give yourself 2 inches, you can get 50 yds

[golfinguy28]

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[Whizz]

Re: give yourself 2 inches, you can get 50 yds

got to try this. thanks buddy.

[Matt10]

Re: give yourself 2 inches, you can get 50 yds

I'm sorry to bring up and old topic. But can someone go into this a little bit more? Is this basically the same idea as dropping your arms? Because when you drop your arms, your left shoulder moves away from your chin....

Confused

[Avid Golfer]

Re: give yourself 2 inches, you can get 50 yds

This is regarding your left shoulder. I used to bring my left shoulder in close to my chin as i would go back to backswing.
then i discovered that on the downswing my left shoulder was still at my chin where as pro have as much chin left shoulder seperation as they can at impact. All i did was after transition and weightshift i would move my left shoulder out as far away as i can (which is kind of like going from a "shugged" shoulder position at the top to a lower "unshugged" posiiton at the bottom) and when my left shoulder is unshrugged and extended wow, you wouldn't believe how much distance and accuracy i had got from that little 2 inch move.

I'm sorry to bring up and old topic. But can someone go into this a little bit more? Is this basically the same idea as dropping your arms? Because when you drop your arms, your left shoulder moves away from your chin....

Confused

The seperating of the left shoulder from the chin concept is supported in the books Newton on the Tee and The Physics of Golf in addition Nick Faldo (in Golf the Winning Formula , Ernie Els (in How to Build a Classic Swing), and Byron Nelson. Each supported the merit of the idea and how they did the same in their swings.

The Physics books say that when force is directed in a direction it will continue in that direction until it is acted on by another force. That means that directing the shoulder in the direction of the target will move the swing in the direction of the target as well. Since the arms are connected to the shoulders they will be pulled by movement in the shoulders. The left shoulder moving towards the target (or up) will pull the arms down next to the chest which will drop them downward and increase their speed.

[bill reed]

Re: give yourself 2 inches, you can get 50 yds

hi golfinguy
interesting post and i was trying what you said, when you lower the shoulder is this because you relax your upper arms a bit more or is it that you try and pull the shoulders lower, i found i did shrug the shoulders if i gripped the shaft harder than normal.
cheers
bill

[golfseeker]

Re: give yourself 2 inches, you can get 50 yds

I always thought that on the backswing your left shoulder comes under the chin. Then on the downswing your right shoulder gradually replaces the position of the left shoulder at the end of the swing. I am trying to visualize what you are talking about. As to hitting the ball fat I tend to think perhaps you are staying on your right side too long and not transferring weight to your left side. In other words your timing is off. IMHO.
golfseeker