impact position

This is the ideal impact position and if you look at this photo, you will notice that if you drop a line from my left eye down to the centre of my stance, you will notice that the hands and the club head has gone past this point before the club head strikes the ball, which is the impact position that you must strive to achieve.

Therefore at the precise moment the club head strikes the ball with a descending blow you must ensure that:-

1) The upper body remains slightly tilted to the right, with the left shoulder much higher than the right shoulder.

2) The elbows remain as close together as is physically possible and the arms remain in a very firm condition.

3) The shoulders are parallel to the target line.

4) The head is in a position so that the left eye is slightly behind the ball.
( This position must be maintain to the completion of the golf swing.)

5) The hands are in the original address position.
( The hands must not be either ahead of the original address position or behind the original address at the precise moment the club head returns to the golf ball, they must be in exactly the original address position.)

6) The upper body unit remain tightly held together as a very compact unit.

7) The hips are partially facing the target area and are still rotating so that the hips quickly turn to fully face the target area.

From this position, the head remain firmly held with the left eye slightly behind the ball, whilst the hips continue to lead the rotational movement of the compact upper body unit as it rotates around the central core of the spine and the arms interact.

You must judge the down swing movement so that the club head strikes the ball at the same time the shoulders return to the parallel to the target line.

Therefore at the precise movement the shoulders are parallel to the target line and simultaneously the club head strikes the ball, the arms are forced to interact.

But importantly, at the precise moment the club head strikes the ball the lower part of the body must be forced to quickly turn to fully face the target area whilst the shoulders remain parallel to the target line, albeit for only a nanosecond and simultaneously the right shoulder must be forced to rotate under the chin.

Therefore as long as the head remains fixed so that the left eye is slightly behind the ball and upper body angles are strictly maintained, as the arms interact the right shoulder will automatically rotate under the chin.

Just to recap, whilst this part of the golf swing is performed, it is absolutely vital that the left eye remains slightly behind the ball and also that the upper body angles are retained and the elbows remain held as close together as is physically possible.

Therefore the movement through impact is a combination of the hip movement which continues to lead the rotational movement of the compact upper body unit.

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