Bangkok Post – Keeping your head down for too long will hinder swing

A golfing myth is that we must keep our heads down — in fact, keeping it down too long will hinder your swing. Keeping your head down too long prevents a good follow-through because a golfer can’t swing past hip-high with the head down and not give up something good in the finish to do it.

A player who is on their back nine of their lives should not fiddle with new technical swing movements but rather start to think of adding a 6- or 7-wood. Older players get their loft from their clubs, not from their swing. Adding loft is a reliable substitute for youth, strength & egos. A senior golfer must also play with softer shafts, as unfortunately the days of S shafts are gone.

Arthritis, especially in the…