They say you are supposed to hold the triangle on the short shots, right?
Well I've always struggled with a *handsy* short game.
What's been torturesome about it, is that I'm fully aware of my fault but haven't been able to fix it - for years!
Messing around in my basement I think I may have just found something.
When I take the club back, instead of holding the triangle, I make it so that my hands go back first, holding somewhat of a broken triangle, forcing the clubhead to lag behind.
Then when I transition to the downswing/downstroke, I also lead with my hands, also forcing the clubhead to lag behind.
All of a sudden my chips and putts are SOLID; it feels like the club is heavier and bigger!
Why does this work for me?
I think that on the takeaway the natural inclination is to flip the hands back a little - a definite no-no. You never want to introduce handsiness into the golf swing - BUT it's death to start off with a handsy move right away.
And I think that the *hold the triangle* swing-thought was just too rigid and tension-inducing.
I've heard others, gurus, say that the only thing that's important in the short game is generating a *pendulum motion*.
Well when I lag the club behind on the way back....I'm finally feeling like I'm swinging with pendulum tempo - instead of my customary yank, whip, and flip.
The ball is absolutely jumping off my wedge, and putter.
Here's hoping this breakthrough isn't fools gold, again.
In a sense, I feel like Ryan Moore makes this type of move on his (full swing) backswing, no?
