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This is a good example of an excellent player with a good golf swing who is struggling and looking for help. I teach players of all levels, and certainly this swing as is would be way up there with the best I see on any given day. I have to listen to the player describe his or her struggles with ball control and then analyze the swing in a bit more detail in order to come up with ideas about why the ball striking is less than adequate. Proponents of “keep it simple” would more than likely tell Bobby that “it’s all in your head” and that “your swing is fine, don’t get too technical”. That’s fine if the ball is going where you want it to, but what do you do if your natural move isn’t giving you the results you need to compete at the highest level?
As I go through the swing you will note how many times I say “a little” when it comes to positions and movements, because as I mentioned this is a very good swing that most people would kill for. However, when it comes to release patterns Bobby’s is somewhat complicated as his hands come in high and late with the club a bit behind him. My thought was to create a station that created a feeling of having the club flatten a bit more starting down, then having the pivot create more space for the right arm to straighten more so the hands can pass by the body closer and lower, with the idea of lessening the complication of the wrist action through the impact area so that the hands can square the club more consistently. I think you will also find it interesting to see what we modify when we switch to the driver.
Along with this video you should watch the Part 2 version where Bobby sends a few swings he made a few days later. You can see the importance of the quick follow up as Bobby, while working on a few different things we went over in the lesson, was moving his head well forward in transition. He reported in later that when he paid more attention to his head movement that everything started to work a lot better.
Part 1 (part 2 below):
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