Trevino Left Wrist

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I happened to catch a Jim McClean segment with Lee Trevino the other night on TGC.
Trevino explained and demonstrated his arched left wrist as the key to his wedge play. He noted that he grew up in Texas hitting off hard pan black clay. He said most players only use two grooves of the club.
By arching the left wrist he is able use all the grooves on the club, allowing the ball to roll up the face.
He also explained his chipping action and mentioned attatching a thick rubber band to the butt end of the grip and the left wrist was the best teaching aid.
I also noticed that his grip was fairly strong. Combined with the arched left wrist at impact might explain his blocking preventing the hook swing action .
 
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quote:Originally posted by mb6606

I happened to catch a Jim McClean segment with Lee Trevino the other night on TGC.
Trevino explained and demonstrated his arched left wrist as the key to his wedge play. He noted that he grew up in Texas hitting off hard pan black clay. He said most players only use two grooves of the club.
By arching the left wrist he is able use all the grooves on the club, allowing the ball to roll up the face.
He also explained his chipping action and mentioned attatching a thick rubber band to the butt end of the grip and the left wrist was the best teaching aid.
I also noticed that his grip was fairly strong. Combined with the arched left wrist at impact might explain his blocking preventing the hook swing action .
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I have a swing sequence of Trevino with the driver.He has a neutral left hand grip at address that is cupped.At the top of his backswing,his left wrist is as arched as any player i have seen.At impact,left wrist is flat,NOT arched.He obviously feels the arch on the backswing but thats not what really happens through impact.
 
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I talked to Lee about his swing back in 1985.

He had no idea what it was he really did.

But...He hit it BETTER than ANYone I have ever seen.

Strong-ish grip, bent left wrist at Address/ arched at the top / flat at imapct...but with a BUNCH of forward lean.

ARCHED at impact with a wedge.

He did something that day I STILL haven't seen ANYONE do since.

He backed up 50 yd. wedge shots on the range field grass!!!!!!!!!
 
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This was not McClean explaining Trevino but the words and explanations came directly from Trevino himself. He said that once he got to the Pro Tour the fairways were so soft is was easy to spin back wedges. Again he attributed this to his beginnings hitting off Texas black clay hardpan.
He actually demonstrated his grip and arched left wrist. He demonstrated the wrist bend just as Brian teaches. His grip was on the strong side and the wrist was severly arched.
I am sure they will show this gain and it is well worth watching.
 
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Tball88

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I've actually toyed with this type action and played with it a little bit. What I noticed was that the more I arched the wrist on the backswing the more it had a tendency to straighten out on the downswing. For some reason, maybe due to the speed of the swing, I just couldn't hold the same amount of wrist arch through impact. However, it was easier to hold the wrist angle with the shorter clubs. The speed of the swing may have something to do with why Trevino was arched at the top, but flat at impact.
 
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FanofHogan

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Trevino used to hit the ball with a Dr. Pepper bottle tied to the end of a stick. There are just people in life that are naturally gifted at things and probably cant tell you how they do something. Those are the special ones.
 
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McDuff

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Never beleive what the pro SAYS he/she does. Don't confuse being a great player with technical knowledge of the golf swing. I played in a pro am with a well known touring pro and he assured me he had no swing thoughts and absolutely no knowledge of the golf swing.
 
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The Dr. Pepper bottle was NOT at the end of a stick. It was a 32Oz Family Size, with very thick glass. He practised with it and played great, and won many bets playing against people with it.
 
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