I would like to share a photo of a 50's golfer, Fred Gronauer illustrating a so-called "hula like pivot" which claimed to be in perfect balance and control during the swing. This golfer is also referenced in the book of V.J. Hogan Missing piece...a few who identified the missing piece.
Hogan said in his 5-lession..."The first really important change I effected was the action of my left knee. Mine used to shoot straight out when I took the club back. Ed Stewart's knee, I noticed, broke in nicely to the right. I practiced correcting my knee action on the lawn at home until there was no lawn left.... "
Homer also used the heading "Hula Hula" for 7-14 and 7-15…I think it’s time to hula hula and “be water” my friends!
Thanks for this, KOC. Glad to hear you're back up and at'em!
From the waist down, very few 'average' golfers look like Gronauer (or, for that matter, Vardon or Jones or Hogan or Snead or Nelson or Palmer or Nicklaus or Trevino or Mickelson or Singh or any one of almost all the great players in history).
In other words, most golfers don't fully clear (turn) their right hip. Hence, their left knee is not pulled around so that it points behind the ball and their left heel is not pulled off the ground. Or is the other way around? Their left foot remains flat on the ground, their left knee points forward and their right hip doesn't turn. Either way, the Pivot fails to function as it should, the Hands cannot possibly take their required route, and performance remains 'average'.
There are at least three reasons for this malfunction:
1. They don't know they are supposed to do it, therefore they unconsciously are not doing it.
2. They are following some modern theory, e.g., "X Factor", and therefore they consciously are not doing it.
3. They have some form of disability that prevents them from doing it, even though they know they should and would if they could.
In my experience, the third reason is rarely the case, so most average golfers -- and even many above-average golfers who are not playing to their potential -- fall into camps one and two. If you're tired of being 'average', I suggest you print out the Gronauer photo, and tape it to a full length mirror. Then, practice your lower body move until you look like him from the waist down.
I asked Homer Kelley one time why most golfers were average (at best) and did not improve. He didn't hesitate a second: "They don't clear their right hip."
Now you know what to do, how to do it and have been encouraged to make the change.
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