
The natural thing is for your arms to hang. When you ask the question, “Where do I put my hands?
My answer is: Where it will be at impact. You don’t have to mimic photo 5, but that is where I would suggest you start with at address. I drew the line.
There are 2 schools of thought with regard to weight shift. The stack-and-tilt sophists believe all rotation is around the left leg. Other sophists point out that the hip thrust does not have to abide by the arch of the swing. Make your own decision, just remember to be balanced through every step of the swing.
Watch what your head does is move up almost the size of a golf ball. Do you find yourself ever swinging and missing? if your swing moves 2″ above the ball, you are not going to advance it.

I am not a fan of lifting the left heel off the ground. Sport Science https://youtu.be/wguFY0DDoAU proved that the percentage gained in power isn’t worth the lack of control. I had a fellow pro who lifted his left heel on long irons and woods, but kept it on the ground for his shorter irons, proving my point that if you want accuracy, your platform needs to be stable.
I would also think about what your left knee is doing. the reason we stick the left knee toward the ball is to allow more movement of the hips.

I circled the right hip because it is lagging behind. When you are towing a skier on a jet-ski, the power is coming from the boat (your core), and the skier is the club. Keep that hip speed in front of the hand speed and you will not only generate more clubhead speed, you will also start the ball to the right and create a natural draw.



The impact position of your right shoulder is now in perfect alignment with the ball. You can do this on the way up with the left shoulder. If you get good at it, you can use this line to swing under (draw the ball), or swing over (fade the ball), in micro-doses.


At this point in the swing, the weight transfer is complete, and it is only a result of how you got there. If you finish balanced, you likely had a controlled swing. If you finished with your right heel pointing to first base, you threw something off balance in the swing. Over-rotation means your energy isn’t going through the ball, it is lost in the recovery. Your weight is on the weakest part of your left foot. Fix where your core is balanced in your setup to finish smoother. Feel a control at the end of the swing, not like someone is stealing the club from you as it pulls you to the left.
