Top 25 Golf Pro Lesson Tiger's Knee Fix part 2

http//:www.shawnclementgolf.com Shawn Clement, Director of the Richmond Hill Golf Learning Centre and top 25 CPGA Teaching Professional as rated by Score Golf Magazine, shows you how to go about getting back into the swing of things after a knee injury to the forward leg like Tiger's. Part 2 deals with getting back to full throttle on the flat lies.

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[bluejfk]

WIth my old swing I did the Annika right heel off the ground before impact thingy. How does Annika manage that...

[clemshaw]

The key here is to maintain the axis of rotation; yes she does turn her face in front of the ball but her head stays in it's axis of rotation, which stays tilted away from the target with the top of the axis (head) behind the ball and the bottom of the axis (centre of pelvis) as well as the centre of gravity is in front of the ball; like skipping stones...Thanks for the question! Shawn

[duffygolfstuff]

Great video Shawn. I have had a creaky left knee forever and I recently ruptured my left achilles tendon. This going to help me a ton.

Question: what do you think of flaring the left foot open at address?

[clemshaw]

Hey Duffy;

Both feet should be slightly flared at address; it gives you better front to back balance and allows the hips to clear better in both directions;

Great question and comment! Shawn

[toobad41]

I watched Kenny Perry's swing on bizhub this past weekend and as you said he keeps both feet firmly planted at impact. Then his right foot gradually comes up well after impact to a fully finish. I noticed that I have found myself doing this same thing on my shorter iron shots but not when I use my driver.  Seems like the momentum of the drive just pulls my body towards the target. Perhaps I am just driving to hard.

Rene

[clemshaw]

Hi Rene;

No, not at all; you should feel that it is just as easy to do with all clubs; the videos that will help you achieve this are: "Feet together drill", "Leverage Power", "On the Slopes" with the ball below the feet; and also in the "fairway Bunkers"; you will see what I mean when you watch the video; Tiger's best ever shot was a flat footed 3 iron out of a fairway bunker at the PGA Championship...Shawn

[yusailo]

i'm thinking this could be a wonderful way to hit especially accurate 3/4 wedge shots without risking de-acceleration through impact or interrupting my rhythm by attempting to shorten the backswing. Can't wait to try it out on the course now that the weather is improving! Sorry for the long post, but i wanted to put that out there in case anybody wants to try. Cheers, Shawn!

[yusailo]

regarding the swings in which you finish flat-footed... tinkering at the range today and hitting some especially crisp sand & gap wedge shots while remaining grounded through the follow through,it occured to me that although i was taking a full swing the ball consistently carried about 80% of the normal distance. seems that keeping the right heel entirely planted made me subconciously throttle down so as to not sacrifice balance...

[MrKevinso]

Anthony Kim, YE Yang and Alvaro Quiros had same moves. They are all big hitters. I think this flat foot and clearing left side ideas cures the early hip release problem stemming from trying to close the right side.

[wrassleroni]

Clemshaw,I am a fan of yours! You are a good teacher, Bob Moylan