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: Hi, I am a vocational PGA member with the Australian PGA. I am 55yrs old and besides being a PGA Golf Coach I play on our Australian Legends Tour. I would like to revamp my game for this upcoming year and love what Wayne has done with his DVD set aiming information at the higher level player.
I have won a few smaller 1 day events but rehash too often the pull hook, left going left style shots, especially under high anxiety. I’m sure Wayne can get me started on what to improve. Thx Chris Fox
Here is another example of a very good player who is held back by right arm motion that complicates the release action to the point where it can’t be controlled consistently. Chris’s action is not as obvious as most that we see here on the website, but that just goes to show you how important it is to be able to slow the swing down and watch the sequence of movement in transition and in the impact area. His shaft doesn’t radically steepen, nor does his right arm tip a bunch to more horizontal, but both items are present and by the time he approaches impact his upper right arm is stuck behind (while the shaft definitely is not) and his right forearm is pointed well out over the ball, which means his hands are coming in high and the hands and wrists will have a tough time squaring the club consistently. My suggestions are to set up less bent over with the weight more forward and the hands higher, then to rotate the upper trunk more steeply as the hips deepen. This should get the shoulders more vertical and the shaft pointed more at the ground, from where it will feel more natural to move the hands more outward toward the ball and to flatten the shaft, all of which will get the upper right arm more in front of the chest. There also has to be the thought of straightening the right arm enough to bring the hands closer to the body in the impact area while the head stays more out over the ball. It’s a lot of stuff, but as we have seen over and over this type of action is a pattern that is prevalent in better players and requires time and effort to change for the better.
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