[Yoda]

Yoda - you wrote-: "Try swinging the Clubhead without the "connecting" Clubshaft. Let's see what kind of orbit you can create."

I could retort - try swinging the clubshaft without the hands moving along a circular path and see what kind of clubhead orbit one can create.

Jeff,

Assume a tethered ball in orbit around an axis. Does the tether (and its tension) serve as the centripetal force of that action? If not, what does? If so, how does that differ from the concept of the clubhead tethered to its center (left shoulder) by the left arm and clubshaft?