Blading irons

[BrianW]

Re: Blading irons

Does the nail come with the book?

It's not actually a picture from the book but from and article from AJ Bonner. Same idea though.

I am sure they would supply some tacks for a small surcharge

[ubizmo]

Re: Blading irons

The point I was trying(apparently unsuccessfully)to make was that the poor chap at the range was topping and blading because he failed to keep the left arm straight at impact and was raising up destroying his spine angle.

I think you're right. I've struggled with thin shots, and I've had to deal with both of these faults.

Raising up... It's easy to do this in the backswing. We each have a point beyond which we can't take the club without starting to change the spine angle. In addition, in my own case, if I try to rush the transition from backswing to downswing, I'm likely to change my spine angle. This is why "stalling" at the top has been helpful for me.

Bending the left arm... Yep. This, I believe is mostly caused by the attempt to get more power. Holding the left arm straight doesn't "feel" strong.

It only takes one of these faults to result in the leading edge of the club contacting the ball at or near the equator, when that edge shouldn't contact the ball at all.

[BrianW]

Re: Blading irons

Bending forward too much at address and lowering the spine angle in the backswing will cause the club to hit the ground way behind the ball as it comes down, this encourages you to lift up in the downswing and thin the ball. That well repeated piece of advice "keep your head down" is one culprit here.