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I would most certainly check out what Gray Cook has to say about correcting this movement pattern in his book Athletic Body In Balance. His website is functionalmovement.com. He will actually be coming out with a functional movement screen specifically for golfers soon. If you can personal message me in 3 months after beginning the program he lays out I would be very suprised if you aren't touching the floor. If you have back problems though, this may be counterproductive according to back expert Stuart McGill, backfitpro.com.

I do have back issues. Specifically bluging/herniated disk in the L3/L4 region. So I purposely limit movements that "open up" the lower back. My stretching does not include bending over and trying to touch the floor....although I'm using that movement as a test measure. All of my hamstring stretching is done sitting on the floor and bending at the hips only, keeping my lower back flat. I use a fitness ball to prop up against while I do this. I can raise the ball off the ground a bit and press my back into it against the couch...then gradually slide my butt closer and closer to the ball and even under it a bit.