As amateur golfers we all have swing flaws that add strokes and frustration to our game.

If you love golf, and want to enjoy your game, those flaws get in the way... and finding the time to work on them is challenging.

At Swing Align our mission is to save you time in reaching your goals - from breaking 80 to simply having more fun on golf course.

If you have a big swing flaw that needs to be fixed, like coming over the top, or you just want to make solid contact more often, the below swing guide is for you.

Read the whole thing or jump to a section that interests you.

As amateur golfers we all have swing flaws that add strokes and frustration to our game.

If you love golf, and want to enjoy your game, those flaws get in the way... and finding the time to work on them is challenging.

At Swing Align our mission is to save you time in reaching your goals - from breaking 80 to simply having more fun on golf course.

If you have a big swing flaw that needs to be fixed, like coming over the top, or you just want to make solid contact more often, the below swing guide is for you.

Read the whole thing or jump to a section that interests you.

"I want my buddies to have something nice to say about my swing for a change".

~ Tom, 15 handicap

"I want my buddies to have something nice to say about my swing for a change".

~ Tom, 15 handicap

A good swing starts with a good set-up, which is something that every golfer can do well!

Setting up square to your target is important. This may sound obvious, but most golfers beat balls without ever taking the time to check their alignment.

A good swing starts with a good set-up, which is something that every golfer can do well!

Setting up square to your target is important. This may sound obvious, but most golfers beat balls without ever taking the time to check their alignment.

When setting up, make sure your shoulders are square to your stance line and point just left of your target line.

As often as you can, practice setting up to the ball with an alignment rod down the target line AND a parallel alignment rod along your feet.

This will help you get your clubface aimed square to the target line everytime while confidently aligning your shoulders, knees and feet along your stance line.

When setting up, make sure your shoulders are square to your stance line and point just left of your target line.

As often as you can, practice setting up to the ball with an alignment rod down the target line AND a parallel alignment rod along your feet.

This will help you get your clubface aimed square to the target line everytime while confidently aligning your shoulders, knees and feet along your stance line.

When you set up, your spine should tilt back and your trail arm should feel soft, not rigid.

Too many golfers set up with a stiff trail arm which levels your shoulders and pushes your lead shoulder open. This makes a good takeaway impossible and programs you to hit a slice.

When you set up, your spine should tilt back and your trail arm should feel soft, not rigid.

Too many golfers set up with a stiff trail arm which levels your shoulders and pushes your lead shoulder open. This makes a good takeaway impossible and programs you to hit a slice.

Most swing flaws occur in your backswing, or are caused by your backswing.

On the takeaway, don't let your hands or arms pull the clubhead inside.

You can start to move the club with your hands and arms first, but the backswing should ultimately be driven by your chest and hip rotation.

As you move the club back three things are important.

1. Keep the clubhead outside of your hands
2. Keep the toe of the club angled over so that the face is pointing towards the golf ball. This keeps the clubface square during your takeaway.
3. Turn your lead shoulder down and under your chin, keeping it pointed down.

Most swing flaws occur in your backswing, or are caused by your backswing.

On the takeaway, don't let your hands or arms pull the clubhead inside.

You can start to move the club with your hands and arms first, but the backswing should ultimately be driven by your chest and hip rotation.

As you move the club back three things are important.

1. Keep the clubhead outside of your hands
2. Keep the toe of the club angled over so that the face is pointing towards the golf ball. This keeps the clubface square during your takeaway.
3. Turn your lead shoulder down and under your chin, keeping it pointed down.

Rotate your shoulders and hips around your spine which is tilted forward. Stay bent over in your setup posture. Don't stand up!

This keeps your swing on plane.

Rotate your shoulders and hips around your spine which is tilted forward. Stay bent over in your setup posture. Don't stand up!

This keeps your swing on plane.

"There is so much content out there. I want something to understand my swing better. Swing Align provides that for me".

~ John, 10 handicap

"There is so much content out there. I want something to understand my swing better. Swing Align provides that for me".

~ John, 10 handicap

The keys to a great downswing are to shift, bump and rotate.

First, shift pressure to your lead leg. Good players make this shift before they've completed their backswing.

As you reach the top, let your lead hip bump forward towards the target and feel like you are holding your shoulders back. This allows your arms to drop into the slot so you can swing down to the ball from the inside.

Finally, rotate to the target keeping the hips in the lead. The rest of your body will follow and you'll deliver the club back to the ball from the inside and strike it flush with solid contact.

The keys to a great downswing are to shift, bump and rotate.

First, shift pressure to your lead leg. Good players make this shift before they've completed their backswing.

As you reach the top, let your lead hip bump forward towards the target and feel like you are holding your shoulders back. This allows your arms to drop into the slot so you can swing down to the ball from the inside.

Finally, rotate to the target keeping the hips in the lead. The rest of your body will follow and you'll deliver the club back to the ball from the inside and strike it flush with solid contact.

Starting the downswing is the most complicated sequence in golf.

Make it simpler by rehearsing in slow motion.

Slow-mo swings are proven to change your mechanics. Slow movement lets you feel the mechanics better, which will help you make them permanent when you take a full speed swing.

So don't rush... be deliberate and feel the movements. The golf swing is difficult to change when you only practice at full speed.

Starting the downswing is the most complicated sequence in golf.

Make it simpler by rehearsing in slow motion.

Slow-mo swings are proven to change your mechanics. Slow movement lets you feel the mechanics better, which will help you make them permanent when you take a full speed swing.

So don't rush... be deliberate and feel the movements. The golf swing is difficult to change when you only practice at full speed.

An over-the-top swing produces weak slices, frustration, and even embarrassment as you constantly struggle to get the ball in fairway or on the green.

While it feels natural to power the swing using your upper body, it will cause your shoulders take over and move first, forcing your arms out and around your body and over-the-top typically with an open clubface.

The key to eliminating an over the top move is to work the clubhead from outside-to-in.

Try this drill... set up and slowly move the club to the to the two positions shown below. You don't need to swing to the top. Practice the takeaway first then move to the downswing position.

Keep the clubhead outside of your hands on the way back.

And inside your hands on the way down.

See and feel the different positions in your hands, arms and shoulders.

An over-the-top swing produces weak slices, frustration, and even embarrassment as you constantly struggle to get the ball in fairway or on the green.

While it feels natural to power the swing using your upper body, it will cause your shoulders take over and move first, forcing your arms out and around your body and over-the-top typically with an open clubface.

The key to eliminating an over the top move is to work the clubhead from outside-to-in.

Try this drill... set up and slowly move the club to the to the two positions shown below. You don't need to swing to the top. Practice the takeaway first then move to the downswing position.

Keep the clubhead outside of your hands on the way back.

And inside your hands on the way down.

See and feel the different positions in your hands, arms and shoulders.

Tour players frequently work on their arm structure.

Try this drill and think only about the relative position of your lead and trail arm.

When the swing is viewed face on, your trail arm is above your lead arm on the way back and your lead shoulder points down.

On the way down your trail arm moves below your lead arm and your lead shoulder is pointing up.

Tour players frequently work on their arm structure.

Try this drill and think only about the relative position of your lead and trail arm.

When the swing is viewed face on, your trail arm is above your lead arm on the way back and your lead shoulder points down.

On the way down your trail arm moves below your lead arm and your lead shoulder is pointing up.

Impact is a result of delivering the club to the ball correctly. The previous sections help you do just that.

While actual impact in a golf swing occurs in a micro second, it is still very helpful to rehearse the impact position see and feel your body in that moment.

The important impact "feels" to learn are...

1. Rotate your lower body enough to clear your hips so that they are open to your target.
2. Straighten your lead leg like a post so that you are both pushing up and rotating around it.

Impact is a result of delivering the club to the ball correctly. The previous sections help you do just that.

While actual impact in a golf swing occurs in a micro second, it is still very helpful to rehearse the impact position see and feel your body in that moment.

The important impact "feels" to learn are...

1. Rotate your lower body enough to clear your hips so that they are open to your target.
2. Straighten your lead leg like a post so that you are both pushing up and rotating around it.

The downswing starts by shifting pressure and weight to your lead side?

This is important because weight on the lead side lets you push up off the ground, creating speed and power.

You'll notice your impact position looks similar to your setup... but there are two additional key things that all good players do.

They have forward shaft lean with their ands ahead of the ball. They drive through the ball with their lower body, instead of weakly flipping at it with their arms and hands.

You'll also notice a backwards tilt in their spine with the lead shoulder higher, even more pronounced than at setup.

The downswing starts by shifting pressure and weight to your lead side?

This is important because weight on the lead side lets you push up off the ground, creating speed and power.

You'll notice your impact position looks similar to your setup... but there are two additional key things that all good players do.

They have forward shaft lean with their ands ahead of the ball. They drive through the ball with their lower body, instead of weakly flipping at it with their arms and hands.

You'll also notice a backwards tilt in their spine with the lead shoulder higher, even more pronounced than at setup.

It is hard to get the impact position correct and can take years of practice. But there is a short cut... Rehearse it!

Get in your setup position. Push the club handle forward but don't open the face. If anything, exagerate a closed face.

Rotate your lead hip open and straighten your lead leg. This will push your spine angle back.

It may feel silly to rehearse this but you'll be pleasantly surprised when rehearsing how impact feels leads you to doing it when it counts... on the golf course!

It is hard to get the impact position correct and can take years of practice. But there is a short cut... Rehearse it!

Get in your setup position. Push the club handle forward but don't open the face. If anything, exagerate a closed face.

Rotate your lead hip open and straighten your lead leg. This will push your spine angle back.

It may feel silly to rehearse this but you'll be pleasantly surprised when rehearsing how impact feels leads you to doing it when it counts... on the golf course!

Our mission is to help you get better so that you can understand and finally feel a good golf swing instead of constantly searching for the next hot tip.

Our mission is to help you get better so that you can understand and finally feel a good golf swing instead of constantly searching for the next hot tip.

"I kept playing and practicing, but getting worse. Swing Align gave me some control over my swing".

~ Steve, 10 handicap

"I kept playing and practicing, but getting worse. Swing Align gave me some control over my swing".

~ Steve, 10 handicap

The Swing Align swing training device is the most effective guide to SEE, FEEL, and REPEAT the correct swing moves.

Swing Align ALIGNS your upper & lower body square to your target every time.

Swing Align AUTOMATICALLY synchronizes your swing by connecting your arms and body.

Swing Align works equally well practicing at home or hitting balls on the range.

Swing Align was concepted by Alan Strand a respected golf designer. After Alan's untimely death, it was engineered by Chris McGinley who worked creating golf clubs for top brands including 20 years at Titleist, as well as working with eleven #1 world ranked golfers including Tiger, Rory and most recently Justin Rose.

Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, and Henrik Stenson all had direct input in the original Swing Align product concept.

PGA Tour winner Tom Hoge, who is widely regarded as the best iron player on tour uses Swing Align with his top ranked instructor Scott Hamilton.

Devan Bonebrake, a top ranked instructor and host of the The Golf Fix uses Swing Align.

The Swing Align swing training device is the most effective guide to SEE, FEEL, and REPEAT the correct swing moves.

Swing Align ALIGNS your upper & lower body square to your target every time.

Swing Align AUTOMATICALLY synchronizes your swing by connecting your arms and body.

Swing Align works equally well practicing at home or hitting balls on the range.

Swing Align was concepted by Alan Strand a respected golf designer. After Alan's untimely death, it was engineered by Chris McGinley who worked creating golf clubs for top brands including 20 years at Titleist, as well as working with eleven #1 world ranked golfers including Tiger, Rory and most recently Justin Rose.

Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, and Henrik Stenson all had direct input in the original Swing Align product concept.

PGA Tour winner Tom Hoge, who is widely regarded as the best iron player on tour uses Swing Align with his top ranked instructor Scott Hamilton.

Devan Bonebrake, a top ranked instructor and host of the The Golf Fix uses Swing Align.