1. Horizontal Hinging=open clubface to allow for closing. 2. Angled Hinging=open clubface for short shots, moving to more closed clubface for longer shots. 3. Vertical Hinging=impact fix alignment is the same as separation, as this is a no-roll procedure.
I am not sure I totally understand #2 reasoning. Is it to compensate for slice tendencies? Isnt this the same thing as merely moving the ball more forward in the stance, which will result in more closed clubface?
Thanks.
Patrick
Patrick,
I know this is probably old news to you by now, but since this is my first daythe site, I thought I'd reply anyway. As you know, the Fix alignments you havereferenced are, in fact, the Impact alignments, and the answer you seek(regarding #2 above) is simply that the ball stays on the clubface longerfor the longer shots, hence allowing more time for the clubface to open per thecharacteristics of the angled hinge action. Accordingly, that actiondemands that the clubface be more and more closed (at Fix) as the shotlength increases. And vice versa, i.e., more and more open as the lengthdecreases.
Regarding moving the ball forward, you are correct in that a trueswinging procedure will cause the clubface to be progressively alignedmore and more closed throughout the impact interval. [Hitters Alert: Though thesame is true for you, it is less so, and that difference is what must berecognized in the Fix aligment.] However, this principle (automatic HorizontalHinging in the true centrifugal Swing) can be -- and often is -- overiddenmanually, consciously or unconsciously. Don't we all remember Nicklaus playing everything-- including the wedge -- off his left heel during his prime? [If youdon't, read his old books, e.g., Golf My Way, etc.] And don't we allalso remember that he was widely known as a very weak wedge player duringthose very same years?
As great as he was, even Jack Nicklaus could not override the Laws of Force andMotion, and toward the end, he recanted and said he was now playing the shorterclubs further back. Which, of course, Homer (and at least half the golfingworld, e.g., Tommy Armour in How To Play Your Best Golf All the Time)had said he should have been doing all along. But when you're The Greatest,what you say you do -- whether you do it or not! -- carries weight big-time,even when you're wrong. We all know Jack was the longest, straightest driver inthe history of the game. Not to mention the greatest putter from ten feet in.No telling what he might have done with a correct ball position on the shortshots.
The attentive know that Tiger has learned from that mistake.
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