This professional’s practice is ‘cancerous’ to amateurs. Here’s what you can do instead

Tommy Fleetwood’s go-to exercise is simple. He takes an alignment stick, aligns it with the corner of his shaft and inserts it into a device that the Rocking Plane Perfector. This gives him visual feedback on what ‘on the plane’ looks like as he practices.

“[Using the swing plane perfector] for me, it basically takes care of the thing that I would probably struggle with the most in the early stages of my career, which is the shaft angle,” he said. “Keeps me nice and on plan.”

It’s hard to dispute the results. Over the past calendar year, Fleetwood has elevated himself to No. 3 in the OWGR, won his first PGA Tour event and claimed the FedEx Cup crown.

Not too shabby.

But while Fleetwood’s go-to drill is an excellent reinforcement are swing, trying to do it yourself can have disastrous consequences. In the video below, GOLF Top 100 teacher Cameron McCormick explains why.

Why you shouldn’t try the Fleetwood drill

Fleetwood’s go-to drill is a great shaft face for high-level players. However, for the vast majority of recreational golfers, it will do more harm than good.

“Good for the pros,” says McCormick. “Cancer for 98 percent of golfers.”

You see, recreational golfers rarely have the same swing mistakes as pros, so blindly copying their drills is foolish. In this case, Fleetwood uses the alignment stick to give him an idea of ​​the correct swing plane and to help him get in under that spot.

Recreational golfers typically have the opposite problem. They usually come too far from the outside and wave over it.

“It just makes you swing more over the top and be more on your heels,” says McCormick.

What to do instead

Grab a pair of alignment sticks and place one on the ground along your target line, and the other sticking out of the ground at a 45 degree angle parallel to the target line at about knee height, with the end directly above the ball. Now take the third alignment stick and insert it into the ground in front of the ball at a 45-degree angle, splitting the difference between the target line and your lead hip.

“Then swing and miss the sticks,” says McCormick. “You will have to make draws for days.”

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