Squat to Square

[MiuraMan]

See this Instagram post; it is a very good example of a golfer who starts the downswing by external rotation of the lead leg; thereby widening the distance between the knees (AKA: squat to square). Curious as to what people think about this move? Is it working for you?

 

[colin007]

Kinda looks like a Gankas move

[iacas]

21 minutes ago, colin007 said:

Kinda looks like a Gankas move

It is, as Lauren has worked/works with GG. @MiuraMan we have a nice discussion of that here:

I'll quote a relevant portion of the OP:

On 5/9/2020 at 8:01 AM, Phil McGleno said:

Wants dual external rotation of hips in downswing. Does not happen even though his early Instagram was littered with players practicing this in some sort of hyper-perverted Sam Snead Squat thing. From P3.75 to P4.25, trail hip in good players moves from more internal to less internal (which is movement in the external direction-Yes) but then goes internal to neutral from there. The front hip goes internal on downswing. You can even see some Tour pros plant the front heel more forward than where it was at setup. If it actually went external in the lead hip the golfer would just spin out and have nothing to plant and push against. If you went external there you could not properly engage the muscles up the left side.