Clement: At-home drills to stop rushing the downswing
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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
We get those questions often: How do I slow down my swing? How do I stop rushing my swing?
The answer is so much easier than you think and not what you would expect. We are absolute gravity geniuses and through our natural self-preserving “central nervous system,” we thrive when it comes to simple tasks with simple tools. The golf club is a simple tool. As soon as you understand completely what the heck it was designed for, the tempo and timing of the swing take care of themselves.
You won’t ever see a lumberjack fight with his axe or a construction worker fight with a sledgehammer. We will show you how to flow with your golf instrument in this video.
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.
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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!
Timlambard
Apr 22, 2020 at 5:20 pm
This is cool and I LOVE IT.
geohogan
Apr 18, 2020 at 10:06 am
One of my lifelong checkpoints is to keep the shaft be- tween my arms throughout the swing, as shown in the halfway-down and follow-through positions. This happens without my thinking about it, if I maintain my posture, keep my head steady and allow my body to react to the club.
A proper release according to Nicklaus is to have the golf shaft
bisecting the two forarms in DS (P6) and follow through(Level left)
ie shoulders, elbows and hips all in the same plane at P8
with club shaft bisecting the two forarms
NOT trail hand rolled over the lead hand at P8
geohogan
Apr 18, 2020 at 9:54 am
What Jack said was, “you can’t release too early on the downswing, as long as you move into your left side and swing the club from inside the target line”
Fulfill those two things a) move into the left side b) swing the club from inside the target line then you cant start the DS fast enough.
Trying to slow any one link in a chain , is asking for trouble.
geohogan
Apr 12, 2020 at 7:42 pm
The sledgehammer the axe and golf club including the clubhead are levers; as are the arms levers.
This system of compound levers are moved by our torso rotation, with the kinematic sequence providing the deceleration to accelerate the club lever.
ie the dog wags the tail, whether its an axe, a sledgehammer or golf club.