If you setup at impact fix, no matter where you're aiming the face and bring them back to mid-body the face will close progressively. Why? Because as you bend the left wrist it closes the face.
Same reason why you can 'flip at the ball' and still hit a draw
Thanks Jim, this is exactly what i have found - actually gets quite closed when hands come to mid-body. I suppose that it depends abit on shoulder width , and hence stance width, in that the distance moved by the hands will be greater if the player has broad shoulders / wide stance rather than narrow shoulders / narrow stance. The more the hands move back the more closed the clubface.
Despite scaring a few onlookers with a closed-looking clubface I have been hitting the ball very straight!! I guess it shows how all the alignments are different between address and impact ( except clubshaft plane see 7-8 )
Did Homer actually write about this in the book or is it somewhere in those infamous "notes for 7th edition"?
In 7-9, Homer describes the "classic" address as "left wrist is bent, right wrist is flat, the clubface and clubshaft square (putting hands at a mid-body location)...)"
This seems to contradict the teaching of allow the clubface to be square at impact fix but then close as much as is natural as the hands move back to mid-body. Any ideas ?
In 7-9, Homer describes the "classic" address as "left wrist is bent, right wrist is flat, the clubface and clubshaft square (putting hands at a mid-body location)...)"
This seems to contradict the teaching of allow the clubface to be square at impact fix but then close as much as is natural as the hands move back to mid-body. Any ideas ?
Look in 2-J-1. "The Clubface must be exactly square to the Target Line only at the Point of Separation. So the Clubface alignment at Impact Fix must fit the selected hinge action. For Horizontal Hinging, it is slightly 'Open' at Impact Fix to allow for 'Closing' during Impact. The longer the shot, the more 'Open'."
Look in 2-J-1. "The Clubface must be exactly square to the Target Line only at the Point of Separation. So the Clubface alignment at Impact Fix must fit the selected hinge action. For Horizontal Hinging, it is slightly 'Open' at Impact Fix to allow for 'Closing' during Impact. The longer the shot, the more 'Open'."
rchang is correct. At mid-body hands ADDRESS the clubface should not be the same as at FIX. It will most likely look slightly closed.
The mid-body hands makes it a little easier to keep the shaft on the inclined plane angle during the TAKEAWAY. Starting from FIX, where the face will probably be slightly OPEN(SWINGER), makes it very easy to get the shaft and clubhead IN too much during the TAKEAWAY.
The mid-body hands makes it a little easier to keep the shaft on the inclined plane angle during the TAKEAWAY. Starting from FIX, where the face will probably be slightly OPEN(SWINGER), makes it very easy to get the shaft and clubhead IN too much during the TAKEAWAY.
lagster, thanks for THAT tidbit. I usually start from impact fix, and always took the clubhead way too inside. Got to work on that mid-body hands
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