Post by imperfectgolfer on May 19, 2012 10:17:38 GMT -5
Here is a thread on Lee Westwood in Jeffy's forum.
jeffygolf.com/showthread.php?162-Ball-Striking-Paradox-Lee-Westwood
Here are his posted photos.
Jeffy states-: "Also, like many if not most players on the PGA Tour, Lee sets up address with the right wrist flexed (arched) slightly and the right forearm slightly supinated, and the left wrist extended (cupped or bent) a bit and the left forearm slightly pronated. At impact, the right wrist is extended (bent) and the right forearm has pronated from the address position, and the right wrist has flattened (but not completely in Lee's case) and the left forearm has supinated from its address position. "
Jeffy doesn't understand human anatomy/biomechanics or Lee Westwood's swing action.
His right forearm is neutral at address and at impact - it is not supinated at address and pronated at impact.
His left forearm is pronated at address because he adopts a strong left hand grip. There is no change in the degree of left forearm pronation at impact, and he is not supinating his left forearm. His left wrist is less cupped at impact because his left hand is more inline with his left shoulder socket at impact (compared to address when his left hand was situated midway between his legs).
Lee Westwood plays golf as a right handed golfer would play if he only had a right upper limb. At impact, a right-handed golfer (who only uses the right upper upper limb) would have to have a bent right right elbow and dorsiflexed right wrist and neutral right forearm in order to ensure that he has an appropriate amount of clubshaft lean and a square clubface at impact. He is also not flattening his right wrist at impact as Jeffy implies when he states that the "right wrist has flattened --- from its address position". In fact, the right wrist is much more dorsiflexed at impact - compared to address.
Jeffy also wrote-: "Like the game's best ballstriker of all time, Ben Hogan, Lee releases shut-to-open. How? Just like Hogan, well before impact he rotates the forearms counter-clockwise (left forearm supination, right forearm pronation) and comes into the ball with the clubface square if not slightly shut. As a result, he has a very stable clubface through impact."
That's a BS explanation. Lee Westwood doesn't rotate his forearms counterclockwise before impact. His clubface is square between P6.9 and P7.1 because his right forearm is neutral and his right wrist is dorsiflexed - which is biomechanically required if one efficiently plays golf with only the right upper limb. Another feature of a golfer who efficiently plays golf with only the right upper limb is the fact that he will straighten the right arm through impact while i) keeping the right wrist dorsiflexed and while ii) keeping the right palm facing the target. That biomechanical action will produce a "square-to-open" clubface between P7 and P7.2.
Jeff.
jeffygolf.com/showthread.php?162-Ball-Striking-Paradox-Lee-Westwood
Here are his posted photos.
Jeffy states-: "Also, like many if not most players on the PGA Tour, Lee sets up address with the right wrist flexed (arched) slightly and the right forearm slightly supinated, and the left wrist extended (cupped or bent) a bit and the left forearm slightly pronated. At impact, the right wrist is extended (bent) and the right forearm has pronated from the address position, and the right wrist has flattened (but not completely in Lee's case) and the left forearm has supinated from its address position. "
Jeffy doesn't understand human anatomy/biomechanics or Lee Westwood's swing action.
His right forearm is neutral at address and at impact - it is not supinated at address and pronated at impact.
His left forearm is pronated at address because he adopts a strong left hand grip. There is no change in the degree of left forearm pronation at impact, and he is not supinating his left forearm. His left wrist is less cupped at impact because his left hand is more inline with his left shoulder socket at impact (compared to address when his left hand was situated midway between his legs).
Lee Westwood plays golf as a right handed golfer would play if he only had a right upper limb. At impact, a right-handed golfer (who only uses the right upper upper limb) would have to have a bent right right elbow and dorsiflexed right wrist and neutral right forearm in order to ensure that he has an appropriate amount of clubshaft lean and a square clubface at impact. He is also not flattening his right wrist at impact as Jeffy implies when he states that the "right wrist has flattened --- from its address position". In fact, the right wrist is much more dorsiflexed at impact - compared to address.
Jeffy also wrote-: "Like the game's best ballstriker of all time, Ben Hogan, Lee releases shut-to-open. How? Just like Hogan, well before impact he rotates the forearms counter-clockwise (left forearm supination, right forearm pronation) and comes into the ball with the clubface square if not slightly shut. As a result, he has a very stable clubface through impact."
That's a BS explanation. Lee Westwood doesn't rotate his forearms counterclockwise before impact. His clubface is square between P6.9 and P7.1 because his right forearm is neutral and his right wrist is dorsiflexed - which is biomechanically required if one efficiently plays golf with only the right upper limb. Another feature of a golfer who efficiently plays golf with only the right upper limb is the fact that he will straighten the right arm through impact while i) keeping the right wrist dorsiflexed and while ii) keeping the right palm facing the target. That biomechanical action will produce a "square-to-open" clubface between P7 and P7.2.
Jeff.