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This Popular Golf Swing Flaw is a Death Move. Here’s How to Fix It originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

While there are lots of common golf swing flaws that amateurs make, one of the biggest issues is hanging back — meaning you’re not properly shifting your weight, which can cause all sorts of inconsistent ball-striking results.

But just because you’re hanging back today doesn’t mean you can’t quickly fix it by tomorrow — you just need some guidance to help get you the fundamentals.

Since I’ve been dealing with this problem for, oh, 15 years or so, I headed to Abacoa Golf Club in Florida to get a little golf lesson from top-ranked golf teacher Shawn Callahan.

The video below won’t just help you avoid hanging back in the golf swing, but it’ll help you properly sequence in order to compress (and maximize!) each golf shot. So take a look below and follow Rainmakers Golf Club on YouTube for more golf instruction.

An Easy Fix to a Common Golf Swing Flaw

When you know you’re hitting a lot of fat or thin golf shots, Callahan says that the No. 1 culprit can typically be traced to hanging back in the golf swing.

“You’ve got to stop moving [back] in the downswing,” he says. “So I like to see people bump the hip [in the downswing], as they hit the ball and come through to finish up on the left side with their head over the front foot.”

Now that Callahan’s identified the swing flaw, what’s the recipe to fix it? He explains by providing a few easy drills to use on the driving range.

First, Callahan describes the “Gary Player Drill” — which is just taking a step forward after hitting your golf shot.

“I saw Fred Couples doing this drill when he was having some issues with hanging back,” Callahan shares. “So what you do is just hit the ball, and then just walk through it.”

In addition to the Gary Player Drill, Callahan offers up another golf hack that can help you avoid hanging back for better ball contact: Moving your golf ball position forward.

“I’ve got the golf ball way out on my left foot, but I’m going to start the golf club at its normal position [in the middle],” he explains. “So when I hit this, it forces me to transfer my weight forward in order to hit it.”

While working on these drills during your next golf practice session, Callahan reminds players to avoid judging the outcome, as many of these golf shots will naturally drift more towards the left (for a right-handed player). That’s common, so the focus should be more on making solid contact rather than hitting it fat or thin due to hanging back in the golf swing.

“Golf isn’t just about backswing and downswing,” Callahan stresses. “One of the more important things you can think about is just getting to that finish position [coming through].”

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 29, 2025, where it first appeared.



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