Look at Palmer’s shoulder turn at the top of the backswing! 
He looks like a human pretzel. How did he get his chin on that side of his shoulder?
Yes it is one of golf’s greatest rotations… and make sure to drool over the great shaft flex he is holding coming into impact.
There are no mysteries…
Lag
I caught an old episode of Pro celebrity golf yesterday from 1982 featuring Lee Trevino and Jerry Pate. Watching Trevino manoeuvre the ball round the beautiful Queens
Course at Gleneagles in Scotland was quite something - I was actually quite moved by the artistry of it. I posted some clips below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV3-x40vFfM
Earlier this week Paul Goydos, when talking about the strength in depth on the PGA Tour, said that nowadays there were “10 Lee Trevino’s out there”. I’m afraid
I can’t see anyone out there manoeuvring the ball around like this man. Even this short segment gives a lie to the idea that Trevino only ever played a stock left to
right shot. I think I got as much pleasure watching Trevino play these nine holes as any of the golf I have seen recently. Its hard for me to see how today’s professional
game surpasses the entertainment provided by a combination of the clubs/balls of this period, the skills, the characters and old classic courses in wonderful
environments.
Enjoy!
Cheers, Arnie
Great clip AA!
Professionals using 5-irons from 175??? Jerry Pate sounds like a star-struck spectator watching Lee hit those shots!
Talk about hearing some compression.
Very cool stuff, thanks for posting it!
Robbo
These are some photos of Sir Faldo when I was attending a fancy pants golf academy. They were taken of Nick in Feb of ’91…The instructors claimed Sir Nick was there at the school a few days ahead of me…While I was at the back of the range, some PGA stud at time named Finchy watched me thin a few of 5-irons. I admit I was little nervous on those swings. The timing was kind of neat in the sense Finchy won The Open a few months later…I wish I had some more shots post impact but then again this section of the swing wasn’t much of a thought back then…
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Peter Senior’s textbook move.
Great into a deep P3 4:30 line. Notice in the 5th frame how open the clubface is. His great hand speed allows this top shelf #3 accumulator rotation into impact. We really can get a sense of our module #1 intentions. Ground pressures are well at work. His post impact pivot is about as good as it gets.
Upper arms packed hard on the body with a super quick pivot post impact preserving impact alignments, shaft doesn’t flip, ripping it up into PV5.
This is just as short iron shot. I’ll have some of the longer clubs to post up soon.
His down the line pics are what really show the genius though.
That is a great sequence. Much more illustrative of the concepts you are promoting than the 2007 swing I posted. I first noticed how far his hips have travelled while his head has remained relatively still and over the right leg. Look at the top of the left hand in the 4th frame…still double-cocked and pointing to the sky (literally Module 1). 
I love the way Sutton pins his arms at impact (photo 6) - left shoulder is moving away from the ball. He really was a great driver of the ball and his iron play was up there with the best. Deceptively long for having a boring flight
Duval had it all going for him until he injured his back working out and lost some form and confidence. Has been playing better of late. these shots are from around the year 199/2000 when he was number 1 and 2 in the world-- great 4.30 line into impact- left shoulder again peeling left with the body rotation and in Duval’s case the head rotation too
On the head movement of Duval…
I just posted some comments from George Knudson in my first book review here…
“I had no idea that to maintain firm wrists was to properly use my legs. I ignored footwork also because I was stuck on golf’s number one misconception … keep the head still. I later learned that the head has to go where the body carries it. The head has nothing to do with the golf swing, the head has no purpose in the swing”
We cover this in module #2 as we learn about vertical and horizontal ground forces, and how to maximize their use to our benefit. Proper intentions at PV5 will insure us of George’s objectives here.
Very interesting…so Duvals “head move” is the vapour trail of his great post impact pivot which you can really see in the progression through frame 6 to 7 and ultimately 8. Nice lightbulb that one for me…thanks everyone…
Here’s a different view of the same Duval swing- you can see the torso and head rotation a little clearer from this angle
Elkington rear view
Elkington face On
Elkington front on
