Playing for Money: Matt Shubley- Trying not to Cross the Line at the Top

Matt has been wrestling with this backswing issue from the 1^st time I saw him some years ago.  If we didn’t think that it contributed to his inconsistent ball striking, we wouldn’t bother trying to change it.  Matt goes back and forth between getting the club stuck behind his hands at P6 and sometimes approaching from out to in.  In this case he is hitting too many weak cuts and is still concerned about the way the club arrives at the top and changes direction into the downswing.  Many of my students have issues with over-straightening the right leg in the backswing: Matt adds too much flex.  As he lowers early in the backswing, he also tilts his head to the left, the combination of which steepens his shoulder turn and causes the right arm to overturn as it gets to the top, which in turn contributes to the shaft pointing to the right at the top.  I would like to see Matt stay taller from P1 to P3 while purposefully moving his upper body slightly to the right as soon as the backswing starts.