20 feels found
feel your lead arm staying straight—not rigid or locked, but extended with no bend at the elbow. Like there's a splint running from your shoulder to your wrist. It stays long from takeaway through impact, only folding after the ball is gone.
Feel hands and belly button (core) move together as if one throughout swing. From halfway back to halfway through, imaginary line from butt of club should point at belly button.
Feel your shoulders rotating on the same angle as your spine tilt—not level to the ground, not overly steep. If your spine is tilted 30 degrees at address, your shoulders turn on that same 30-degree plane. They stay "parallel" to your spine throughout the backswing.
At address, let your arms hang straight down from your shoulders like dead weight—no reaching out for the ball. The club should be directly under your shoulder sockets. If you let go, your hands would drop straight down, not swing forward.
At address, imagine triangle formed by shoulders and hands. For first few feet of backswing, triangle moves away from ball as single unit—no independent hand action. Chest 'drags' arms back.
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 your spine is the center pole of a carousel. Everything rotates around that fixed pole—it doesn't tilt, sway, or move off center. Your shoulders, arms, and club are the horses spinning around that stable axis. The pole stays perfectly still while everything else turns.
Feel chest 'pointed ahead of ball at impact'—outpacing club on downswing. Chest rotates through faster than arms/club.
Feel like your feet stay quiet and grounded while your hips do all the talking. Hips are aggressive and rotate fully, but feet stay calm and connected to the ground.
'Don't overswing. Feel like going back three-quarters instead of full turn, then really fire from there.'
Feel like your lead arm is doing all the work—pulling the club down and through like you're ringing a bell or starting a lawn mower. The trail arm just goes along for the ride. Lead arm pulls, trail arm is a passenger.
Through and after impact, feel like your lead arm is punching straight up toward the sky—extending fully with the back of your hand facing up. Full extension, not a held-off block.