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May 18th, 2010 at 8:00 pm

If you are 60 years old, your best bet is to concentrate on flexability, (I know, I know, that is NOT what you wanted to hear, stretching is boreing and painful and generally sucks). But it DOES work the best out of all the things you can do, and dramatic results can come quickly if you are really tight.

Also swing a weighted club for 100 reps DAILY. Concentate on not swaying, keeping your head as still as possible. Pretend your head is the hub of a wheel–everything goes around it, back and forth, back and forth, while shifting your weight from the right foot to the left foot.

As for a good weighted club, look up the MATZIE ASSIST swing trainer on the net. It is a weighted club with an offset-bent shaft that forces you to release the clubhead through impact at the correct time. This trainer is awesome at eliminating slices, and adds many yards to your swing. It comes in a mens weight, a ladies weight, and a jr.’s weight. So depending on your strength, they’ll have one to fit you.

You can’t hit balls with it, but the company has been around since 1946, so you KNOW it has to work, you can only sell snake oil for so long before you have to close the doors.

If you’ve never heard of them, don’t worry, they don’t advertise a lot because a lot of PGA pros use it and they get a lot of sales from word of mouth, thats how good it is. And I don’t have anything to do with the company either, it’s just that I have owned one since 1996, and it has really helped my swing, a lot.

Start out with little swings and work your way up gradually to full swings, trying to push past your limits at the top of your swing little by little. Ben Hogan recommended this himself in his book “The Modern Fundamentals Of Golf”, so listen.

Also increase the speed of the swings, making the last 25 of the 100 as fast as possible, without breaking anything, or yourself–speaking of which, since you ARE 60, you should get a physical with your doctor before starting any training, unless you already train regularily. This might sound anal, but you don’t want to drop dead of a heart attack just so you can drive the ball farther.

I have used the exact training regime stated above, and I have gone from driving the ball 180 yards on the fly, to 290 yards on the fly coming back from a bad back injury, so it DOES work.

One other thing, I am 40 years old. So it’s not like I’m young either, so try it!