Brad Hawkins Golf Academy

Brad Hawkins Golf Academy Master your Golf Game with The founder of Left Tilt Golf for the best golf Lessons and coaching in Sydney with Brad Hawkins, Golf Professional.
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Advanced swing analysis technology provides detailed ball flight data for golfers of all abilities.

16/06/2026

Golf instruction has told players for years to make a bigger turn. The problem is that most golfers are already turning too much. More shoulder turn isn’t always the answer. Better rotation is. When the pelvis loads correctly and creates depth, the arms and club have room to work. Stop chasing more turn and start creating better movement.

11/06/2026

Most golfers spend hours trying to move the club correctly.
The problem? The club is often just responding to what your body is doing.
Two of my favourite drills don’t even require a golf club:
✅ Wall drill for depth
✅ Pivot drill for rotation
Build better movement patterns first, then let the club react naturally.

05/06/2026

We’ve spent decades teaching golfers where to be instead of teaching them why they get there.
The golf swing is pressure, motion, force and reaction. When those things are correct, the positions appear naturally.
Stop chasing screenshots.
Start training movement.

25/05/2026

This is why so many golfers get stuck in the backswing.
They’ve been told to “turn the shoulders” their whole life, so they try to manufacture shoulder rotation instead of moving the pivot correctly.
The shoulders are attached to the ribcage.
They respond to the movement of the centre.
That’s why forcing shoulder turn usually creates:
– arms getting dragged behind you
– flat shoulder motion
– club trapped underneath
– stall & flip coming down
The pivot is the engine.
The shoulders are reacting to it.
Big difference.

20/05/2026

Two golfers can match a screenshot and produce completely different shots. Why? Because positions are only snapshots. The real swing is the motion, pressure shift, pivot, sequence, and timing that CREATED the position.
Ben Hogan’s secret was never a static position. It was how he moved into it.That’s why copying photos and checkpoints can destroy a golf swing. Elite players organise motion first — the positions appear as a reaction.

15/05/2026

Most golfers are trying to copy photographs.
But positions are not moves.
You can’t teach the golf swing from screenshots alone because every position is a reaction to something that happened before it. Cause creates effect.
That’s why two golfers can look similar in one frame and move completely differently. One is creating the motion correctly, the other is compensating to survive impact.The reason I practise so hard myself is because I want to prove these concepts in my own swing, not just talk about them from a camera angle. Real coaching is understanding what created the movement in the first place.

12/05/2026

Most golfers are trying to fix effects instead of the actual cause.That’s why one swing thought turns into another compensation.The swing is a chain reaction.
Fix what created the motion in the first place.

04/05/2026

7-iron. 153.8m carry.
0.5° path. 0.4° face-to-path.
1.7m offline.

The important thing here isn’t trying to spin the shoulders or save it with the hands.
I’m trying to keep the ribs and pelvis stacked together, so the upper body turns from support — not over the top of the pelvis.
When the pivot is organised, the club can be delivered without the late rescue.
Not perfect positions. Proven delivery.

28/04/2026

The first move sets the chain reaction. If the arms, handle, or shoulders take over early, the club gets dragged out of position and the rest of the swing becomes a compensation. The move is smaller than most golfers think: the pivot starts, the clubhead responds, the arms stay quiet, and the structure builds from there. Get the first move right and the whole swing has a chance.

27/04/2026

Most people talk about Ben Hogan’s swing from the outside — the plane, the shaft, the arms, the positions. But the real piece was never a “secret.” It was a pivot-driven pattern most golfers have never actually felt. Hogan didn’t manufacture those positions with his hands. The pressure, pivot, right shoulder structure, left arm across the chest, and right elbow fold all worked together. That’s why his swing looks simple, but it’s almost impossible to copy if you’re trying to move the club with your arms. This is swing analysis/commentary only. Source visible on screen.

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