Terry Pilkadaris Golf

Are you casting the club and struggling to compress the golf ball?

Maybe you’re hitting it fat, hitting it thin, or watching shots cut out to the right.

I had a client with exactly this problem.

In this video, I explain why he’s casting and show him one drill to help fix it. There are a few different ways you can work on casting, but for him I wanted to get the feeling of the arms coming down first, so his arms and wrists can work into a better position before going through the ball.

The important part when making a swing change? Slow it down.

Start with practice swings. Hit smaller shots. Feel the correct movement first, then gradually build up the speed.

If you’re struggling with casting:

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Sick of missing those short putts you feel like you should make?

Try this simple drill 👇

Go 3 feet from the hole on a flat putt. Place a tee about 1cm in front of the hole, dead centre, then forget about the hole — your only goal is to hit the tee with the ball.

It narrows your focus, gives you a precise target and helps you start the ball on line.

Give it a try — I guarantee you’ll make more than you miss. ⛳️

If you’re struggling with your game and need some help, you can work with me in person or online.

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Kill two birds with one stone 🎯

Do your hips slide to the right in the backswing, then your left foot spins out through impact?

This client had both problems.

The issue was that he was getting too much pressure onto his right side and wasn’t getting back onto his left side properly through impact.

Here’s the drill I gave him:

👉 Take your normal setup
👉 Pull your right foot back
👉 Keep only the tip of your right toes on the ground
👉 Start with small half-swings

With the right foot back, the hips are already open and it becomes much easier to keep the pressure on the left leg.

Now simply swing your arms across your chest and through the shot.

The result?

✅ Less hip slide
✅ Stops the left foot spinning
✅ Better body stability
✅ Cleaner strikes

Don’t start by smashing full shots. Build the movement with small swings first.

Struggling with your swing?

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CAN’T HIT IT LIKE A TOUR PRO? YOU CAN THINK LIKE ONE. ⛳

Good golf isn’t just about having a perfect swing. It’s about knowing how to get your ball around the golf course and shoot the lowest score possible.

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I’ll show you how I approach course management — where to aim, when to attack, when to play safe, club selection, dealing with trouble and avoiding the mistakes that turn bogeys into doubles.

You might not hit it like a Tour Pro — but you can learn to think like one.

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Flipping the club through impact? Don’t know how to stop it?

I had a client come in yesterday with exactly this problem.

Instead of just focusing on impact, I trained his follow-through — showing him where the hands and club need to exit and giving him a clear direction for where the swing needs to finish.

Once we improved the follow-through, his body started working better, the backswing cleaned up, and most importantly, the strike improved.

The key when making a swing change? Slow it down.

Start with small swings at around 40–50% speed and gradually build it up. If you go straight to hitting full shots at 100%, you’re going to fall straight back into your old movement.

Got a flip and want to get rid of it?

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Struggling with your bunker shots? ⛳️

Hit one thin, the next one fat? Can’t get it out of the bunker — then blade the next one over the green?

The first thing you need to check is your setup.

In this video, I show a client the difference between his bunker setup and the setup I want to see. It’s a big difference — and it immediately changes how you can deliver the club into the sand.

I also explain how the body and arms need to move through the follow-through, another key part of becoming more consistent from the bunker.

If your bunker play is costing you shots:

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Push-cut one. Pull-draw the next. Sound familiar?

That’s the dreaded two-way miss — and when you’ve got it, standing over the ball with confidence becomes pretty difficult.

This client came in struggling with exactly that. When we looked at his downswing, we found that just before impact his hands were moving out to the right, the clubhead was flipping over, and both the club and hands were exiting too high through the follow-through.

The result? The clubface could be open one swing and turn over too much the next.

In this video, I explain how we’re working on getting the hands and club to exit lower, underneath the left armpit, using dry swings and alignment sticks to help create the right feel.

Don’t just keep hitting balls hoping the miss disappears. Diagnose the cause, rehearse the movement, then hit the ball.

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Do you have a short backswing and think it’s a flexibility issue? 🏌️‍♂️

Most of the time, it’s not flexibility. It’s understanding how your body and arms need to move together in the backswing.

This client came to me saying, “I’ve got a short backswing.” Once I explained why it was happening, we worked through a couple of simple drills and different feels to help him create a better, more complete turn.

Now it’s about taking those feels away, practising them, and allowing the change to develop.

Struggling with your golf swing?

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