I had a lesson

[Ringer]

Re: I had a lesson

Do you think that many people on tour fan the club open in their take away?

It entirely depends on the player. Some I would say yes, some I would say do it without thinking about it, and some I would say need to do the opposite.

I had a tendency to be too shut going back and never really letting the face open during the swing. I ended up under-rotating my forearms going back. At the top I would look great, but bottom line the face wasn't releasing for impact. So I would do what I call "Drag the mop". Instead of letting the release go from an opened face position, my face was closed and the back of my left hand was already facing the ball at about halfway to it. I would have to "drag" the face through impact.

This is something I didn't really pay much attention to, not just for me but for everyone. Now I realize the importance of this roll helps in not just the squaring of the face, but the lag and path the club will have. I'm certainly not going to go as far as AJ Bonar, but I do think a rotation of the forearms to get the sweet spot of the clubface on plane with the swing plane is of much more importance than I ever thought before.

Granted, this is a MUCH MUCH more advanced level of swinging than your typical "Can't break 90" hacker.

[BrianW]

Re: I had a lesson

I have seen a lot of "Cant break 90" golfers fanning the clubface open in the backswing.

When I saw your first swing video on here you had a very steep downswing that came a little outside, your later video seems to have improved this so that you come down more on plane. I could not see that the solution was related to your takeaway, it was more about your kinetic sequence. I would strongly advise against introducing a flaw to fix another.

Moving the clubface from open to closed through impact is a power accumulator when carried out correctly. Hogan explains this well in his '5 Lesson' as does the 3 Skills book 'Nail It'.