is proven with 3D motion capture and other scientific data equipment.
If your lead shoulder slides too much in the BS you’ve got “soft” shoulders, typical of children, women and weak men. Strong men have solid shoulders held in place by muscular build of the shoulders and chest. This keeps the shoulder span stable for torque generation.
It’s likely your scapulae slide around and ruin your swing strength and power.
smz
Dec 18, 2018 at 6:28 pm
X-Factor is a reality for men with a strong flexible core and spine. Pot belly men are rigid between the hips and shoulders and are forced to rotate their hips and shoulders in unison… causing a very low power swing. This is a Golfswing Fact….