Welcome to Play Smart, a game-improvement column that drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Game Improvement Editor Luke Kerr-Dineen to help you play smarter, better golf.
Whether on Tour or a weekend warrior, we’re always fiddling around with our games, like making a few sneaky swings with that kitchen utensil we see lying around, checking out the move in a mirror we walk past; or, in the case of first round U.S.
Louis has the kind of golf swing that most of us would dream about — in many people’s minds, as close to “perfect” as it comes.
His arms get “stuck” behind him and he can’t get them back in front of his body by the time he gets to impact.
Parsons says Louis has been doing exercises to improve his hip mobility, but the real breakthrough came when Louis showed up to a lesson with Parsons with a training aid he put together at home.
An alumni of the International Junior Golf Academy and the University of South Carolina–Beaufort golf team, where he helped them to No.