Posture and Impact
Ever wonder how your posture affects how the club gets back to impact. Let us remember one important fact: golf is a side on sport, which means, the distance you stand away from the ball can influence your swing path, which is a major component to achieve proper impact. For example, take a player that stands too far away at address: result, hunched back and shoulders, arms reaching for the ball; and swing path tends to be too flat(inside to out). Contrary to that, the player who stands too close to the ball could have a tendency to swing the club too straight(down the line) or a swing path that is too steep(out to in).
Correction: stand to the ball with your knees slightly bent, bend from the waist and let your arms hang naturally. Now you have given yourself a better chance to swing the club up from the inside, back to square and back to the inside. This is the optimum way to achieve proper impact and deliver the most power into the ball. Compare this to your favorite modern day football kicker. Notice how the place kicker’s leg travels up to the inside, back to squrare, then back to the inside as he follows through. You will not see his leg swing straight down the line nor will you see his foot travel to the right of his intended target.
The next time you are at the practice range, check your posture, are you too far or too close; and see how it relates to your individual ball flight. You might find that a slight change in posture will make a positive difference in your impact characteristics.
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John Hanrahan
Director of Golf and Instructor
PGA of America Class A Member
"where ball flight matters"
John’s passion for golf began in 1976 when he was 10 years-old, serving as a caddie at the Omaha Country Club carrying a golf bag twice his size and weight. Ever since, for the past 33 years, John has worked or played on a golf course. Little did he know that his love for the game would lead John to one day opening his own golf school, to pass his passion for golf on to others.
John was a caddie in Omaha from 1976 until 1983 – learning the ins and outs of the game. He soon moved up to the golf shop to a position as starter/ranger at the Omaha Country Club and became assistant golf professional in 1986 until 1989.
The next year, John moved to Waterloo, Iowa where he served as first assistant at the Sunnyside Country Club, working under Andy Devine. It was there John developed the desire to teach others, and where he learned the skills necessary to become a successful educator. While working for Sunnyside, John was able to travel south in the winter and work at the John Jacobs Golf School – an opportunity that began his journey as a teacher.
In 1993, John moved to Fort Collins, Colorado and took a position as assistant golf professional at the Fort Collins Country Club (FCCC). The following year he became head golf professional – only the third head professional in the entire 50-year history of the FCCC. In 2003, he was awarded Merchandiser of the Year for the Colorado Section for a private facility. And in 2008, John presented the Board a business plan for a golf school, an idea that was received with overwhelming response.
Hanrahan Golf School has allowed John to take his teachings of the game to the next level –bringing all the important elements to learning the game of golf to students’ finger tips.
While John doesn’t have the opportunity to play 54 holes of golf, walking the green and carrying his own bag like he did as a kid, his passion for the game is as strong as it was then and he brings that to each and every lesson.
Omaha Country Club
Caddie 1976 -1983
Starter/Ranger 1984 -1985
Assistant Golf Professional 1986 -1989
Sunnyside Country Club
First Assistant Golf Professional 1990-1992
John Jacobs Golf Schools
Instructor 1991-1992
Fort Collins Country Club
First Assistant Golf Professional 1993-1994
Head Golf Professional 1994-2008
Director of Golf 2009- present
Hanrahan Golf School at the Fort Collins Country Club
Director of Golf 2009-present
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