10 feels found
Feel your wrists hinge fully by the time your hands reach hip height. The club should already be pointing to the sky before your arms have gone very far. Set it early, then just turn—no more hinge needed.
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.
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.
'Don't overswing. Feel like going back three-quarters instead of full turn, then really fire from there.'
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.
At two checkpoints—shaft parallel on the backswing and shaft parallel on the follow-through—feel the clubface toe pointing straight up to the sky. Like the club is giving a thumbs-up at both positions.
Focus only on moving club away slowly and smoothly for first two feet of takeaway. 'Just take it away slow. Just get that club moving.' Once you pass first two feet, trust millions of practice balls will take over.
As you take the club back, feel your lead arm staying on the same tilted plane as your shoulders. If your shoulders tilt, your arm matches. Picture a rod connecting your hands to your shoulder line—they move as one tilted unit, never lifting above or dropping below.
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.'
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.