Straight Drives Will Always Be A Struggle Until You Do This! 🏌️♂️
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Links straighter drives to arm rotation, noting scooping comes from poor arm rotation.
Why golfers recommend it
- Several arm swing videos
- Scoop from poor arm rotation
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2 comments from Reddit
u/CptBadAss2016 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Why does my driver swing look so slow on the way down? It’s losing me distance (carry about 230)”
You're all body, no arms. You wipe the lead arm across your chest in the backswing, then spin the chest in the downswing. The "lead arm across the chest" is the key error here. The arms should work up and down in the swing, while the body turn is what carries them in a circle. In the downswing you have to fire your arms/hands down (and not out) and let your wrists release. With the driver in particular you're not …
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u/GolfExplained 2026 · r/GolfSwing · in “Struggling with high dynamic loft and high spin with driver”
Yeah so you can kind of see the way you're closing the face is by losing wrist angle. When your arms don't rotate well you'll be forced to make up for it with that scoop move. That's why your arms are bent into impact and the release especially. You eventually turn it over but you need to start that motion sooner. This is with irons but the concept is the same with driver, the ball position just changes ▶ this video …
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