Be determined with our Open Stance. It does no good to temporarily “TRY” any new tip in hopes of making ourselves better golfers. We have to take the best idea and make it work for us with determination and discipline. Otherwise, we are just chasing one evaporating dream after another. You know… like Don Quixote – endearing but pathetic.
Without getting too far into the weeds, any of you watching my own improvement process knows I’ve been working from one platform – an Open Stance. You also know that I’ve been working on one idea to undo a less effective idea for six weeks. I’m not nearly comfortable yet.
However, my ability to work on an idea in spite of that discomfort is probably why I improve so quickly. Don’t worry if you cannot persevere with set up strangeness. You can do one thing at a time. My changes occur within, more or less, golf swing triage.
If you have over flattened or lost your desired ball flight or contact, and you have set up intentionally open with every swing, it may be time for some adjustment. Use my example to help open up your own options. Of course, if you ever have questions, I make myself available to answer you.
In conclusion, we need to take divots as evidence we have shaft lean along the plane. We need perfect contact, which is evidence our plane and ball position match. We need our intended ball flight shape, which is evidence we have set the club face properly at address and we return it properly at impact with our swing.
John Wright – Founder
The Open Stance Academy
Reviewing the Open Stance Golf Swing Changes
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Great Wedge Play and Passive Acceleration
Hi John
I have followed you for awhile as well as Steve Johnston in Scotland with Eureka. It seems you both are pro open stance, however your divot goes left and his appear to go right. Can you play with divots going right of the target in your opinion?
Taylor
Taylor,
Thanks for asking. I worry about Steve’s viewership for this reason.
We control our path with our motion. It is never independent of our set-up because striking our ball is always necessary.
However, specific movement offsets create our desired shot pattern. For instance, my lag necessitates a forward ball position
to facilitate the “Chopping” motion I need to flush the ball AND create a fade. Hogan did the same thing only with a different
wrist operation.
I could play the ball back in my stance and path the club left if I tried to release the club earlier, but I don’t want to
sacrifice my shaft lean at impact. Shaft lean creates my ball speed with less effort. Hope this helps.
Best Wishes.
John Wright – Founder
The Open Stance Academy
So I am assuming by your comments, your answer to my question is no.
Taylor,
Sorry. The answer is yes. However, I would offer that your best ball-striking is rooted in a neutral path.
John Wright