The IMPORTANCE of Tilt (Tom's Practice Session Today)

SagutoGolfers, I can't stress this ENOUGH. Your relationship with the golf ball is EVERYTHING in the golf swing. Your:

Swing Plane
Club path
Club face angle at impact
POWER and Clubhead Speed
Ability to KFC the golf ball

All of these factors and more are dependent on your ability to maintain your body's relationship to the golf ball throughout the swing.

I just got done practicing today and, I'll admit, I've been in a rut recently with my swing. I wasn't quite KFC'ing the ball like I wanted to. I decided to self diagnose and made a minor tweak to my setup BUT then I started really TILTING - I mean, HARD TO PORT (if you're a boater, you know what I'm referring to). TILTING HARD LEFT while keeping my head in place.

And then........

CRACK - BANG - WOW - HOLY MACKEREL - REPEAT

You would have thought that a new Kentucky Fried Chicken location offering All-You-Can-Eat $20 Crispy Fill Ups spawned on the Litchfield Country Club driving range. It was glorious. 210 yard 6-irons. The speed was there, the ball was drawing, and the KFC was deep fried.

All of this KFC because of TILT. (videos below)

Isn't this a funny game?

5 comments

5 Comments

jerrygrater

Mar 15, 2021

Please clarify "tilting far to left"

You say bump one inch to target at setup. Does that have anything to do with tilting?

Tom Saguto

May 04, 2021

Replying to

@jerrygrater - I'm not sure if your question on bump vs. tilting ever got answered. If not, my apologies. The two are independent of each other. The one-inch hip bump at address presets the weight forward while keeping the swing center intact. Tilting to the left (for a right-handed player) is part of the tilt, turn, and extend backswing motions as described in detail in Chapter 2 of the Golf Swing Simplified course.

I hope that clarifies this for you!