This player swings to the right with a closed face to draw the ball. His trail forearm is much lower, creating a window. His back foot is on the ground; his back is hunched with his trail shoulder low and away from the target line. His hands are close to his body with his elbow on his hip. This player plays from a closed stance — heels closed.
July 1, 2013
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The magic 15 inches of a golf swing
There's a bad idea floating around in golf instruction circles that goes like this: The obvious variations in swings that you see when you watch a golf tournament are simply styles. Tiger Woods' swing is different from Sergio Garcia's, and Luke Donald looks different from both of them, but they all are the same at impact. So, according to the argument, all you have to do is know what goes on at impact, then teach from impact backward - nothing else matters.