I was at the range today, and decided I'd try bowing the wrist. It added 5-9 yards on average. I think it just delofts the club face at impact. Very good move..
Add arch to your impact position, and yes you deloft.
Ask questions if you need to, once again.
makes squaring the club easier since you do not roll your left arm as much on the back swing hence you don't have to unroll as much on the downswing.Great for accuracy Also delofts the club at impact due to more forward shaft lean which can add distance. Lee Trevino knew the advantages of a bowed left wrist and since he was self taught he never listened to the "conventional wisdom" of the teaching gurus of his time that called for a "square club face" and "flat wrist at the top. Dave Pelz noted in his book "The short game bible" that Lee had the lowest percent error index (how far left or right the ball landed from the target) he ever measured. It was 5 percent vs 8 percent for the closest rivals. That is huge in professional golf. Had Lee been able to putt better we might all be asking "Jack who"??
Lee was asked why he never took a golf lesson,,, in his tongue in cheek way he replied " find me a teacher that can beat me and I'll take a lesson"
IMO I think bow and arch left wrist is not exactly the same. Bow to me means to me that if you let your left arm go limp and just flex and extend the wrist then if would flip from cup to bow. If you hold out your left arm out horizontal and attempt to "bow" then you might feel an arch because of the rotation of the left arm. IMO this is a very powerful left wrist position and is what I prefer in the DS.
Hogan was one that had cup left wrist at top then become arched in the DW.
McDowell and Johnson goes from a bow wrist at top to arched in the DW.
I think a "flat" left wrist robs you from power.
IMO I think bow and arch left wrist is not exactly the same. Bow to me means to me that if you let your left arm go limp and just flex and extend the wrist then if would flip from cup to bow. If you hold out your left arm out horizontal and attempt to "bow" then you might feel an arch because of the rotation of the left arm. IMO this is a very powerful left wrist position and is what I prefer in the DS.
Hogan was one that had cup left wrist at top then become arched in the DW.
McDowell and Johnson goes from a bow wrist at top to arched in the DW.
I think a "flat" left wrist robs you from power.
Dlam, do you mind explaining why you think a flat left wrist is a power loss?
All things being equal, an arched (bowed) left wrist at impact will hit the ball farther because it will de-loft the club.
No doubt about that...... but would you say it's harder for things to be "equal" (speed wise) if someone acquired that position prior to impact? I know a DJ example would be easy to throw out there, but Im just asking in general.
Thanks