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Every great shot begins with a pre-shot routine. Suzy is back this week to help develop a formula that works for you.

One of the tougher aspects of the game starts right from the beginning, lining up. Suzy's back with a tip that will help you correct your alignment.

Are you constantly sending your ball to the right no matter how far left you aim? One cause could be that you've developed a reverse pivot, and guess what? Suzy has the fix!

A situation that happens way more than we'd like, your ball stops on an incline. Suzy has an easy solution that will help you achieve more consistent, and favorable, shots from these seemingly difficult lies.

When you're having a tough day (or a great day) on the course, the last thing you need is controversy on relief from a cart path. Suzy sets things straight so you have at least one less thing to worry about.

Suzy Whaley simplifies the not-so-simple shots around the green in this week's Swing Tips.

Do you enjoy a good healthy ball flight? Sure, we all do. Ever wonder why your ball flight never looks like your playing partner's? This edition of Swing Tips teaches the importance of wrist hinge, and how it will get more power and better ball flight in your swing.

The only place chicken wings should be enjoyed is in your backyard, not on the golf course. Let Suzy help you take care of that chicken-winged finish by getting your hands in front of the club.

If you find that you hit your woods better than your irons, it could be that the club face is closed on the takeaway. Suzy can fix that.

Performance anxiety happens to the best of us, especially when it concerns short-range birdie putts you know you can make. The key is to stop looking for the putts to drop, and to start listening.

You're in need of a lofted pitch shot to jump a bunker and land softly on a downhill rolling green. Guess what? That's exactly the shot Suzy wants to demonstrate for you this week!

Second guessing your aim after that last putt? Maybe you didn't make clean contact at impact. Suzy has a drill that even Tiger still employs to help square up putts.

If it's not one thing, it's another. Too many swing thoughts at one time can cause you to make silly mistakes or compensations. Suzy has a tip that can eliminate all the noise in your head so you can focus on hitting the golf ball.

Everyone looks to add distance to their golf game, Suzy Whaley shows us how a solid swing arc can do just that.

If you hit a slice or a hook, the problem is probably at impact. Suzy has a tip that can help bring consistency to your ball striking.

Suzy Whaley takes a week off to watch PGA Tour rookie Roland Thatcher and instructor Mark Steinbauer explain techniques on inside cover and partial wedge shots.

This week, Suzy offers a short drill that will help bring some tempo to your swing.

GolfweekTV swing instructor Suzy Whaley explains how to add more distance to your stroke.

Respected instructor Suzy Whaley gives simple instruction on how to get out of those pesky fairway bunkers.

Amateur hotshot Benjamin Murray and his friend and advisor Bobby Walzel, a former Tour pro, offer game-improvement tips on long bunker play and marrying speed with line on the greens, as well as demonstrate recent changes to Murray's full swing.

Jamie Mulligan, coach of Nationwide Tour pro Peter Tomasulo, shares practice drills for how to better swing the putter as well as improve efficiency, pace, rhythm and tempo on the full swing.

Craig Chapman, teacher of Canadian Tour pro Byron Smith, offers full-swing tips: how the body should move, how the shoulders should rotate, and how to recapture lost feel.

IJGA director of training Colby Huffman and student Stephanie Meadow demonstrate drills to improve putting feel, the swing plane, and the first move away from the ball.

Nationwide Tour pro Tim Wilkinson shares his secrets for executing flop shots, starting putts on your intended line and keeping your head down through the stroke.

Tom Patri, coach of LPGA giant-killer Meaghan Francella, offers his tips for improved short putting, better bunker play, and hitting knockdown shots.

Top instructor Gary Gilchrist and rising junior star Morgan Hoffmann offer their thoughts on a solid driver set-up and how to practice shaping shots.

PGA Tour rookie Parker McLachlin reveals his technique and tips for finding more fairways, holing more chip shots and taking fewer putts.

Top Michigan teaching pros Dave Kendall and Lynn Janson share short-game and long-game tips they've learned while helping each other.

River Oaks director of instruction Matt Malario demonstrates what he looks for in the full swing of his star pupil, University of Houston senior Pablo Acuna. We also take a look at ball position and putting drills.

Paul Haase, senior instructor at the Kendall Academy, shows you how to fix the dreaded "over the top" move — without constant visits to the driving range.

Kendall Academy senior instructor Paul Haase and his pupil, new Michigan Hall of Fame member John Lindholm, on recent changes to Lindholm's partial wedge game.

Michigan senior amateur star John Lindholm and his coach, Kendall Academy senior instructor Paul Haase, discuss the weight shift in Lindholm's backswing and the player's self-test for it.

Kinectic Golf Academy director of instruction Tim Suzor has Arizona St. senior Niklas Lemke demonstrate the "power chipping" drill, which helps create maximum acceleration.

Tim Suzor, swing coach for Arizona St. senior Niklas Lemke, has his pupil demonstrate how practicing on unstable surfaces can improve a player's swing plane.

Arizona St. senior Niklas Lemke discusses the importance of posture – and demonstrates the drill he uses most often to check and train his posture.