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⛳️ How Baseball Could Increase Increase Your Swing Speed

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Brian Pena
September 06, 2023

Both of the Ryder Cup rosters are set and after the European team released there are some great golfers on both sides. I for one would love to see Rahm and Scheffler go head-to-head a few times at the Ryder Cup.

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GOLF PARADOX

  • The higher a golfer’s handicap, the more likely they are to tell you what you’re doing wrong.

  • Brand new golf balls are attracted to water. The force of that attraction is in direct proportion with the cost of the golf ball.

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TIP OF THE WEEK

How Baseball Could Increase Your Swing Speed

The key to a good baseball swing is timing.

Picking your front foot up and putting it down at the right time while shifting your weight from your back to your front foot.

Timing is just as important in adding clubhead speed to your golf swing.

One way to learn to shift your weight is to practice hitting the ball after lifting your front foot and placing it back down to shift the weight correctly.

TOURNAMENT PREVIEW

The next golf tournament is still two weeks away, but here is a list of Ryder Cup players for both sides:

  • Americans: Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Max Homa, Xander Schauffele, Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Rickie Fowler, Sam Burns, Captain: Zach Johnson

  • Europeans: Rory McIlroy (EP), Jon Rahm (EP), Robert MacIntyre (EP), Viktor Hovland (WP), Tyrrell Hatton (WP), Matt Fitzpatrick (WP), Tommy Fleetwood (England), Sepp Straka (Austria), Justin Rose (England), Shane Lowry (Ireland), Nicolai Hojgaard (Denmark) and Ludvig Aberg (Sweden).

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TOURNAMENT RECAP

There is no tournament from last weekend to recap.

GEAR HIGHLIGHT

Cleveland makes some of the best wedges in the game of golf.

The full face 60-degree wedge is one of the best looking and easiest to hit wedges on the market.

The club produces a huge amount of spin with numerous grooves and a high toe.

Cleveland has better wedges for beginners, but for intermediate and good golfers these wedges are some of the best.

PLAYER OF THE MONTH - August 2023

Victor Hovland

Hovland won two tournaments in August, the BMW Championship and the Tour Championship.

He played some of his best golf ever, and also had some historically low rounds in both tournaments.

He did not just play well, Hovland played well enough to beat anyone in the world for 2 weeks straight.

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Until next week!

Brian and Matt @ Red Birdie Golf