Golf Swing Early Extension: Pros vs Ams

u/Valuable_Truth_385 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “How to stop getting so steep?”

Let's start with your early extension: ▶ this video

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u/HustlaOfCultcha 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “What can I improve on?”

Early extension is basically the pelvic thrust toward the ball (you're extending your hips too early). So the center of the pelvis moves toward the ball in the golf swing. This pelvic thrust is actually a power move (and a shallowing move), but you basically want to do it after the pelvis is rotated (and before impact). When you do it after the pelvis has rotated, the center of the pelvis doesn't get closer to the …

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u/TacticalYeeter 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Help with early extension”

▶ this video ▶ this video Good drill is stand closer to the ball than you like and learn to move the left side out of the way so you don’t shank it. Titleist/TPI have a lot of videos about how to pressure the ground in a way that helps clear the lead side. Sort of pushing away from the ball with the left foot

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u/Revosk 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Help.”

To me it looks like the trail legs straightens in a poor effort to cure early extension, because if it didn't straighten then you're losing space. I'd be curious to see a face on view to see if you're transferring your weight properly as that could also contribute to it. For fixing early extension, you're not rotating your lower body at all through the downswing and are very closed at impact. If you imagine a pane …

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