"Fanning" on your take away

Holy shite...you just cause a huge lightbulb to go off for me. I think I've been doing this as well.

It's a pain in the arse for me because I think I wind-up coming up just shy of flush and I leave it open causing a heluvva slice at times.

Just grabbed an old club and sure as shite when I went to take a natural backswing I opened it right up.

I have my clubs getting fitted now, but can't wait to get them back so I can start working on this.

Thanks for posting this!

Left arm rotation on the backswing is one of the biggest points of contention swing wise for me personally. I go back and forth from keeping the face shut going back to rotating open slightly. I have played poorly and well both ways.

I find that keeping the club head pointing down/shut makes me take it way too inside, and my miss is a huge pull hook. However I do get slightly better distance and compression with irons if done correctly.

Rotating open makes my swing feel a little more Fluid and free flowing. My misses are less severe (miss left and right) but I do lose about 5 yards or so per club in distance due to less compression.

I’m more comfortable usually with rotating open slightly because my misses aren’t as bad. I just swallow my pride and club up.

If you want to see great examples of both, look at rickie Fowler’s swing for the rotation type swing and brooks Koepka for the keeping club face shut type of swing.

It is funny we all discovered this. I pretty much have been able to play my irons normally with the "fan" motion but my driver always slices. I am thinking this is why.
I look forward to hitting the rang this week and putting it together.

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I have played poorly and well both ways.

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This is the most frustrating part of golf for me. You can do something not ideal and find a way to play with it...until it goes to shite. Then do the opposite for a while...until it goes to shite. Then...nothing works

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I wonder if stopped doing this and kept the face square what would happen.

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Probably eventually hook it off the planet

Might work for a while though. I usually play my best golf immediately after changing something. It’s always short lived though.

Check to be sure your shoulders aren’t turning too flat in the backswing. That’ll affect the clubface also. Easier to make a slight change in the shoulders instead of doing something weird with the hands.

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Probably eventually hook it off the planet

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100%.

I just tried to keep it square going back at the range and I hooked A lot off the range

So much for that

Grabbed my Pro on the range and asked him to take a look at my swing to see if he saw anything. He made one fix - flattened my wrist at address so that it was more in-line with the shaft...monumental difference. Was hitting so much straighter on the course this afternoon. Shot an 84, but really should've been under 80, as I monkey fricked two holes.