8 feels found
Imagine you're standing inside a barrel that touches your hips. Your job is to rotate your body without bumping the sides—pure rotation with no lateral slide. Feel your belt buckle turn toward the target while staying centered.
Imagine a laser extending both ends of the club. Keep the laser down the target line in both the takeaway and downswing.
As you start backswing, feel right back pocket moving away from target. Loads everything into right hip. Right hip rises slightly while turning behind you, not sliding laterally.
Feel HIPS AND SHOULDERS rotating significantly BEFORE arms fold in backswing. By hands at hip height, shoulders should already be turned 70+ degrees.
Instead of feeling shoulders turn level, feel LEAD SHOULDER moving DOWN toward ball in backswing, TRAIL SHOULDER moving down in downswing. Tilted 'rocking' motion, not flat 'spinning.'
On takeaway, allow eyes to track and follow clubhead as it moves back. Don't force head still—let it turn with club naturally. Adds side bend earlier.
Let right elbow fly HIGH and LOOSE at top of backswing—like Jack Nicklaus. Don't pin it tight to rib cage. Feel like cocking arm to throw football or baseball.
During takeaway, feel hands brushing close to right thigh (staying inside) while clubhead moves further away (outside). Butt end moves ~9 inches while clubhead moves up to 36 inches.