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Eliminate Early Extension!

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2 golfers recommended it · 2021–2022

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Explainer · Intermediate

Explains how to eliminate early extension by holding spine angle in the setup and swing.

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2 comments from Reddit

u/qqqsimmons 2021 · r/GolfSwing · in “Any tips? Misses are pushed or aggressively hooked”

You might want to look into youtube vids on early extension. You are "standing up"/extending/straightening out at the waist in the downswing before impact. Very common problem for golfers... You don't want to extend/"stand up" until after impact. ▶ this video ▶ this video plenty more to choose from...

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u/So-We-Beat-0N 2022 · r/GolfSwing · in “Am I standing too upright/close to ball? (Hitting 9-7-5-3H)”

It’s not that you are too upright. Like some others have identified, you are changing your spine angle in the back swing and leaning over the ball…. And then in the down swing you are early extending (standing up) because if you didn’t, you would either shank it, or hit it way left. If anything you want to stay more upright in the back swing, and then dip down a bit on the downswing to cover the ball. Check this …

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