26 feels found
At the top of the backswing, imagine your lead wrist gripping a motorcycle throttle. Twist the knuckles counter-clockwise (toward ground) as if 'revving' in reverse—moving from cupped to bowed. Feel like you're 'screwing in a lightbulb' with your lead hand.
Feel your trail shoulder "closing a door" behind you in the downswing—it moves DOWN and AROUND, not out toward the ball. The door closes as you rotate through.
Feel backswing go UP steeply (like Nicklaus), then downswing SHALLOW dramatically. Shaft drops from steep position so by halfway down it's parallel to address plane. Like a baseball bat held high, then shallowed to strike.
Keep right foot planted on ground from start to finish, or at least through impact. Slows swing just enough while helping maintain address posture.
Three-part transition: (1) BUMP—small lateral hip shift toward target, (2) DUMP—right shoulder drops down toward ball, elbow leads down, (3) TURN—body unwinds. Feel right shoulder working out toward ball.
Imagine hitting a topspin forehand in tennis. Feel the club traveling from low-to-high and inside-to-out through impact—like brushing up the back of the ball with your trail hand.
Feel your trail forearm rotating over your lead forearm through impact—like wiping a window clean with your palm. The "wiping" motion squares and closes the face naturally.
Feel trail elbow drops down and touches trail hip as you start downswing. Elbow slots against your side.
Trace a figure eight with the clubhead. Take the club back UP and OUTSIDE, then loop it UNDER and INSIDE on the downswing. Think 'up, around, and under.'
Three sequential feels: (1) SHIFT—pelvis shifts laterally toward target first, (2) TUCK—trail elbow tucks down into side like 'low five,' (3) TURN—lead elbow rotates toward lead hip to square face.
Feel like the clubhead is being thrown out toward right field (for a right-handed golfer) through the hitting zone. The sensation is of swinging OUT rather than around or across.
For shot shaping, focus on where hands finish relative to ears: hands lower = draw; around ear-line = normal fade; hands higher = bigger fade.