A Swing Factory Golf Method · By Don Peterson, PGA
Baseball players usually end up blaming their baseball background for a bad golf swing. Baseball Golf starts from the opposite conclusion.
Watch Don Explain It
Don Peterson, PGA
“Don’t Blame Baseball”
The Problem
Baseball players think the golf swing is vertical and the baseball swing is horizontal, so they try to bridge that gap by lifting their arms. That’s the problem.
That golf is a vertical swing and baseball is a horizontal one, so closing the gap means lifting the arms to get the club up and over the ball.
Don’t lift. Blend better throwing mechanics, footwork, and weight transfer into the powerful baseball swing you already have.
The same sequence and motion that throws a baseball fast and accurate — a pitching motion — Will throw the club head fast and accurate into the back of the ball.
How Don Teaches
Don leans on baseball cues constantly — because the words already mean something to a player who grew up on a diamond.
Staying inside the ball, like a hitter going to the opposite field — helps golfers stop slicing!
A fielder’s step into the throw becomes the lower body leading the downswing.
Load, then fire—the same feeling a pitcher uses applied to the backswing and downswing.
Using the athletic feeling of stopping and changing directions while caught in the “Pickle” for powerful ground forces in golf.
A pitcher’s unhurried gather before delivery, instead of rushing from the top.
Using pitcher like mechanics to throw the golf club head with speed and accuracy into the back of the ball.
The Bridge
A baseball throw meets its target around the belt or knees. A golf ball sits on the ground. The Golfer’s Tee Box closes that gap in stages — lowering the same throw to the turf without losing your rotational power.
Every stage down, the same throw stays in the swing. One motion, lowered five times — not five new motions.
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Ground
the golf swing, same throw, no baseball tee left under it
Get Started
Read it, take the course, or put the tool in your hands.
The Book
The full method in print: why your throw was never the problem, and the drills that point it at the ball.
The Course
The same progression as the book, video-led, drill by drill, at your own pace.
The Tool
The physical bridge from knee-high to the ground — walks your swing down without losing the rotation.