Hi Shawn,
It looks as if the pad of your thumb is compressing the tips of your two middle fingers
against the handle?

Hi Shawn, how are you?

I just signed up to the Wisdom in Golf, I had another subscription to other “online golf academy” but did not see the results. I also feel that you are more close and approachable for all of us than other platforms.

I had one simple question based on this video, I overlap on the grip and I usually saw one knuckle of my leading hand and not 2 or 3, this was solved by a couple of golf classes I took in Miami back in December. My question was, on my overlap I tend to separate a little bit the index finger from the other 3 fingers on my leading hand so I can make some sort of a space for my pinkie finger of my right hand. Is this an issue that can mess up my swing?

I am still working on everything, it’s been a year since I started playing and I have seen so much info on the internet and also very different angles of teaching from three different coaches.

Thanks and greetings from Spain,

Elio

Hi Shawn
I have a slow back swing (this gives me too much time to think) would this effect the momentum of the gravity wrist hinge or not, the lighter my grip(about a 1 or 2) the more wrist hinge I get but the swing does not feel very constructed, and when I tighten the grip I can’t feel the hinge at all

Hi shawn, iv been playing any 18 months and found all the standard instructions, positions, swings paths mind boggling, iv found your videos a few month ago and now all is starting to click, one question I have is, I try to start my back swing by turning the chest a split second before the acu, this is sometimes hard to time especially on the course, I’m concerned if I don’t turn the chest first I will just be lifting my hands up, am I making this to complicated, instead should I just be thinking of moving the arms and being out of the way, apologies for the long question but this has been niggling me for a while

Thanks Phil
Just signed up to eagle last night, great content

You are a great teacher! I think I understand levitation, but I would love to see a video concentrating just
on that. I watched the backswing videos, but still am a little uncertain. Is it the pause at the top, like Kenny
Perry and Matsuyama (sic?) that you are talking about. Thanks for all you do.

Hi Shawn
I am a new eagle member.
What club do you recommend for pitching? The 60 for short pitches? The 52 or pitching wedge for longer pitches? What would you consider the maximum yardage to be a pitch? I would also like to know how to control the trajectory of a pitch. I live in West Texas we have major wind out here.
Thanks I love the videos and have been working on the premise with some immediate improvement. I will try to upload a video of my swing soon. Thanks again

Fred

Shawn, you spoke about the club bottoming out in front of the ball, I’m struggling with this, when I set my upper back to make swing I feel like I hitting under the ball rather than in front of the ball. So I’m confused on how to setup properly and compress the ball correctly!

Peter
Myrtle Beach, SC

Thank you for this another great drill 👍🙂 Good luck! Waiting for your new videos from the new location…

Another great drill. I will be using this analogy with one of my female students tomorrow because she loses posture in follow through. Shawn thanks again for giving us some great stuff.
Good luck with the house hunting!!!

Hello Shawn,

Nicklaus and many other of the classic players Brandel shows in his book all cocked their head to the right at address or as they start the backswing. You advocate the opposite I believe. (I am a right handed player). If I understand you correctly, the head should be tilted with the right ear lower than the left. Am I interpreting this correctly ?

I believe you are the best instructor on you tube and I have examined them all.

Al

Before I read your reply, I had a MAJOR epiphany. I have a pitching station in my back yard. When I forced myself to use the momentum of the arm/club unit (and focusing on the target/goal versus the process and positions), it just clicked! I was always paralyzed by swing thoughts because I wasn’t thinking correctly. The mark on my wedge was the size of a dime with no mishits and no position thoughts. Now I need to transition this to a bigger swing. You are the best golf teacher on the planet!

Shawn,

For a fade you play the ball forward of center and aim left (where you want the ball to start) with a less closed club face.
For a draw you play ball back of center but keep your stance straight on the target line, close the club face more then the fade and turn you behind the ball (shoulders) and release to the target.
What about fairway woods, hybrids, and drivers.
I just signed up for your service. If you can held my with this it will be great.
Thanks

Hey Shawn, I recently hit some fades using the Flightscope and my club face was slightly closed at impact. I move the ball forward in my stance, open the club face so it is less closed, and line up left of target. Any thoughts on why my club face is closed at impact, or what I can do to change that? Just open it more at address? Something else? Thanks Shawn!

As my swing has improved and no more over the top, I am finding it extremely difficult to fade the ball more than 3-4 yards with 7 iron and less (even going feet together and trying different clubface/ball position combos). It’s a good problem to have except with a right pin and a right to left wind.

I remember on your youtube channel at TXG your shafts were causing you difficulty fading. I ask because I have the same shafts and swing speed so I’m trying to determine if the issue could be equipment or if it’s just due to the higher lofts (my 7 iron is 35 degrees) causing less spin axis when open.

So do I have to open up a 5 iron to hit a bubba fade or is it possible with a shorter iron? 😛

Hi Shawn
Things are pretty good. Very small niggles here or there.

I start the chip over the intermediate point but observe that my chips land right of where I want the ball to land.

Any suggestions would be welcome.