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Full Swing · Technique

Hinge over trail shoulder, pitch over lead to release

The instructor's core move: hinge the club up over your trail shoulder in the backswing (the trail elbow pointing in toward the body), then on the downswing pitch the club over your lead shoulder. He says this sits the elbow down and already creates a release, and calls the move massive and simple.

Channel: Danny Maude

Watch official source at 3:52

Try it

  1. hinge that club just over your trail shoulder
  2. pitch the club now over the lead shoulder
  3. This sits the elbow down, here, and already creates a release