Golf Asia – July 2019

RORY’S 5 BEST TIPS

FEEL AN ONLINE DELIVERY POSITION

To help you get a better understanding of what this on-plane attack looks and

feels like, we are going to work with the trail hand and arm only.

TRAIN

RORY’S MOVE

FEEL ‘STEEP’
Now make the same slow-motion move from
the top, but this time allow the clubhead to
move outwards, well forwards of the handle, as
shown. Again, feel how this sets head and
handle on different paths and how the club
feels ‘heavy’. Again, as those paths diverge, the
club wants to attack the ball across the ball
target line – this time out-to-in as indicated by
the clubshaft’s line.

FEEL ‘FLAT’
Swing to the top, using just your trail arm

• right for right-handers. Now bring the club
  down slowly from the top, flattening the shaft
  to allow the head to drop well behind your
  hands. You can see how the head and handle
  move through different spaces to create an
  unbalanced position that would lead to an in-
  to-out attack in the direction of the clubshaft.

FIND THE MIDDLE GROUND

When your perception of these two extremes

grows, you will find it easier to hit Rory’s

balanced middle ground. A great mental image

is to picture your hands blazing a trail through

the air that the following clubhead moves

through. The better you can do this, the more

online your delivery will become and the more

consistently accurate your iron shots will be.

ARM/SHAFT

MATCH

As a further guide,

check the relationship

between your lead

arm and the clubshaft

through the delivery

zone. Note that on

those excessively flat

and steep deliveries,

they were very much

at odds with each

other. In this middle-

ground delivery they

are much more

aligned. When you

swing through this

position, the club feels

much lighter and

more powerful.