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"FacebookPinterestI had fallen into a bad habit while preparing for this year&amp;#39;s Senior PGA Championship. I wasn&amp;#39;t swinging well and gave myself no chance. Then I got a tip that turned on the light for me.\nMax Puglielli, an Adams Golf tour rep who has watched me hit a lot of balls, noticed I was picking the club up steeply to start the swing. I was using my hands too much and not turning my shoulders enough.\nImmediately I thought of Davis Love III&amp;#39;s wide backswing (bottom image) -- that&amp;#39;s a good model -- especially with the longer clubs. He keeps the shaft in line with his left arm in the takeaway, as I&amp;#39;m doing here, really extending his hands. With a proper shoulder turn, this gives great width to the backswing.\nYou also get into a better position at the top -- much wider -- and you gain time to make any adjustments on the downswing. So I went back to dragging the club away low and keeping everything together. My swing felt better, and I won the Senior PGA in a playoff.\nMORE THOUGHTS FROM TOM\nMost golfers swing too conservatively to achieve their distance potential. Try to forget all the swing thoughts that might be cluttering your mind, and just give it a rip. You don&amp;#39;t want to swing out of control, but you shouldn&amp;#39;t be tentative either. Learn how fast you can swing and still stay in balance. You can always gear down for control.\nTOM WATSON, a Golf Digest Playing Editor, is the golf professional emeritus at The Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. He won the Senior PGA Championship in a sudden-death playoff in May."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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