Going Left and Some Clarity - Updated

So where were we?

I think making a better backswing was there:  Making sure the hands move parallel to the toes and not getting behind that line was one issue.

On the down swing, moving the hands a bit towards the ball to create some room for the hands to go through.

And once the hands are out a bit, pulling the club left to pivot the club into the ball.  This is a new one and it squares the club neatly and it shallows the club path.  I was hitting pitches off of tight lies and taking no divot, just a patch of beaten turf the size of half a dollar bill.


I'm playing today and doing all of the above and that is moving the ball pretty well.  It's a tough course with difficult greens, so I'm not knocking down par after par, but I'm pretty happy with what I am trying to do and actually doing.


Then it strikes me some where along the back nine that the club head is attached to the grip!  And that if I just yank and pull on the grip that the club head will follow.  What a novel thought!

If I apply this "grip does all" theory to the swing, then I don't care where the club head is, I can just move the grip and all will follow.

I can pull it up and down and left and not spare the horses!  I don't have to wait for the club head to get to the ball, just move the grip to the proper position and all will be well.

In fact, it will be more than well, as not waiting for the club head allows me to move the grip faster with less tension -- I'm no longer trying to make the club square, etc.  (I have grips with deep grooves from trying to "help" the club get where it was going to get every time.)

So, what did this do?  How about longer, straighter and higher?  I can also mention that all of this makes the swing a ton simpler.

Update:  I was thinking more about this and if you can "rip" the grip around, you are in effect throwing the club.  Which, if you watch enough golf videos, suggest is the proper thing to do.  Get into the proper position and then throw the club away and throw it as hard as you can. 


Remember the post from a couple of days ago where I was waiting for the club to contact the ball?  Well, erase that one and read this one!  Don't wait for the head to get to the ball, just keep moving that grip!

I feel liberated and empowered.  I even managed to par the long 17th and 18th today - a feat unseen ever as far as I remember.

There is the acronym in golf "WOOD," which stands for "works one day only."  So I shall see about this.  But it does seem to check the proper boxes and align with the physics and now I have a bit of empirical  data to back it up.