How do PGA Tour professionals prepare for the new season? Many take advantage of the exclusive facilities available to them at The Titleist Performance Institute. Players under contract to Titleist get their equipment fitted here at no cost. The company also does much of its club and ball testing at the facility. But the most intriguing work carried out at TPI involves the golf swing, in particular research into the negative cascading effect that physical limitations and dysfunctions, even seemingly trivial ones like a stiff ankle, can have on a player’s ability to hit the ball efficiently. For average golfers with major issues, the staff can propose workarounds or pinpoint physical therapy regimens that, with time and discipline, can correct the flaws.
“A lot of the old guard still blame equipment for the increased distance on Tour, but so much more of it is the quality of the athletes,” Mr. Faxon said. “You don’t have to work out to play on Tour, but if you don’t, you get passed, because you’re not strong enough. And the stuff we do these days is all full-body, functional movement. Nobody’s doing bench presses any more, that’s for sure.”
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