The Importance of Holding Your Finish
THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLDING YOUR FINISH
There are a few reasons why I believe it’s important to hold your finish after a shot. Here are the reasons and why they’re important:
1) Balance – if you can’t hold your finish after a shot then there’s a good chance you’ve either swung too hard or you’ve lost your balance during your swing. Simply, losing your balance will make you less consistent. Practice swinging in control with wedge shots then working your way down to the longer clubs holding your finish until the ball lands with each club.
2) Soak up the feeling of a good shot – When you a hit good shot, I want you to get used to it by savoring that shot. The longer you soak up the feelings of the good shot the better chance your body will remember it. Too often golfers focus more on the bad than the good in their games. Holding your finish until the ball lands on a good shot will reinforce that you’re swinging correctly. The majority of the time you’ll notice on your good shots you’ll be in a good fully balanced finish position.
3) Educate yourself at your finish – Holding your finish after a bad shot can be very difficult, especially when the ball is dribbling along the ground or veering quickly off to the right. However, it’s very important to try to hold your finish to educate yourself. To become better at this game, it’s imperative to learn how to correct your mistakes. Holding your finish on bad shots will help you do this. You may notice your balance is on your toes, your weight is still on your back foot, or maybe, your center hasn’t turned fully to the target. None of these finishes are ideal, but if you’re aware of it you’ll soon be able to fix it. That’s the key: learning from your errors so they’ll occur less often.
Thanks for reading and good luck!
About
KYLE VOSKA, PGA PROFESSIONAL
I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from St. Michael’s, St. Xavier, and Miami University. After graduating from Miami with a Finance degree, I moved to Florida to pursue my professional golf dreams. After a few successful years and a couple of difficult years, I stopped playing full-time. After a year of caddying on the LPGA Tour for Young Jo, Kim Williams, and Angela Stanford, I moved back home to Cincinnati. Currently, I live near Sharonville with my lovely wife, Lindsay, our kids, Maclin and Ellie, and our dog, Nora.
Teaching golf for over a year in Florida and having taken and watched many lessons from PGA Certified Master Teaching Professional Carl Rabito, becoming a golf instructor was something I really wanted to do. Fortunately, I was able to find a home at Sharon Woods Golf Course in Cincinnati, my old home from the 90′s, to further this new career path. As I enter my 6th season as a golf professional, I’m excited how my role is taking shape. I assist in managing and supervising a staff of nearly 40 while teaching golf lessons to over a 100 students. Hopefully, someday I’ll have the opportunity to mentor some future golf professionals like myself.
Email: kvoska@hotmail.com
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- PGA Member – June, 2009
- 2008 PGA National Assistants Champion
- 43 Professional Tournament Victories
- 2010 Southern Ohio PGA Section Player-of-the-Year
- 2010 Southern Ohio PGA Southwest Chapter Player-of-the-Year
- 2009 Cincinnati Chapter Match Play Champion
- 2009 Southern Ohio PGA Assistant’s Champion
- 2001 and 2010 Southern Ohio PGA Open Champion
- 2000 PGA Buick Open Contestant
- 1998 Miami Athlete-of-the-Year
- 2-Time NCAA Division I All-American
- Mid-American Conference Sportsman and Player-of-the Year (1998)
- 2-Time Cincinnati Met Amateur Champion (1997, 1998)
- Cincinnati Met Amateur Medalist and Runner-Up (1996)
- NCAA low scoring average on Par 3′s (2.91) in 1998
- Low competitive round – 62 (3 times): Four Bridges CC (’01), Oasis CC (’09), and Juniper Hills GC (’02)
- Low non-competitive round – 61: Browns Run CC – White tees
- Won a 54-hole Developmental Players Tour event by 9 shots shooting 19 under par with no bogies (64,64,69)
- 4 career Holes-in-One and 3 career double eagles
MY PGA MENTORS:
Tom Bach – Head Professional at Sharon Woods Golf Course
George Long – Kenwood CC PGA Professional/Head Pro at The Mill Course (17 Years)
Carl Rabito – PGA Certified Master Teaching Professional (Top 100 Instructor)
Mike Bender – 2009 PGA National Teacher-of-the-Year (Top 100)
Craig Shankland – 2001 PGA National Teacher-of-the-Year (Top 100)
Jim Suttie, Ph.D - 2000 PGA National Teacher-of-the-Year (Top 100)
Bill Madonna – Bill Madonna Golf Academy (Top 100)
Andrew Park – The David Leadbetter Golf Academy
Chris Toulson – Jim McLean Golf School at Doral
As you can see, I’ve been very fortunate to have learned from some of the best PGA Professionals in the country. I feel privileged to pass on the wealth of knowledge I’ve gained from spending time with these great gentlemen.
