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Full Swing · Technique

Set right elbow near the shaft plane at the top

Comparing two of the world's best ball strikers, Lee Westwood and Justin Rose, the analysis highlights a shared top-of-backswing position: the shaft up top around the 80-degree area, the left arm in the high-30s to low-40s and sitting lower than the original shoulder plane, and the right elbow nearly touching the original shaft plane. The two players share these measured positions.

Channel: CraigHansonGolf

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Why this context matters

Presented as a model position for golfers whose pattern is to come down too steep from the outside.