Right forearm on plane.

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Been working on setting up with right forearm on plane, struggled a bit with consistent contact until today when I focused on keeping it on plane during the takeaway and throughout the back swing. This meant my right arm was much closer to my body throughout the swing.

For anyone who does this (I think it's all part of The Golf Machine theory), is this what it's meant to feel like or am I making my arc shorter by doing this and robbing myself of distance.

I was absolutely smoking the ball but it was hard to judge distance because of a really big headwind.

Any thoughts?