[BerntR]

I am not sure I understand the question O.B.Left.

All the cf will do is keep the club moving in circles at a constant speed. It's the radial pp forces and possibly a momentum at the hinge pin that increases rotary speed.

If you let go of CF the club will go way left. Spinning around its longitudinal MOI befor it lands in the dirt.

When I said above that CF produces angled hinging I wasn't intending to exclude horizontal hinging. The spin can be horizontal and therefore also the hinging can be horizontal. Or vertical. if the plane is vertical But not dual.