Posts by GaryH

Thanks mvmac.   I am aware of those top of backswing clubface positions and their relationship to the left wrist but my problem is i don't understand why the sky-facing clubface is considered closed and the toe hanging down...

Quote: Originally Posted by GaryH  Top teachers believe it does matter a great deal in that it influences your chances of achieving the desired impact position.  Martin Chuck, for example, says that it is...

Quote: Originally Posted by saevel25  You will have wrist movement no matter what, don't turn this thread into another, "Keep the face square to the path" crap. It doesn't happen, you can't make a full swing doing it,...

Top teachers believe it does matter a great deal in that it influences your chances of achieving the desired impact position.  Martin Chuck, for example, says that it is very difficult to play good golf from a cupped left...

Quote: Originally Posted by saevel25  i'm not sure, its not something i thought about, but i am going to take a guess. The bow and cupping of the wrist don't cause as much open and face closing as the forearms but...

Okay, so i understand that twisting/rolling the wrists/forearms (supination and pronation) opens and closes the clubface.  This is easy to see by doing either move in the takeaway and observing what happens to the...

Thanks for the illuminating replies, guys.  I guess even the very best players sometimes go for forgiveness over workability.  Though as per TourSpoon's comment, i know from personal experience that the most forgiving drivers...

I see we have a difference of opinion.  Assuming the heads are in fact the same, i do find it odd when a golf teaching pro reviews a club and says it probably isn't for the lower handicapper who wants to work the ball, and/or...

Interesting. So when they quote the names of tour pros who use a particular driver in their marketing (or when the sales assistant mentions this), effectively we are being deceived as the club they're selling to us is quite...

I know the shafts they use tend to be very different to the ones most of us amateurs have.  But what about the clubheads?   I ask because i've seen a review of the Ping G25 driver where the reviewer said it's a very...