Sergio's 250 yard uphill 4 iron
 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BbZLQIAbb-M

Angled hinged draw by the looks of it! ... "up in the Gods" said Faldo , clubface after impact shows angled hinge appearance... presume draw from the way that Sergio moved right to look at the result and ball landed left of flag.

His right elbow just slides down the elbow plane from end to release ...right forearm flying wedge dead on elbow plane....enormous pivot drive through impact and beyond...which I guess holds the clubface perpendicular to angled plane...Awesome!!

Faldo really did seem amazed!

So much to be learnt from this one it seems!

The Right Elbow and the Elbow Plane
 

Solid post, golfbulldog. Thanks!

One point, though, for the newbies . . .

Sergio's Basic Swing Plane is determined by the line drawn from the Ball to the Turned Right Shoulder. The true Elbow Plane -- the Inclined Plane established by the Right Elbow's position at Impact -- is much flatter. During the Backstroke, Sergio's Hands and Club move from the Elbow Plane to the Turned Shoulder Plane (Single Shift / 10-7-B). Coincidentally, that tends to put the Right Elbow on the Elbow Plane long since left by the Hands and Club. Had the Hands stayed on the Elbow Plane, the Right Elbow would have been well beneath it.

:salut:

P.S. Gosh it feels good to write about 'real golf' again!

:smile:

float loading - off plane?
 

The float loading move (it looks like Sergio is loosing the club down his back, a similar move Hogan had in his swing) makes it look like the club is above plane, or pointing outside the planeline in the shift from the turned shoulder plane to the elbow plane.

Is he really off plane for a short while or is it 2D/3D distortion/illusions?

PS merry christmas