Hands & Arms Movements

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SAM SNEAD TIGER WOODS TIGER WOODS BEN HOGAN

• Both palms facing each other

• Neutral grip

TOM WATSON JACK NICKLAUS ANNIKA SORENSTAM SAMURAI SAMURAI

MARIO LEMIEUX WAYNE GRETZKY SLEDGE HAMMER

• Back hand on top of shaft

• Top of front hand ﬂat

• Both hands in a strong position GREATEST PLAYERS HANDS & ARMS | BACKSWING | FACE-ON

BEN HOGAN JACK NICKLAUS GARY PLAYER • Hands pushing down in takeaway

• Arms straightening in takeaway

• Down in legs, knees apart

SEVE BALLESTEROS MICHAEL JORDAN GREG MADDUX ROGER FEDERER

• Width increasing throughout the backswing • Front arm straight

BEN HOGAN TIGER WOODS BYRON NELSON BABE ZAHARIAS GREG NORMAN BEN HOGAN SAM SNEAD GREATEST PLAYERS HANDS & ARMS | BACKSWING | DOWN-THE-LINE

TIGER WOODS TOM WATSON JACK NICKLAUS

• Body/rib cage turning away from target

• Hands, arms and club face maintain same relationship with chest and body at setup (hands don’t roll open)

TIGER WOODS TOM WATSON JACK NICKLAUS TIGER WOODS BEN HOGAN • Club shaft parallel to • Front arm ground and parallel to target line the ground

• Square club • Club shaft face, 9-10 pointing at degrees the target turned down line

• Club shaft ARNOLD PALMER TOM WATSON SAM SNEAD TIGER WOODS NICK FALDO parallel to ground and target line

• Club face parallel to front arm

• Arms squeezing together GREATEST PLAYERS HANDS & ARMS | DOWNSWING | FACE-ON

JACK NICKLAUS TIGER WOODS GARY PLAYER • Front knee and head move down and toward target

• Hands increase width (don’t move toward body)

JACK NICKLAUS SAM SNEAD JACK NICKLAUS TIGER WOODS

• Hands and • Angle between arms club shaft and maintain forearm has loading increased, not from decreased backswing

TIGER WOODS SAM SNEAD BEN HOGAN JACK NICKLAUS

• Width in the downswing

• Angle between front arm and club shaft greater than 90 degrees GREATEST PLAYERS HANDS & ARMS | DOWNSWING | DOWN-THE-LINE

JACK NICKLAUS SAM SNEAD ARNOLD PALMER TIGER WOODS TOM WATSON

• Front arm parallel with ground

• Front arm 0-5 degrees in from parallel to target-line

GREG NORMAN SAM SNEAD MICKEY WRIGHT BEN HOGAN TIGER WOODS

• Club shaft past parallel with ground

• Hands moving in, club head moving out

• Club shaft pointing at target-line

TIGER WOODS TOM WATSON JACK NICKLAUS ARNOLD PALMER

• Width increasing in • Club downswing shaft just below • Hands and front arms pushing forearm up and away in transition GREATEST PLAYERS HANDS & ARMS | THROUGH IMPACT | FACE-ON

BEN HOGAN JACK NICKLAUS TIGER WOODS TOM WATSON • Little to no shaft lean at impact

• Club shaft pointing at belly button

• Front side crescent shape

SAM SNEAD MICKEY WRIGHT NICK FALDO TOM WATSON TIGER WOODS

JACK NICKLAUS SAM SNEAD BEN HOGAN TIGER WOODS JACK NICKLAUS GREATEST PLAYERS HANDS & ARMS | THROUGH IMPACT | DOWN-THE-LINE

BEN HOGAN JACK NICKLAUS

• Hands move in toward body through impact

TIGER WOODS SAM SNEAD TOM WATSON

• Shaft angle at impact matches shaft angle at setup (not steeper) BEN HOGAN SAM SNEAD GARY PLAYER GREATEST PLAYERS HANDS & ARMS | FINISH | FACE-ON

BABE ZAHARIAS PATTY BERG TIGER WOODS

• Club shaft matching the eye-line

• Angle of the eye-line

SAM SNEAD GARY PLAYER LOUISE SUGGS

NANCY LOPEZ ARNOLD PALMER BYRON NELSON GREATEST PLAYERS HANDS & ARMS | FINISH | DOWN-THE-LINE

BEN HOGAN JACK NICKLAUS TIGER WOODS

• Hands and arms in front of chest

• Shaft on eye- line

• Front side crescent

SAM SNEAD TIGER WOODS BEN HOGAN

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