Golf Smart Academy Forum — What to work on?

hi there,
after reading The Stock Tour Swing i'm really enjoying having a better understanding of the golf swing and seeing improvements with driving (namely thanks to the jackson 5 and motorcycle moves).

i'm still having a lot of trouble with low point, a lot of thin shots (some fat) especially with wedges and then the longer irons. when i do the 'famous line drill' i notice a lot of attempts hitting the ground behind the line.
my misses are typically shots that start right and keep fading, especially with longer clubs and including driver. in general, i find it difficult/rare to hit ball first and then take a nice long divot, and even many non-fat/thin shots feel a little weak or sweepy and leave a very short divot if any.

as a side note, something that's always bothered me about my DTL swing is the trail arm position. i notice the trail shoulder has a more 'shrugged' look and the position/angle of the upper arm is quite different than what i generally see in the downswing for good players (hopefully the image i've uploaded can clarify what i mean). no matter what different moves i make i cant seem to change this look. this may be an unimportant thing to focus on, but maybe you could demystify this for me.

thanks! :)

Hi Tom,

Sorry for the delay, really busy start to my year, but slowly getting caught up again.

I'll start with the low point line, I think the arms are pulling in too much through impact. If we look at your impact position from the face on, it's not too bad, but we'll see that the lead arm narrows very quickly. In that second picture, the body is a little flexed and the arms are disconnecting/pulling. This makes it hard to get the low point consistently out in front. I'd start there with lead foot low point and lead arm only to investigate what's going on with the arms through impact.

This also aligns with your DTL complaint. To me, it looks like the hands get a little too far out to early, and then they are more likely to pull in and down through the ball. With the delivery position, you want your lead arm a little more compressing the right arm, which helps prevent the look of the shrug.

https://www.golfsmartacademy.com/golf-instruction/lead-foot-low-point/
https://www.golfsmartacademy.com/golf-instruction/impact-bag-outside-lead-foot/
https://www.golfsmartacademy.com/golf-instruction/hands-forward-and-out/

Happy Golfing,
Tyler

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