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In this video we see U.S. Open Champ Gary Woodland keeping his arms and club in front of him in order to facilitate a left to right ball flight. He uses a right forearm takeaway (as the right wrist extends and rotates it slightly flattens the left wrist and turns the shaft onto the left forearm flying wedge {LFFW}) and moves everything out away from his body to achieve all of his upward progression by the time he gets to P3, something that DJ, Koepka and old Tiger swings also show. Woodland differs from the others when he down-cocks and steepens the shaft momentarily in transition (Koepka flattens his shaft), which in less talented players usually results in the shaft flattening late and getting stuck behind the hands. Woodland does not fall into this trap as he controls his lower body perfectly and keeps the shaft on plane by not over-driving his right arm and elbow inward, instead focusing on turning the left arm down the chest and adding left wrist flexion into impact. The high to low approach and leftward release give him a great fade pattern without holding off the face, which is how he can hit the ball so far while still moving it left to right. We are seeing more of this pattern among the stronger players, who can control the ball and hit more fairways with the ball curving consistently and landing softer.
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