SETUP Fixes Lifting up and lack of right arm fold on backswing

[SuperGolferMan]

I fixed a slight lifting up at the top of my back swing and a poor right arm position as I take the club away with my setup.

MAKE SURE that you can draw a line straight up from your balls of your feet through your knees and back part of your arm...right behind your armpits. This will stop you from lifting up, which is caused by your upper body being in a lazy and bent over position which causes your chin to sag and your left shoulder pushes up on it as you make the backswing. Here is a pic of my setup showing this.



If you have a poor right arm position during the backswing, make sure you have your right elbow pointing at your right hip joint at address, this will insure that your right arm folds properly during the backswing.

These two changes accomplished both situations for me, and I didn't have to 'change my swing' in order for it to happen. A lot of what we do is defined by how we setup and what our angles are at address!

[RandomHero1090]

Re: SETUP Fixes Lifting up and lack of right arm fold on backswing

All sounds great for me. I like the point about the right elbow pointing at the right hip.

Great looking setup! However....that course looks AMAZING! Where on earth is that?

[SuperGolferMan]

Re: SETUP Fixes Lifting up and lack of right arm fold on backswing

I live in southern california and that is me at Lost Canyons in SIMI VALLEY. Very nice and TOUGH mountain golf course!

[jambalaya]

Re: SETUP Fixes Lifting up and lack of right arm fold on backswing

MAKE SURE that you can draw a line straight up from your balls of your feet through your knees and back part of your arm...right behind your armpits.

So, does the line go through the center of your knee joint. I'm not quite seeing the line you are talking about unless I let the line graze the front of the knee cap. Then it may just be hard to see from the picture. I guess a point to be taken is that this will never happen if you bend too much at the waist. How do you see or check yourself to make sure you have this posture?

[BrianW]

Re: SETUP Fixes Lifting up and lack of right arm fold on backswing

So, does the line go through the center of your knee joint. I'm not quite seeing the line you are talking about unless I let the line graze the front of the knee cap. Then it may just be hard to see from the picture. I guess a point to be taken is that this will never happen if you bend too much at the waist. How do you see or check yourself to make sure you have this posture?

Jamb,

Make your address stance. Take a long iron and push it under your armpit so the head hooks over your shoulder and the shaft drops straight down, the shaft should touch the front of your kneecap and point to the balls of your feet.