Welcome to Play Smart, a regular GOLF.com game-improvement column that will help you play smarter, better golf. One of the most common swing ailments among recreational golfers is early extension. Yet ...

Early extension is a swing-killer that is tough to diagnose for the average Joe. While lots of weekend warriors are able to see when their path is off line or their clubface isn’t square, they have a ...

Seventy percent of all golfers suffer from early extension, but 99 percent of Tour players don’t. That should tell you something about how damaging this swing error ...

If you struggle with early extension in the golf swing, this video will show you how to finally fix it. In this lesson, ...

One of the most common swing ailments among recreational golfers is early extension. Yet despite its prevalence, most have no idea it even exists. If you fall in that camp, he’s a quick explainer.

Early extension is a golf-swing killer. We’ve covered this topic ad nauseam on this site — but for good reason. When you thrust your hips toward the ball too early in the downswing, you eliminate the ...