Golfweek instruction: Stop casting your golf club for good

It’s 2025 and it’s time to stop casting the club in your downswing and allow yourself to create lag.

This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek explains how using household items can transform, and put an end to, casting the golf club.

You can use a painters stick, ruler or a similar flat item with a rubber band to complete this drill. If the ruler points downwards during your backswing, you are not casting the club. If the ruler slides up, that is a recipe for casting leading to early extension and flipping at the golf ball.