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Stewie hasn’t been playing that long but it’s evident that he is an exceptionally good athlete and has great potential as a golfer. His set up and grip are sound, and the overall plane and sequencing of his swing are excellent. I particularly like how he lags the club and gets his hands well forward heading into impact. The main things I’d like to see Stewie work on are right loading in the backswing with his right arm and shoulder more relaxed at address and then into the takeaway. The tension in Stewie’s right shoulder leads him to pull it upward in the takeaway, and that use of the muscles between his shoulder and neck contributes to his tendency to pull his right shoulder behind him as he gets to the top of the swing. When his hands drop back behind him a bit in transition, he approaches impact from the inside, and his path through the ball is definitely in to out with his trunk trying to stay square to the target line. I would like to see him widen his top of the swing position by feeling his hands moving away from his head as he gets to the top with his right upper arm more in front of him, from which he could then incorporate a more sidearm type throwing motion in the downswing with his arms more in front of him and his entire body opening up into impact. I show a video of Rory actually throwing a club into a lake at Doral with a perfect sidearm movement that anyone would be advised to copy, and would like to see Stewie imitate that motion (although not by throwing his club into a lake).
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