[plantBanceper]

I can't decide where to post this, so if someone thinks it should be moved, please do so.

Watching the Chevron event this week I'm noticing something I can't say I've ever picked up on before and it's got me a little baffled. I watch a lot of golf (as most of us do) but this is the first time I've ever noticed the violent/extreme swing to the left in the follow through of these guys or at least the first time I've noticed it to be so frequent (virtually every shot).

We're always talking about swinging to first base (Ask the Pro's favorite drill) which I can't do to save my life. Yet, these guys look like they're swinging to third, or even the third base dugout and they're doing it with every club.

What's going on? Am I imagining this? Have they always done this and I'm just now picking up on it?

[indartwm]

They are turning or clearing their body out of the way so fast it's a bit of an optical illusion.

[PefeFoesk]

I am going to have a look for this today

[Rinkeliacasse]

It's the cameras, its just like everytime they play a draw the ball looks like it was hit straight sideways.

[EmpokemyMok]

It's the cameras, its just like everytime they play a draw the ball looks like it was hit straight sideways.

Yep. Every time it looks straight it is a straight pull.

I definitely think we underestimate how much these guys actually work the ball.

[plantBanceper]

Alright, thanks guys. Thought I was losing my mind there.

[kennyguitar]

Think of it like you are looking down on them from the top and they are standing roughly in the center of a big clock. Now think of the outside circle edge of the clock as the path that their clubhead takes. To take the fundamentals of the baseball drill and apply them to this model the ball, for a right handed player, would be positioned at 4. So the players club will strike the ball at a point in its path where the club is moving towards first base but as the swing is completed it continues to follow the rotational path back to the left.

I hope this makes sense

john

[plantBanceper]

Think of it like you are looking down on them from the top and they are standing roughly in the center of a big clock. Now think of the outside circle edge of the clock as the path that their clubhead takes. To take the fundamentals of the baseball drill and apply them to this model the ball, for a right handed player, would be positioned at 4. So the players club will strike the ball at a point in its path where the club is moving towards first base but as the swing is completed it continues to follow the rotational path back to the left.

I hope this makes sense

john

Thank you for that. It does make sense. I just can't seem to do it. My path and my mental image of the swing is too "down-the-line". This seems to take away length and hurt my ability to work the ball as I saw off most follow-throughs.

[jelena-nanana]

To much focus on the target line is one of the hardest things to cure. The more you think about your swing as an arc around your body the easier it is to put the target line in the proper perspective.