After leaving the golf business and having a baby the time I have to practice and play has been greatly reduced and my goal currently reflect this change. I am trying to build a swing that requires as little timing as possible, to do so I need setup without my weight settling over the toes; I must keep the club in front of my body during the takeaway and backswing; I need to quiet my transition and my grip must be strengthened.
Setup:
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| February 8, 2011 |
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| April 29, 2011 |
3/8/2011 :
The right hand grip is far to weak this leads to carrying the club in through the backswing as opposed to supporting it. Spine tilt away from the ball is too upright and weight is centered or even slightly on the right foot, no good. Weight should favor the lead leg at set up. When taking the setup position I must place my right hand on the club after creating appropriate axis tilt away from the target.
The right hand grip is far to weak this leads to carrying the club in through the backswing as opposed to supporting it. Spine tilt away from the ball is too upright and weight is centered or even slightly on the right foot, no good. Weight should favor the lead leg at set up. When taking the setup position I must place my right hand on the club after creating appropriate axis tilt away from the target.
4/29/2011:
Wow! Same shirt, sorry so confusing.
This is a good example of what NOT to do, I have created the correct amount of spine angle but I did it by leaning right. You can see that my weight is distributed the same as it was on 3/8/2011 also the blue line indicates the ball position which should not have moved when tilting my spine. For each degree of spine tilt I need to lean forward on my left so that the ball remains positioned on my left shirt logo. And then there's my grip...
Takeaway:
Rather than fight my natural urge to HIT at the ball I am trying to start the club back well in front of my body. When done correctly the club head remains outside my hands to hip high.
Forcing my left arm across my chest early (as seen here) in the takeawy sets the club on a path that will end with my hands too far behind my body. When the hands get deep (outside my right shoulder) the club cannot get back in fornt of me in time for consistent contact. My common miss is a fat shot. The fats result from my right hip blocking the clubs route back to the ball.
The 3/7 photos are a good example the cause and effect relationship found in the golf swing. Observing the shut club face will lead most to determine that the toe of the club must rotate more in the takeaway. If I rotated the toe open it would led to mega banana slices because the real flaw is the left arm moving across the body. By changing the position of the arms you can see in the 4/21 photos how much the club face has rotated open. The cause of the shut club face was the left arm not the rotation of the hands.
Correcting the left arm shove across my body is my number one need, even with a weak grip I can play great golf if I can keep the club in front of my chest. The takeaway sets the table for the rest of the swing, errors in the takeaway create a swing full of compensations. Playing partners will see my swing arc dramatically shorten when I am shoving my left arm. When the club remains in front of me my backswing appears smoother and longer.
Backswing:
To Come
Transition:
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| 4/21: A vertical left arm, hands under the right ear, and a straight right arm are indicators of a proper takeaway. |
Forcing my left arm across my chest early (as seen here) in the takeawy sets the club on a path that will end with my hands too far behind my body. When the hands get deep (outside my right shoulder) the club cannot get back in fornt of me in time for consistent contact. My common miss is a fat shot. The fats result from my right hip blocking the clubs route back to the ball.
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| 3/17: Left arm working low and across shutting down the club face. |
Correcting the left arm shove across my body is my number one need, even with a weak grip I can play great golf if I can keep the club in front of my chest. The takeaway sets the table for the rest of the swing, errors in the takeaway create a swing full of compensations. Playing partners will see my swing arc dramatically shorten when I am shoving my left arm. When the club remains in front of me my backswing appears smoother and longer.
Backswing:
To Come
Transition:
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| 4/15: Loss of depth during the transition forces club into a stuck and flip impact. |
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