All Feels

Focus on fundamentals, then feel hands dropping into trail pants pocket as you rotate through. Don't manipulate—just drop hands to pocket and rotate.

As soon as the club starts moving back, feel your right elbow begin to soften and bend. Don't keep it straight and rigid—let it start folding immediately. By the time your hands pass your right thigh, there's already a noticeable bend in the trail elbow. This early bend encourages your arms to work more vertically rather than dragging flat and around.

At top of backswing, imagine pants zipper pointing at 4:30 (target at 12:00). First move down: feel zipper moving toward 10:30—diagonally away from ball. Bump tailbone further back along that diagonal.

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.

In boxing, hook comes across horizontally; uppercut comes up from below. Feel trail arm swinging like throwing UPPERCUT—up and through rather than around. Creates in-to-out path.

Imagine a chain attached to the butt of your grip, running up through your lead arm to your lead shoulder. Start the downswing by "pulling the chain" with your lead shoulder—the clubhead follows last.

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 start of downswing, squat down slightly as force runs through legs into ground. Feet should twist and grip. 'That feeling of them twisting—that's torque.'

Feel LEFT hand pulling clubhead through impact rather than right hand hitting. Practice one-handed swings with left hand, feeling back of left hand pointing at ground through impact.

At top of swing, feel like tipping the club slightly outward while pulling handle down. Handle comes down while clubhead works out, away from you. Like turning a steering wheel before reaching the corner.

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.