If you want to play a fade ...

[Shot Limit]

You work the right arm under just enough to avoid crossing the line.

 

[JKGolf]

I'm in agreement that working the right arm under helps lay the club off, but I'm not clear on how you do it without rotating the wedge. Also, why not just play a fade from across the line? Is it that much harder?

 

[Shot Limit]

You have to rotate the wedge, just don't over-rotate.

 

[Lindsey Newman]

I'm in agreement that working the right arm under helps lay the club off, but I'm not clear on how you do it without rotating the wedge. Also, why not just play a fade from across the line? Is it that much harder?

Being truly across the line or truly laid off is not beneficial to any desired ball flight. Laid off is more open, across is more closed. The more across you get the more difficult, in theory, it is to fade and vice versa. There are no hard set parameters for anything in golf. You have to match components and see how you react.

Watch video of great players who have the ball flight you prefer and try to learn from what compensations they build in to execute that ball flight. For example, Faldo preferred a fade as did Nicklaus, Couples and Duval. All four of those players did it differently, but they all ended up with a face open to their path. When I watch tour players today, I see more straightish ball flight. That tells me that the goal should be to always be working towards the center and try to negate side spin.

 

[Shot Limit]

Well put Lindsey.