Lesson of the Week: Justin Duffie Part 4

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

We have seen Justin’s swing improve by leaps and bounds over time but I thought this was an interesting lesson because you don’t usually see drill swings produce exactly the changes you are looking for. When you have spent most of your golfing life swinging poorly as Justin has there are things late in the swing that you just aren’t going to have any clue about doing correctly. Now, however, he is in such better position approaching impact that he has a chance to drive his right side through the impact area and perhaps produce better contact and some sustain past the ball. I give him the split hand punch shot drill, and after a few (predicted) fat shots he began to strike the ball nicely. You will see here just how different the follow through looks. He may not be able to produce this look in a real swing for a while but it is always nice to know that if you do a drill correctly that it is giving you the proper look and feel.
 
The other thing we saw was a recurrence of Justin’s tendency to steepen the club in transition. My suggestion was to focus on the clubface, more specifically on opening the face in the start of the downswing, while driving the right upper arm and elbow inward, the hope being that the lower body would respond to the attempt by leading and driving in better sequence and cause the shaft to kick back and flatten. We worked this suggestion in with punch shots, and you can see the transformation of the shaft movement.
 

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