[Jeff]

Yodas Luke

You wrote-: "That's true, unless you've ever played at Kiawah Island. So, your presumption is too narrow. I can lower my launch angle by 8 degrees with forward spine tilt, which could be an advantage in a 50mph headwind."

I can accept a small degree of forward spinal tilt in the downswing when hitting a short iron. However, I think that it could be very problematic when hitting a driver - because I believe that a rightwards spinal tilt allows the right shoulder to move downplane at the start of the downswing, while a leftwards tilted spine would predispose to roundhousing and an OTT move. I also think that it is much more difficult to keep in balance during a driver downswing when having forward spinal tilt.

You also wrote-: "Then, as you have also shown, we agree about the use of the word "only". And, we also agree that the fulcrum, whether it's the elbow, the shoulder, or the wrist, is the deciding factor in the descending or ascending clubhead. It has little to do with the foot."

I agree.

Jeff.