GREATEST PLAYERS SUPPORT MATERIALS Hands & Arms Movements E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R G R E A T N E S S GREATEST PLAYERS HANDS & ARMS | GRIP 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 NANCY LOPEZ TOM WATSON LYDIA KO.