BrendanC
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Sam Snead is usually described as a super-flexible person BUT he set up closed for virtually every shot.
That gets me thinking as typically, it is people who LACK flexibility (e.g. seniors) that are advised to set up with a closed stance/right foot back.
I'm not as flexible as Sam, but I do have some hyper-mobility and am more flexible than most (it's not a particularly useful attribute and makes you injury prone in contact sports!).
Lately, I have found setting up closed (right foot withdrawn) to be very useful as it gives me a natural hip turn that when I set up square that I simply don't get.
When square or open, I can turn my shoulders quite a long way but no right hip turn happens. I think this causes the right hip to block of the downswing - particularly with shorter clubs.
So....is the old advice about setting up closed/with right foot back if you LACK flexibility the wrong way round?
That gets me thinking as typically, it is people who LACK flexibility (e.g. seniors) that are advised to set up with a closed stance/right foot back.
I'm not as flexible as Sam, but I do have some hyper-mobility and am more flexible than most (it's not a particularly useful attribute and makes you injury prone in contact sports!).
Lately, I have found setting up closed (right foot withdrawn) to be very useful as it gives me a natural hip turn that when I set up square that I simply don't get.
When square or open, I can turn my shoulders quite a long way but no right hip turn happens. I think this causes the right hip to block of the downswing - particularly with shorter clubs.
So....is the old advice about setting up closed/with right foot back if you LACK flexibility the wrong way round?