All golfers hope to find a training aide that will magically help their game. I’m a bit skeptical and believe I can fix my swing through analysis using video (V1 Golf app for iOS) and just reading and watching and soaking it all in. But I know that some training aides will actually help. When I was in florida, Cory had me working with the Tour Striker, which is a golf club that helps teach you the proper feel for lag in the club and really hitting down on the ball. I love it, but I’ve heard that it doesn’t work on the Country Club Elite golf mat I have for indoor practice.

But I need more lag. More importantly, I need a proper hinge. I started noticing that my backswing looks long and around my body, but my arms and shoulders look good. I started looking at pro swings and realized that im not hinging correctly, I started practicing hinging before backswing, holding it and swinging through and hit solid shots. So I concluded that my hinge was wrong.

I had heard of the Swingyde a few months back, Jonathan Byrd, a swing I love to watch, uses one on the range. So I bought it. The moment I put it on the club I knew what I was doing, I was rolling and slightly bowing my wrist instead of hinging. N way I’d be consistent like that.

I started using the Swingyde 4 days before Vegas. I those 4 days, I probably hit 300 balls and got my hinge to a better place getting my club on plane earlier and setting me in a good spot at the top. I know I have many other issues in my swing, but damn, having this product in my hands months ago would make a huge difference now. I bet I’d be a 15 handicap instead of 18 by now.

I’m excited to keep working with it and believe it will help not only with the proper hinge but also a great tool to learn to lag the club a bit better.