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Mar 26
17m 53s

Improving Strike at Full Speed

Hack it Out Golf - Mark Crossfield, Lou Stagner, Greg Chalmers
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The whole golf world knows: one way to lower your scores is to increase your swing speed. But all the swing speed in the world won't help your scores if you can't convert it into ball speed—and that means you still need to find the center of the clubface when you're swinging fast. In this episode, Mark and Lou answer a listener question about exactly this to ... Show More
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