What the club looks like on a 0° path by a PGA Tour Player "3 balls" from impact

[wulsy]

Love that one, had it as a feeling from time to time when I was playing well.

 

[fronesis]

the clubhead goes down and right as the hands release, all the way to the shaft being vertical. You flatten out or offset the resulting curved clubhead path with a handpath that moves left and up through impact.

For everyone who is still trying to condense the ideas in the release thread down into bits they can digest and make use of in their game, I personally think that birly's quote above is manzella-esque in its quality and succinctness. Very nicely put.

 

[tongzilla]

1) the clubface seems to be more open than the green line.

2) common sense tells me a shorter club will create more of an arc 3 balls from impact relative to a longer club, right?

3) I want to know what happens 3 balls after impact.

4) what's that black hole on the hosel?

 

[dschultz6072]

4) what's that black hole on the hosel?

The ferrule?

 

[Lindsey Newman]

Then by definition they can also go strongly to the right whilst the ch stays on line, no? If not why not?

By "straight" do you mean square?

Yes! If you're left handed.

 

[JonWil]

This appears to support what proponents of the 'U-shaped-swing' believe. These proponents believe all other swing theory results in 'V-shaped-swings'. I'm confused. Is one shape necessarily superior to the other? Do all effective swings actually resolve to the same shape approaching a zeroed out impact?

 

[bax1865]

Do clubs of different lofts rotate at different rates because of where the sweetspot is?