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    Left Knee in Backswing Question

    Brian, when you wrote your article on Sergio's swing, did you obtain any measurements regarding his left knee movement on backswing? I noticed watching him yesterday, that even on short irons and wedges, his left knee movement is significant on the backswing. On wedges, Mickelson's right knee...
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    Brian, how about a top ten list of solid contact on fairway wood shots?

    Brian, your top ten lists on the old site were great. I have gone thru 3 wood after 3 wood with the same issues from the fairway, thin or fat contact, too in to out. I am hitting every other club great, the 3 wood from the tee is fine. Fairway shots are really bumming me out. How about a top ten...
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    Brian's Martin Kaymer golf magazine video - Getting the arms off the chest

    Brian's weekly golf video on golf.com is the best "mass golf instruction" anywhere. Brian, this week's video on Martin Kaymer discusses the movement of the arm off the chest. One question, would the feel change for certain types of faults? If someone is too in to out, would the speed of arms...
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    Has the focus on power in the golf swing ruined our bodies?

    Tiger's back woes, Mickelson's pulled muscles and my own bad shoulder have made me wonder whether or not our quest for a swing that hits the ball 300 yards is ruining our tendons and muscles. After playing more golf last year than I have in the previous years, I started having left shoulder pain...
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    double hit chip

    In honor of the 1985 US Open and Andy North's win when TC Chen double hit a chip shot, how do you keep from doing this round killer? My course has long rough around the green and since double hitting one a week ago I am terrified every time I stand up to a chip shot in the rough. No issues from...
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    Bill Haas swing thought in GD

    In this months Golf Digest Haas indicates two interesting swing thoughts. First, that he tries to close the clubface during the entire downswing, from top to finish and a feel he uses is that he is striking the outside of the ball. Obviously it is a feel, but it seems to be a good swing thought...
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    Arm speed in the golf swing

    I have seen a statement to the effect that in order to hit the ball farther, the arms must move faster. Is there any scientific data backing this claim? Is anyone aware of motion studies that have measured arm speed? Is that possible? Not trying to get into pivot v. arms issues, just interested...
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    Wrist position at top and release

    Is there an ideal wrist position at the top of the swing that will optimize the release motion described in the release thread ? It seems as if the release motion desribed is easier when the left wrist is under the shaft at the top of the swing, i.e. Tom Watson, Nicklaus...
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    Why does this work?

    Played with a friend last week that had a tough time chunking his fifty to one hundred yard pitches. Sure enough, after watching him I chunked two fifty yard pitches. Went out to exorcise the demon chili-dip and would still do it every 4th swing. Finally, I decided to freeze my right hip in the...
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    Hale Irwin's swing

    Watched a lot of the senior pga at Valhalla and am amazed at his ability to compete at age 65. His swing looks no different than it did thirty years ago. From 175 yards to 220 yards, his accuracy with long irons and hybrids is uncanny. Brian and staff, any analysis as to why this unique swing...
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    How do you hit this shot?

    Played yesterday and had the same shot three times which destroyed my round, doubled all three holes. The shot was a short pitch over a bunker from a tight lie. Bare grass with no ability to get under it. Fatted one into a plugged lie in a bunker and skulled two over the green. How is this...
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    number one amateur swing error?

    Has to be the over-rotated left arm flying wedge. Brian worked to get rid of mine in June and for the most part it was gone. Played after a three week layoff and it came back with a roaring vengeance. Nothing I tried worked, every attempt at pivoting produced either a fat shot or pull hook. The...
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    Pitching strategies: 60 degree?

    For the past few months I have been using only a 56 degree ping eye 2 sand wedge for pitching. At my lesson with Brian a few weeks ago he taught me a method for hitting a high soft lob that has made a huge difference, last time playing I got up and down 3 times with the shot. However I also had...
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    Is the US Open the most boring major?

    I watched the front nine yesterday and after Johnson came back to the field thought for sure it would get exciting. Nope, the winner won by shooting 74! On the back nine, it was incredibly dull. The game's top players did not do anything. 17 was ridiculously difficult. How do you stop a 219 yard...
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    Summer 2010 "Multi-City" (ISP,SDF,MSP) Manzella Tour Stops — Comments and Reviews

    Summer 2010 "Multi-City" (ISP,SDF,MSP) Manzella Tour Stops — Comments and Reviews I spent two hours with Brian in Minneapolis yesterday and he is one unbelievable teacher. No little tweaks, he grabs it by the horns. Eliminated the laid off backswing right away, no more open clubface, wedding...
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    Kuchar's swing

    Anybody watch the turning stone event? This guy swings so flat it is amazing. Is there anyone who swings on a flatter plane on tour? Also, he really changed his swing from his amateur days. Why would you make the swing so flat? Not an indictment of it, he won and is in the top fifty money...
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    When you can't hit the ground

    What do you check first? I played twice this holiday weekend and both days I hit the ball well off the tee, but was hopeless on the fairway. Whether it was a fairway wood, hybrid or iron, results were the same, thin pushes. I am swinging too far right, which works ok when the ball is teed. When...
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    Thumb off drill is aggravating

    The thumb off drill in Brian's recent PGA video drives me insane. No matter how well I hit it, I always hit it so much better doing this drill, whether chipping or a full shot. It identifies how well I catch the flip with my right thumb. I literally wear indentations in my grips, where my right...
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    top reasons one can't swing left

    What are the main reasons a golfer would be unable to swing left after impact? List?
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    SD backswing +NHA downswing= the King?

    Watching golf channel last night, they analyzed a swing of Arnold Palmer from late 50's early 60's. Backswing was very soft draw like, with the exception of the cupped left wrist at the top. The downswing really got my attention, Palmer carries the power package to allow the arms to swing left...
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