How professional golf works – and why it works

I first met Savannah Barber in 2016 at our summer golf camp in Fort Worth, Texas. After showing rapid improvement, he joined the Crown Golf Junior Academy, where he trained alongside some of the world’s best golfers. That commitment quickly paid off.

Savannah, along with her Crown Golf roommate Alexa Saldana, captured the 2021 USGA Women’s Four-Ball Championship. This past summer, Savannah advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women’s Western Amateur and continued her strong play at the meet level, notching four of five finishes in six starts for the University of Oklahoma women’s golf team in the 2023-24 season.

Below are a few cornerstones of Savannah’s daily workout routine. Each exercise has a specific purpose, a clear setup and a measurable result – principles that you can apply directly to your practice sessions.

Full run

Body Coil Drill (Improve Pivot and Weight Shift)

How to do it:
Place a rudder stick (or club) across your shoulders and the other on the ground just outside your trailing foot, angled parallel to your target line. Make a slow, controlled backswing, focusing on turning your chest until the bar on your shoulders matches the angle of the bar on the floor.

Important feeling:
Your pressure should go on your side of the track without moving. You should feel your upper body rotate all around your spine rather than sliding to the side.

What it fixes:
This drill develops proper swing and spin behind the ball and helps eliminate the “reverse C” position common among novice golfers.

How to do it:
At address, turn your track foot out about 40-45 degrees while maintaining your normal ball position and stance. Hit shots at half speed first, gradually building up to full swing.

Important feeling:
Allow your trailing hip to rotate behind you as you descend rather than toward your target.

What it fixes:
By creating more space between the knees, this drill reduces excessive lateral movement and promotes circulation. The result is consistent contact, better shaft stability, and a stronger impact profile.

Body Compression Drill (Maintain Spinal Tilt)

How to do it:
Place a mirror between the ball and your toe line. During the swing, keep your eyes on the mirror from start to finish.

Important feeling:
Your head stays centered while your shoulders rotate in an inclined plane.

What it fixes:
This drill prevents the shoulders from flattening when swinging down and keeps the head from drifting off the ball—two common causes of minor and major concussions.

The Short Game

Connection Band Drill (Improve Flexibility and Control)

How to do it:
Place a resistance band or towel under both arms and hit short pitches and chips. Focus on controlling the length of the swing with the rotation of your body rather than your hands.

Important feeling:
Your chest and arms move together as one unit.

What it fixes:
This drill keeps the movement connected and doesn’t encourage “useful” finishing swings, resulting in more predictable contact and distance control.

Shag Bag Obstacle Drill (Low Control Point)

How to do it:
Place a shag bag or similar obstacle three feet in front of you and cut across it in the direction you are directed.

Important feeling:
The team goes down in front of the ball with a downward strike.

What it fixes:
This drill sharpens low point control, improves angle of attack, and develops awareness of how trajectory and strike affect the release.

How to do it:
Place two tees near the apex of the break and two guide rods a few feet across the hole. Your goal is to roll the ball between the tees with enough speed so that it enters the hole from the high side.

Important feeling:
Fully commit to the line and speed you have chosen.

What it fixes:
These drills improve green learning by giving you tangible reference points, helping you better see the target and trust your learning on long chips and putts.

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