{"id":7964,"date":"2026-01-07T16:42:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/golf-tips-for-seniors-shoulder-turn\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:42:42","slug":"golf-tips-for-seniors-shoulder-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/golf-tips-for-seniors-shoulder-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Tips for Seniors: Shoulder Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"226\"><em data-start=\"212\" data-end=\"226\">By Robin All<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"410\">If you study the photo above, you will notice that the chin is preventing the shoulders from fully turning with the back facing the target. This occurs when the head is held too low.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"412\" data-end=\"572\">The chin should be up, with the eyes looking down at the ball. I see this issue often, and it typically results in a shortened backswing and a loss of distance.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"757\">Stand tall, keep the chin up, and allow the head to turn naturally back and through with the swing. This freedom of movement promotes a fuller shoulder turn and more consistent power.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"759\" data-end=\"774\">Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"759\" data-end=\"774\"><i>For personalized instruction, you can reach Robin All at (803) 238-1655 or via email at <a rel=\"noopener\">robinallgolfpro@icloud.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Robin All If you study the photo above, you will notice that the chin is preventing the shoulders from fully turning with the back facing the target. This occurs when the head is held too low. The chin should be up, with the eyes looking down at the ball.<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/golf-tips-for-seniors-shoulder-turn\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7965,"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":[992,722,955],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-7964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-golf-tips-for-seniors","tag-instruction","tag-robin-all"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Shoulder-Turn_2026_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7964","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=7964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}