4. Hi
nge For Power
A mat
eur
s have pr
obl
ems hi
t
t
i
ng cr
i
sp i
r
on shot
s
due t
o t
wo f
at
al f
l
aws. Fi
r
st
, t
he t
akeaway t
ends
t
o be t
oo l
ow t
o t
he gr
ound, whi
ch del
ays t
he
pr
oper hi
ngi
ng of t
he wr
i
st
s unt
i
l t
oo l
at
e i
n t
he
backswi
ng. Second, i
n a mi
sgui
ded ef
f
or
t t
o
cr
eat
e power
, t
he ar
ms t
end t
o swi
ng t
oo f
ar i
n
t
he backswi
ng. Thi
s causes a br
eakdown i
n
post
ur
e and usual
l
y l
eads t
o a r
ever
se pi
vot
.
These f
l
aws cause mi
s-
hi
t
s and a l
ack of
di
st
ance and cont
r
ol
.
Sever
al si
mpl
e st
eps can be t
aken t
o gai
n
cont
r
ol over t
he l
engt
h of t
he swi
ng i
n or
der t
o
cr
eat
e mor
e sol
i
d cont
act
. At set
up, a 45-
degr
ee
angl
e shoul
d be pr
esent bet
ween t
he l
ef
t ar
m
and t
he cl
ubshaf
t
. Thi
s st
ar
t
s t
he swi
ng wi
t
h t
he
wr
i
st
s al
r
eady hi
nged hal
f
way t
o t
he necessar
y
90 degr
ees. Dur
i
ng t
he t
akeaway
, t
he hands
shoul
d st
ay cl
ose t
o t
he gr
ound whi
l
e t
he
cl
ubhead moves up qui
ckl
y
. The goal i
s t
o get
t
he l
ef
t t
humb poi
nt
i
ng at t
he r
i
ght shoul
der as
soon as possi
bl
e. You'
l
l know you'
ve achi
eved
t
he pr
oper wr
i
st hi
nge when your l
ef
t ar
m i
s
par
al
l
el t
o t
he gr
ound and t
he cl
ubshaf
t i
s
per
pendi
cul
ar t
o i
t
. Thi
s set
s t
he wr
i
st
s much
ear
l
i
er i
n t
he backswi
ng, el
i
mi
nat
i
ng t
he need t
o
swi
ng t
he ar
ms t
oo f
ar at t
he t
op. The t
endency
t
o l
ose post
ur
e and r
ever
se pi
vot wi
l
l be
r
emoved wi
t
h t
hi
s mor
e compact gol
f swi
ng.
5. Gi
ve Your Sl
i
ce The
El
bow
S ome pl
ayer
s l
i
ke John Dal
y swi
ng wi
t
h t
hei
r
el
bow f
l
yi
ng out
, whi
l
e ot
her
s l
i
ke Ser
gi
o Gar
ci
a
keep i
t i
n, pr
ovi
ng t
hat i
t
'
s possi
bl
e t
o hi
t gr
eat
shot
s wi
t
h ei
t
her met
hod. However
, my
bi
omechani
cal st
udi
es i
ndi
cat
e t
hat t
he f
l
yi
ng
r
i
ght el
bow posi
t
i
on f
avor
s a f
ade bal
l
f
l
i
ght
whi
l
e a t
ucked r
i
ght el
bow pr
omot
es a dr
aw. I
f
you st
r
uggl
e wi
t
h sl
i
ci
ng or have al
ways want
ed
t
o devel
op a power
-
r
i
ch dr
aw, t
hen t
he r
i
ght
el
bow may hol
d t
he answer
. Pl
us, when you l
et
t
he r
i
ght el
bow f
l
y
, i
t has t
he t
endency t
o r
ai
se
t
he r
i
ght shoul
der skywar
d, whi
ch al
most
Cr
eat
i
ng t
he pr
oper wr
i
st hi
nge i
n t
he backswi
ng
al
ways causes an over
-
t
he-
t
op move dur
i
ng t
he
wi
l
l l
ead t
o not
i
ceabl
y bet
t
er bal
l
st
r
i
ki
ng and, as
downswi
ng and an ar
r
ay of bad r
esul
t
s.
a r
esul
t
, mor
e consi
st
ent di
st
ance and di
r
ect
i
on
on al
l i
r
on shot
s.
The key f
or l
ong-
t
er
m success i
s t
o el
i
mi
nat
e
t
he f
aul
t
y shoul
der t
i
l
t and r
i
ght el
bow posi
t
i
on
at t
he t
op. The most ef
f
i
ci
ent r
i
ght el
bow
posi
t
i
on f
or keepi
ng sl
i
ces at bay and pr
omot
i
ng
a dr
aw i
s on or j
ust i
nsi
de t
he seam r
unni
ng
down t
he r
i
ght si
de of your shi
r
t
. When you
pl
ace your r
i
ght el
bow i
n t
hi
s gener
al ar
ea, i
t
al
l
ows t
he shoul
der
s t
o t
ur
n l
evel t
o t
he spi
ne,
maki
ng i
t much easi
er t
o dr
op t
he cl
ub i
nsi
de on
t
he downswi
ng f
or maxi
mum power and
i
mpr
oved cont
r
ol
.