In this instructional guide, Henrik Jentsch explains that successful golf shots depend far more on mental visualization than on focusing on a specific spot on the ball. Instead of fixating on mechanics or ball contact, golfers should mentally rehearse the entire shot before swinging.

Effective visualization means creating a complete mental “movie” of the shot: the starting line, trajectory, height, curvature (draw, fade, or straight), and landing point. This process reduces uncertainty and physical tension, replacing rushed or forced swings with a clear objective. Visualization also engages multiple senses—seeing the flight, hearing the sound of impact, feeling the club move through the ball, and sensing the contact on the clubface.

Visualization also serves as feedback from the body. If a player intends to hit a draw but can only visualize a fade, this indicates what movement feels most natural at that moment. Rather than forcing the original plan, performance improves when the golfer adjusts strategy to match the visualized shot. On the course, the priority is to work with what feels available that day; technical changes can be practiced later on the range.

Once the visual picture is clear, execution becomes reactive rather than mechanical. The golfer stops consciously manipulating the swing and instead reacts to the mental image. This alignment between mind and body leads to better contact, improved decision-making, and more consistent results.

For players who prefer a visual reference at address, visualization can guide where to focus. To hit a draw, one might visualize the divot moving slightly to the right and focus on the inside of the ball. For a fade, the image shifts to the outside of the ball with the divot moving left. The key is that the focus supports the intended picture, not replaces it.

Mental visualization works like entering a destination into a GPS before driving. Without a route, decisions are hesitant and erratic. With a clear route, movement becomes smooth and confident. Likewise, a golfer should never swing until the picture is clear. When the mind knows exactly what it wants to see, the body can simply respond.

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Professional golf is entering the 2026 season in a phase of rapid evolution, driven by ranking alignment, roster movement, and new competition formats. The biggest structural shifts are happening inside LIV Golf, while relations between tours appear to be gradually softening.

LIV Golf: Alignment and Expansion
LIV is making a clear pivot toward traditional tour standards. The headline change is the move from 54 holes to a full 72-hole format starting in 2026. This is widely viewed as an attempt to better match Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) expectations, especially after OWGR introduced a policy where accredited 54-hole events receive reduced points compared with 72-hole tournaments. By adopting the standard format, LIV aims to strengthen its case for broader ranking legitimacy and improve players’ long-term access to major qualification pathways.

Alongside the format change, LIV is expanding its competitive structure. The regular-season field will increase from 48 to 57 players, spread across 13 teams, creating more roster spots. To fill them, LIV has upgraded its qualifying pathway. The LIV Golf Promotions event (January 8–11, 2026) will now award three wild-card places for the 2026 season (previously two), reinforcing a more performance-based entry route. This system also allows relegated LIV players and contenders from other tours to compete directly for status.

Cross-tour integration and cooperation
A key theme for 2026 is increased connectivity between tours. The DP World Tour has signaled a more flexible stance by confirming it will not penalize members for playing the LIV Promotions event, and it deliberately avoided scheduling a conflict that week. LIV’s partnership link with the Asian Tour remains important as well, with top finishers in Promotions earning exemptions into International Series events, strengthening the “global pathway” model. While official PGA Tour policies still stand, public comments from major figures suggest the tone is becoming more pragmatic regarding possible returns under defined conditions.

Player movement and emerging talent
The offseason is also marked by major career decisions. Brooks Koepka is leaving LIV at the end of 2025, citing family priorities, and Talor Gooch will take over as captain of Smash GC in 2026. On the women’s side, veteran Pernilla Lindberg is stepping away from full-time competition as she prepares for motherhood. At the same time, new talent continues to rise through development systems worldwide. A clear example is Zhou Yanhan, who earned a full DP World Tour card via the China Tour after a dominant season that included seven victories and the Order of Merit title.

New formats: TGL
Beyond outdoor tours, the calendar is expanding with tech-driven products. TGL, backed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, adds an arena-style, media-friendly indoor league running alongside the traditional season—offering a distinct entertainment format and a new commercial lane for the sport.

Overall, 2026 looks like a shift toward standardization, clearer merit-based entry, and a broader ecosystem where tours compete, collaborate, and innovate at the same time.

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This podcast explores the concept of swingweight in golf and clarifies a common misconception: swingweight is not a measure of how heavy a club is, but how its weight is distributed. More accurately, swingweight describes club balance rather than total mass.

In the traditional Lorythmic system, swingweight is measured around a fixed fulcrum point located 14 inches from the butt end of the grip. The result is expressed on an alphanumeric scale from A0 to G0. The higher the letter and number, the more weight is distributed toward the clubhead relative to that fulcrum. Because the system is based on leverage, two clubs can share the same swingweight while having completely different total weights and very different feels.

This distinction is critical. Swingweight tells you where the weight is, not how much weight there is. A modern lightweight iron can have a higher swingweight than a heavier traditional iron if more mass is positioned toward the head. This is why total weight, swingweight, and balance point must always be evaluated together.

Swingweight is influenced by several variables:

• Head weight: Every 2 grams added to the head equal 1 swingweight point.

• Shaft weight: Every 7 grams equal 1 point.

• Grip weight: Every 4–5 grams lower the swingweight by 1 point.

• Club length: Every ½ inch change alters swingweight by approximately 3 points.

• Lie angle: 3° flatter adds 1 point; 3° upright subtracts 1 point.

Among these, club length and head weight have the greatest impact because they change leverage around the fulcrum. Lengthening a club dramatically increases swingweight even without adding mass, which is why blindly chasing a “standard” swingweight (such as D0) often leads to poor results.

Swingweight also affects feel and performance. Higher swingweights generally make the shaft feel more flexible and the club feel heavier at the top of the swing. Aggressive or hand-dominant players often benefit from higher swingweights, while lighter swingweights can help less-skilled golfers generate more clubhead speed. However, identical swingweight numbers do not guarantee identical feel or performance.

This leads to one of the biggest misconceptions in golf equipment: the idea of a universal “standard” swingweight. These standards were created when club lengths were uniform. In modern fitting, forcing a club back to a target swingweight after changing length often disrupts total weight balance and reduces performance.

The key takeaway is simple: swingweight is a balance metric, not a performance guarantee. Proper clubfitting must prioritize the individual golfer’s movement pattern, strength, and tempo—integrating swingweight with total weight, MOI, and balance point—to achieve consistent ball striking and optimal speed.

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In this podcast excerpt, PGA Professional Henrik Jentsch presents a clear and practical framework for golfers who want to reach a scratch handicap by 2026. His central message is that elite performance does not come from endless, unfocused practice, but from commitment, structure, and a professional approach to improvement. According to Jentsch, golfers must stop guessing and start measuring if they want real progress.

The foundation of the process is treating golf as a primary project for a defined period of time. Many golfers struggle because their focus is split across business, family, and other sports. When adversity appears on the course, such as a penalty shot or an early mistake, divided focus often leads to emotional resignation. Instead of competing and grinding, players simply go through the motions. Jentsch argues that real improvement requires giving yourself permission to pause other priorities for a season. Not forever, but long enough to build your game brick by brick and discover what truly matters to your performance.

This focus supports what he calls “step 1.5: belief.” Belief is not blind optimism, but a structured mental state and a resilient identity. Golfers must genuinely believe they can reach scratch and adopt the mindset of someone who does not quit when the process becomes uncomfortable. A consistent pre-shot routine and clear self-talk help reinforce this belief, shifting the goal from something that feels impossible to a challenge worth embracing.

Once focus and belief are established, objective data becomes essential. Jentsch emphasizes that golfers trust their gut too much. The brain remembers emotional disasters but ignores quiet mistakes that cost strokes over time. By tracking simple statistics—such as greens in regulation, three-putts, penalty shots, and recovery situations—players gain an honest picture of their game. Without measurement, improvement is guesswork, and guesswork leads to stagnation.

Improvement must then follow a clear sequence. Golfers should not try to fix everything at once. Like building a house, one area must be stabilized before moving to the next. Statistics help identify the single part of the game that will move the handicap the most. From there, players must diagnose the root cause before making changes. Jentsch illustrates this with his own driving struggles, where data revealed consistent toe strikes with a closed clubface. Once the cause was clear, targeted adjustments and drills replaced random experimentation.

Finally, progress requires disciplined execution. Technical work must be followed by skill practice and then performance practice under realistic conditions. Combined with smart course management that matches a player’s abilities, this structured approach turns amateur habits into a professional system. Over time, repeating this process creates measurable, sustainable improvement—and a realistic path to scratch golf.

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The Podcast describes three distinct biomechanical pathways for developing an efficient and natural golf swing, based on an individual’s dominant core region: Lower Core, Middle Core, and Upper Core. Each pathway reflects different body proportions, movement patterns, and power sources. Rather than promoting a single universal technique, this framework helps golfers align their setup and swing mechanics with their natural biomechanics to improve consistency and reduce injury risk.

Lower Core golfers generate power primarily from the region between the hips and navel. Their swing is ground-based and stability-driven. At address, they adopt a wide stance well beyond shoulder width, with slight knee flex and a forward spine angle of roughly 151 degrees relative to the thighs. The grip is finger-dominant with a “short thumb,” creating a strong connection to the club and promoting shaft lean at impact. The swing follows a flat, shallow arc around the trail hip, with the trail elbow staying close to the torso. Power is produced through a pelvis-driven sequence: a subtle pelvis drop at the start of the downswing to store energy, followed by an explosive pelvis lift that drives the hips forward and upward through impact. The finish is strong, balanced, and fully supported on the lead leg.

Middle Core golfers rely on balance, rhythm, and full-body synchronization. Their stance is moderate, slightly wider than shoulder width, with a neutral posture and evenly distributed weight. The spine remains straight without exaggerated tilt. A neutral grip is used, with the club placed diagonally through the hands and the grip “V’s” pointing toward the trail shoulder. During the swing, no single body part dominates. The backswing maintains structure with the trail elbow aligned to the shirt seam and the lead arm extended. Power is created through a subtle hip shift and efficient kinetic sequencing, resulting in a smooth, centered finish with the body fully rotated toward the target.

Upper Core golfers generate speed primarily through the upper body and shoulders. They stand taller at address with minimal forward bend and a narrower stance. The ball position is farther forward, and the trail shoulder sits slightly lower. This style uses a palm-dominant “long thumb” grip, encouraging a weaker-to-neutral hold and a more vertical swing plane. The backswing is steep, driven by upright shoulder rotation with minimal separation between upper and lower body. The downswing includes a small lowering of the hips followed by an upward drive as the lead leg straightens, producing speed through vertical force. The finish is upright, balanced, and fully rotated.

In summary, each core type represents a different but equally valid biomechanical solution. Problems arise when golfers force a swing style that conflicts with their natural core dominance. Understanding these differences allows players to swing more efficiently, improve ball striking, and move with their body instead of against it.

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Golf247.eu is a comprehensive, data-driven golf platform that connects modern technology with applied coaching. The content replaces subjective feel with objective measurement, covering the full spectrum of golf performance: swing biomechanics, putting physics, equipment engineering, and modern teaching concepts.

A central theme is the SPACE framework, which defines elite performance through Speed, Power, Accuracy, Consistency, and Efficiency. These qualities are not achieved by effort alone, but through biomechanics—specifically the creation of physical space between the upper and lower body during the transition. Elite players initiate the downswing with a subtle squat-like motion, where the pelvis moves slightly downward and backward. This allows the lower body to work under the torso, preserving room for the arms and club. The result is natural club shallowing, efficient energy transfer from the ground up, and repeatable ball striking. Amateurs often miss this by spinning the hips too early, crowding the swing path and forcing late compensations.

Pelvis sway functions as the engine of the swing. A controlled lateral shift in the backswing loads the trail leg, while a decisive shift toward the target in the downswing enables powerful ground-force transfer. This sequencing creates the X-factor stretch, increases speed, improves balance, and reduces injury risk.

Putting analysis focuses on launch angle, skid, and true roll. Because the ball sits in a slight grass “nest,” it must be launched cleanly to roll predictably. Data shows the optimal launch angle window is 0.75°–2.5°, with ~1.55° considered ideal. Too low causes dragging and excessive skid; too high launches the ball airborne, delaying roll. Efficient strokes achieve true roll within 10–15 cm of impact. Systems like QUINTIC verify launch quality by comparing launch angle and flight angle.

The platform also explores equipment innovation, including the Veneer Project behind the Titleist Pro V1, where an ultra-thin internal barrier prevented moisture absorption and preserved ball speed—an engineering breakthrough that reshaped golf ball design.

Overall, Golf247.eu presents golf as an interconnected system—biomechanics, putting, equipment, and teaching—measured, explained, and trained with clarity.

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This document outlines SPACE as a performance framework for elite golf swings, defined by Speed, Power, Accuracy, Consistency, and Efficiency. According to Henrik Jentsch, these qualities are not achieved through effort alone, but through a specific biomechanical advantage: creating physical space between the upper and lower body during the transition and downswing.

Elite players differentiate themselves by avoiding the common amateur fault of crowding the swing path. Using insights from 3D motion capture, the text explains that professionals move the lower body slightly downward and backward in transition—often described as a subtle squat-like move. Instead of spinning the hips early toward the target, the lower body works under the torso, creating room for the arms and club to drop naturally into position.

This movement produces several critical effects. At setup, elite players establish a small buffer between the hands, shaft, and torso. During transition, the hips shift down and back rather than firing laterally. As a result, the club shallows naturally, energy transfers efficiently from the ground up, and the arms sync with the body without manipulation. This sequence generates Speed and Power, while the improved geometry of the swing delivers Accuracy and Efficiency. Most importantly, it unlocks Consistency, the defining trait of elite ball strikers.

In contrast, many amateurs spin their hips too early from the top. This pulls the upper body behind the lower body, trapping the club and forcing late compensations. The outcome is familiar: blocked shots, hooks, and unstable tempo. Without space, the arms cannot move freely or square the club naturally.

Practical drills—such as using an alignment rod to feel the hips move “back and under”—help players experience this correct transition. The key sensation is allowing the lower body to create room first, before the powerful release through impact.

In essence, SPACE is both the hardware and the software of the golf swing. When the body creates physical room, the five performance pillars—Speed, Power, Accuracy, Consistency, and Efficiency—can operate at their highest level.

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This Podcast presents a technical evaluation of a golfer’s putting performance using high-speed ball-roll analysis. The focus is on how efficiently the ball transitions from impact into true roll, defined as pure forward rotation without skidding or bouncing. Objective metrics such as launch angle, spin rate, skid distance, and true roll distance are used to assess stroke efficiency and equipment suitability.

The analysis shows that although the basic stroke mechanics were solid, the ball consistently reached true roll later than optimal. This delay was primarily caused by unintentional backspin and vertical instability immediately after impact. These effects reduced predictability in distance control and increased sensitivity to green conditions.

Launch angle is identified as the most critical variable. Because a golf ball rests in a shallow depression (“nest”) created by its own weight, it requires sufficient vertical lift to exit cleanly. A launch angle below 0.75° traps the ball in this depression, increasing friction and causing an inconsistent start. Conversely, a launch angle above 2.5° sends the ball momentarily airborne, leading to bounce and delayed roll. The optimal window between 0.75° and 2.5° minimizes both friction and bounce. A measured launch angle of approximately 1.55° is considered technically sound and well within this ideal range.

Spin profile strongly influences the transition to true roll. Backspin (negative RPM) forces the ball to skid before rolling forward, extending the unstable phase after impact. This skidding increases distance variability and susceptibility to surface irregularities. Immediate forward or neutral spin shortens the skid phase and allows the ball to stabilize earlier.

Skid and bounce metrics quantify horizontal sliding and vertical instability after impact. Excessive skid prolongs the period during which the ball is affected by grain, slope, or moisture. Bounce prevents continuous surface contact and delays true roll until the ball fully settles.

True roll distance serves as a summary indicator of efficiency. True roll is achieved when the ball completes one full rotation every 5.25 inches of travel. An efficient stroke reaches this state within approximately 6–8 inches. Longer distances indicate energy loss caused by excessive loft, poor strike location, or insufficient forward spin.

Shaft angle and impact mechanics are the primary input variables controlling these outcomes. Inconsistent shaft lean alters dynamic loft, producing variable launch and spin conditions even with identical stroke speed. A stable, forward-leaning shaft position promotes consistent launch, reduces backspin, and improves repeatability.

Overall, the report emphasizes that precise measurement and data-driven adjustments are essential for optimizing putting performance, outperforming intuition-based feedback in both equipment fitting and coaching decisions.

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