Most all clients I encounter have some sort of muscle imbalance when it comes to posture and mobility. Our bodies were not made to sit at desks and look at computers all day, so we need to work on stretching exercises that help counteract tight hip flexors, anterior rotated shoulders and general lack of our stabilizing muscles.
Stretching and self myofascial release (will show pictures) alone will help your flexibility. This will really help with your golf game. Most people think that strength is the key to hitting the golf ball far, it is a key part in the process but the second part to strength is range of motion. Having good hip and shoulder turn allow you to create torque and rotation in your swing.
Self myofascial release for hip flexors: this will help posture and hip turn for your golf swing.
Self myofascial release for shoulders, back and neck.
Great stretch for your hamstrings, you can use a resistance band or even a towel to do this. I have had students with such tight hamstrings they couldn’t get there hips set in the right position at set-up. 
Use a towel or resistance band and tie it to a stable fixture in your home. You should feel this stretch in your lower lat muscles.
I do this exercise with a towel, it helps open up your deltoid shoulder muscles.
Example showing proper shoulder turn for golf swing.
Look at how active the hips are during this swing sequence- rotated and loaded into right hip on take away then opens/clears hips at impact to create power.
-Maureen Farrell, PGA
Thanks for sharing these exercises, Maureen. I find it funny when friends ask me why I picked up such a boring and non-active hobby when I told them I had started playing golf. I may not be running up and down the green while bouncing a ball or trying to avoid being run over by someone twice my size, but there’s still a need to be physically fit and prepared in order to play golf.
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