Golf Monthly UK – August 2019

READER LESSON

Clive’sassessment

Duncan’sswinghaddevelopeda

Zorro-likemoveatthetop–awobble

andare-routeoftheclub.Thiswasa

reactiontohistakeawaybeingtoo

muchontheinside,sotheshaftwas

almostinvoluntarilyliftingup.Hisstance

wasalsoalittletoowide,whichwas

restricting his ability to turn properly.

Clive’sremedy

Toencouragealessinsidetakeaway,I

heldastickinpositiontohelpDuncan

gettheshaftmoreparalleltothetarget

linehalfwayback,somethinghecould

replicatebyputtinganalignmentstickin

theground.Missingthestickgave

Duncantherighttakeawayfeel.From

here,hecouldworktheclubbackintoa

positionheequatedwithbeing about 11

o’clock on a clockface.

Anotherwaytoencouragethesame

movewastoinsertateepegintothegrip.

Onagoodtakeaway,Duncancouldstill

seetheteepeghalfwayback,whereasif

hegotintotheoldposition,theteepeg

woulddisappearfromhisview.

Hiswidestancewaspossiblythe

resultoflower-backproblems,soI

narroweditdowntoseeif hecouldrotate

betterwithoutlosingbalance,asthat

wouldsupporthisswingthroughimpact

alittlemore.Headaptedreallywellto

everythingandactuallymadeitlookeasy.

It’s great when you get that kind of result.

Duncan’sfeedback

Ifounditreallyusefultobegivenspecific

pointstogointo,outofandthrough!I

hadseenthesymptomsofthisinside

takeawayonthecourseandonthe

rangeandI nowfeelI’vegotsome

positivepointsofreferencetowork

towards,ratherthanthingstoavoid–

e.g.avoidcomingoverthetop.The

problemwiththestanceisthatyouget

usedtoafeeling,evenifit’swrong.I

supposethedangeristhatI willcontinue

tomakeitnarrowerandnarrower,but

I’mfairlyconfidentI’vegottheright

reference points to keep it in check.

“Ihavean

underlying

inconsistencyin

myswingandI

waswavingthe

clubheadaround

at the top!”

ALWAYS

Looktogroovenewmoveswithshorter

shotsfirstbeforeworkinguptolonger

distances.Don’tbeafraidtodrop down

in distance for a while either.

Focusonapositionormoveyoudon’t

wanttoachieveorfeel,butratheron

howyoudowantittofeelorwherethe

clubdoes need to be at certain stages.

NEVER

Words:

Clive Tucker with Jeremy Ellwood

Photography:

Dan Gould

Duncanwasre-routing

the club at the top...

...butagoodtakeawayhelped

him find a better position

Anarrowerstance

helpedhimturn

through the ball

Onagoodtakeaway

Duncancouldstill

see the tee peg

Thishelpsgetthe

shaftmoreparallel

to the target line