{"id":7936,"date":"2025-12-22T17:02:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/22\/golf-tips-for-seniors-backswing-plane-winter-play\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T17:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:02:56","slug":"golf-tips-for-seniors-backswing-plane-winter-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/22\/golf-tips-for-seniors-backswing-plane-winter-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Tips for Seniors: Backswing Plane &#038; Winter Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"201\"><i>By Robin All<\/i><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"353\">Many players swing <strong data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"234\">too flat<\/strong> because they let their arms follow their body&rsquo;s rotation. Instead, think of your arms swinging more <strong data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"350\">up and down<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"568\">\n<li data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"441\">\n<p data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"441\">At the top of the backswing, notice how high the hands are over the back shoulder.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"568\">\n<p data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"568\">Imagine a line drawn through the back arm pointing toward the ball you&rsquo;re aiming to hit&mdash;this helps keep the club on plane.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"570\" data-end=\"593\"><strong data-start=\"570\" data-end=\"591\">Winter Golf Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"594\" data-end=\"827\">\n<li data-start=\"594\" data-end=\"661\">\n<p data-start=\"596\" data-end=\"661\">Keep a <strong data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"621\">pair of gloves<\/strong> handy to stay warm and maintain grip.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"662\" data-end=\"747\">\n<p data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"747\">Store your clubs <strong data-start=\"681\" data-end=\"692\">indoors<\/strong> when not in use&mdash;warm clubs and balls perform better.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"748\" data-end=\"827\">\n<p data-start=\"750\" data-end=\"827\">Warm golf balls fly farther, and shafts flex more consistently in the cold.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"933\">A few simple adjustments can make winter golf more comfortable and help you maintain proper technique!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"933\">For more information about golf instruction, you can contact&nbsp;<strong data-start=\"1308\" data-end=\"1338\">Robin All, PGA Life Member<\/strong>, at&nbsp;<strong data-start=\"1343\" data-end=\"1359\">803-238-1655<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Robin All Many players swing too flat because they let their arms follow their body&rsquo;s rotation. Instead, think of your arms swinging more up and down. At the top of the backswing, notice how high the hands are over the back shoulder. Imagine a line drawn through the back<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/22\/golf-tips-for-seniors-backswing-plane-winter-play\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[52],"tags":[992,955],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-7936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-golf-tips-for-seniors","tag-robin-all"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Swing-Plane_2025_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}