Golf Australia – April 2018

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The most important aspect of this position is that
he has maintained his posture and spine angles
created at address. His left arm has stayed straight, not
rigid, and his turn is really full. The angles are perfect.
The clubface angle matches the left wrist and is ideally
parallel to the shaft plane set at address.

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Many great modern ball-strikers like McIlroy start

their downswing with a lower body shift and turn

back toward the target. Rory drops his hands down

into the ‘slot’, which is the area between the original

shaft plane from address and the swing plane at the

top of the backswing.

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Here is the key to Rory’s power. Having turned his

hips no more than 35 degrees during the backswing,

he starts to unwind them quickly as they slide slightly

toward the target. This has the effect of unravelling the

resistance coil, firing Rory’s torso, arms and club down

toward the ball.

WHAT’S IN THE BAG

DRIVER: TaylorMade M3 with 8.5° loft, fi tted with

Mitsubishi Kuro Kage Silver 70X shaft.

3-WOOD: TaylorMade M3 15° loft, with Mitsubishi

Tensei CK Pro White 80TX shaft.

5-WOOD: TaylorMade M3 19° loft, with Fujikura

Rombax P95X shaft.

IRONS: TaylorMade P-750 (3- and 4-iron),

TaylorMade ‘Rors Proto’ P-730 (5- to 9-iron). All fi tted

with Project X Rifl e 7.0 shafts.

WEDGES: TaylorMade Milled Grind (48-09SB, 52-

09SB, 54-11SB, 56-12SB), Taylormade Hi-Toe (60°). All

fi tted with Project X Rifl e 6.5 shafts.

PUTTER: Taylormade TP Mullen Tour Proto

BALL: TaylorMade TP5x.

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