The Tommy Fleetwood Drill for Perfect Impact

The Role of the Follow-Through in Clubface Control

Most golfers think the follow-through is just the result of what happened earlier in the swing. While that is partly true, the follow-through can also be used as a training tool.

For players who over-rotate the clubface through impact, the finish position can tell you a lot. If the body stalls and the hands keep rolling, the clubface can close rapidly. This often sends the ball curving too far from right to left for a right-handed golfer.

That is why a chest-high stop can be so useful.

By finishing with the club around chest height and stopping quickly, you are forced to keep the body, arms, and club more connected. You cannot simply throw the club past your body with the hands. You have to rotate, extend, and stabilize the clubface through the hitting area.

This is one of the reasons Tommy Fleetwood’s finish is such a strong reference. It works as an anti-left pattern. Instead of letting the club release excessively around the body, the shorter finish helps reduce face rotation and encourages the body to keep moving.

The goal is not to copy his swing exactly. The goal is to understand the function of the move.

Breaking Down the Elements of a Better Through-Swing

To improve this pattern, there are three key pieces to understand.

First, the body cannot stall through impact. Many golfers who hook the ball have plenty of clubface rotation, but not enough body rotation. The club passes the body too quickly, the face closes, and the ball starts curving left. A better through-swing keeps the body rotating so the arms and club do not take over.

Second, the club should work forward and around on the arc. Through impact, the club is not moving straight down the target line forever. It travels forward, then around the body as the body continues to rotate. The key is that this movement should be controlled by the pivot, not by the hands flipping or rolling the face shut.

Third, the finish should create awareness. When you stop the club at chest or heart height, you immediately expose whether the movement is organized. If the face has rolled over dramatically, the body has stopped, or the arms have collapsed, the finish will show it.

A good checkpoint is an “umbrella” look between the shaft and your body, where the arms are extended, the body has rotated, and the clubface feels stable.

Practical Exercises for Better Face Stability

To train this, you need to reverse engineer the motion.

Rather than making a full swing and hoping the clubface behaves, start small. Learn where impact should be, learn where the follow-through should finish, then gradually add speed and length.

The goal is to control the club through your body motion, not let the club control you.

Drill 1: Hit Hard and Stop Quick Drill

Setup: Take your normal setup with a mid-iron. Before swinging, preset the club slightly in front of the golf ball so you can feel the difference between address and impact.

At address, the club sits more neutral. At impact, the hands are slightly forward, the body is more open, and there is more pressure into the lead side.

Execution: From your setup, make a small backswing and hit the ball while stopping the club around chest or heart height.

The key is to stop quickly. This forces your body, arms, and club to stay more connected. If your hands overtake your body, it will be difficult to stop in a stable position.

Focus on rotating and extending through the ball. The club should move forward and around with your body rather than flipping past you.

Tips: Start small. Do not make full swings straight away.

Begin with short shots and build up gradually. Your goal is to feel the body controlling the clubface through the hitting area. If the ball starts left and curves harder left, the hands are likely still too active and the body is not rotating enough.

Drill 2: World’s Longest Chip Shot Drill

Setup: Take your normal setup with a short or mid-iron. Make a small backswing to around pocket height or takeaway position.

This should feel like a very short swing, but the intention is different from a normal chip. You are going to use your body aggressively to send the ball as far as possible from a compact motion.

Execution: From pocket height, hit the ball as far as you can while finishing in the same chest-high stop position.

To create speed from such a short swing, you will need to push into the ground, rotate your body, and extend through impact. You will not be able to rely on a long arm swing or excessive hand action.

The finish should feel stable. The arms should be extended, the body should have turned, and the clubface should feel controlled.

Tips: Be disciplined with the backswing length. Do not let the swing get longer just to create more power.

The purpose of the drill is to teach you how to use your body through impact. If you can create speed from a short swing without over-rotating the face, your full swing will become easier to control.

Why This Helps Control the Left Miss

The left miss often comes from too much face rotation and not enough body rotation.

When the body stalls, the club keeps moving. The hands roll, the face closes, and the ball curves left. This can be especially damaging for better players and juniors who already create speed and naturally swing from the inside.

The chest-high stop reduces that pattern. It gives the club a defined finish point and forces the body to keep working through the shot. Instead of letting the hands save the swing, you have to organize the body, arms, and club together.

This improves face stability. It also gives you a better sense of where the club should be after impact. When you know where the club needs to finish, the movement before that point often starts to clean itself up.

That is why this drill works for elite players and amateurs. It is simple, but it gives immediate feedback.

Commit to a More Controlled Release

If you struggle with overdraws, hooks, or a clubface that feels too active through impact, do not only focus on the backswing. Look at how the club is exiting after the ball.

A stalled body and overactive hands can make the clubface rotate too much. That might produce good shots when your timing is perfect, but it becomes difficult to trust under pressure.

Use the Hit Hard and Stop Quick Drill to train a more connected through-swing. Then use the World’s Longest Chip Shot Drill to learn how to create speed with your body instead of relying on excessive hand action.

The goal is simple: rotate through, stabilize the face, and stop the club around chest height.

When your body, arms, and club move together, you gain more control over the ball flight. You reduce the left miss, improve your strike, and make the release far easier to repeat.