Stop the Madness! The 4 Pillars of a Great Golf Swing

Dec 5, 2025 • 23:00

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Welcome back, everyone, to the Imagen Golf Podcast! I am Daniel Guest, and I am so fired up for today’s episode.

If you are listening to this right now, I need you to do me a favor. I need you to take a deep breath. Exhale. And I need you to mentally delete the last five YouTube videos you watched about "supinating the wrist" or "hitting Position 6."

Because today, we are going to stop the craziness.

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I see it every day on the lesson tee. A student walks up, and they look exhausted before they’ve even hit a ball. Their brain is spinning. They’re thinking about ten different positions. "Daniel, is my elbow at 45 degrees?" "Daniel, am I shallowing the shaft enough?" "Daniel, what about P4?"

Stop. Just stop.

Golf is a hard game, yes. But it is not as complicated as the industry wants you to believe. We have turned a stick-and-ball game into advanced calculus, and it is killing your scores.

Today, we are going back to basics. Not "boring" basics—essential basics. I want you to forget the 10-step diagrams and focus on the 4 Pillars of a Great Golf Swing.

If you nail these four things, you can play this game forever, and you can play it well.

Pillar 1: Proper Setup

Pillar Number One. This is non-negotiable. Proper Setup.

You wouldn't build a house on a swamp, right? So why are you trying to hit a golf ball with your feet touching and your back hunched over like you’re reading a text message?

The setup is the only part of the swing you have 100% control over. The ball isn't moving. No one is tackling you.

Grip: Get your hands on the club comfortably so the face is square.
Alignment: Aim where you want to go.
Posture: Get athletic. Bend from the hips, not the waist.

If your setup is bad, your swing becomes a recovery mission the second you take the club back. But if your setup is solid, you’ve done 50% of the work before the club even moves. That’s free money!

Pillar 2: Logical Backswing

Notice I didn’t say "Perfect Backswing." I didn’t say "Adam Scott’s Backswing." I said a Logical Backswing.

What is the logic? The logic is simply to get the club up and around your body so you have room to hit the ball with force. That’s it!

People get obsessed with "hitting positions." They freeze-frame their video and say, "Oh no, my clubface is 2 degrees shut." Who cares?! Does your backswing put you in a position to deliver the club to the ball?