| I love to listen to Lee Trevino talk about | | | | Bethlehem Steel in his left wrist at impact. |
| the golf swing. If there ever was a self-made | | | | |
| man, Lee is certainly it! The Merry-Mex | | | | So what happens to the golf ball at impact |
| learned golf the hard way, sneaking onto golf | | | | when it is struck correctly? When you swing |
| courses and caddying when he was young. He | | | | down on the ball at impact the golf ball |
| practiced long and hard when he was a young | | | | actually spins up the club face to the top |
| man in Mexico diligently honing his craft. | | | | grooves. This is what the grooves in the club |
| | | | face are for...this is what gives the golf |
| Lee certainly has a great understanding of | | | | ball spin. How do you think pro golfers stop |
| the golf swing. Lee's swing is a bit | | | | the ball on a dime on the green? They are |
| unorthodox as he reroutes the club on the | | | | using more of the grooves on the club face |
| downswing...not a conventional golf swing to | | | | than amateurs. Golfers who flip the club face |
| say the least. One thing Lee Trevino | | | | at impact are only utilizing the bottom |
| understands very well is how the golf ball | | | | grooves on the club face...the result; a |
| responds to the club face at impact....which | | | | weak, flat trajectory with little |
| is the only thing the golf ball cares about. | | | | spin...Their left wrist has completely broken |
| Do you think the golf ball cares about how | | | | down at impact. |
| your swing looks? All it knows is what is | | | | |
| happening at impact. | | | | Watch the golf pros left wrist at |
| | | | impact...most of them have a bowed left wrist |
| When I finally figured out what Lee Trevino | | | | at impact...the opposite of the golfers who |
| was talking about it made a tremendous impact | | | | flip at the ball where the left wrist has |
| on how solidly I began to strike the ball. I | | | | broken down. This bowed left wrist allows a |
| know this is a cliché and you probably | | | | late powerful release into the golf |
| have heard it a million times, you must hit | | | | ball...the secret to tremendous power off the |
| down on the golf ball to make it go up! Do | | | | tee. |
| you know what is really happening when a golf | | | | |
| ball is well struck at impact? It took me 8 | | | | Â |
| years before I figured this out...and it was | | | | |
| Lee who finally explained it to me. | | | | Next time you go to the range, think "Back of |
| | | | Left Wrist Into Back of Ball" as you start |
| Most golfers "flip" the club face at the ball | | | | your downswing. This mental image forces you |
| in a futile attempt to make the ball go | | | | to swing from the inside and retain the |
| up...if there ever was a move in the golf | | | | release deep into the downswing. The ball |
| swing that robs you of power, this is it. Lee | | | | will start sounding different coming off your |
| likes to imagine the back of his left hand is | | | | club face because you will now be hitting the |
| the club face while he is swinging. On the | | | | golf ball the way the club was designed to |
| down swing he imagines "trapping" the back of | | | | strike a golf ball. Your golf ball will have |
| his left hand into the back of the ball...an | | | | a higher trajectory and it will go a lot |
| incredibly powerful move that keeps the golf | | | | further. |
| club at a right angle with the left arm deep | | | | |
| into the downswing. "Hit the back of the ball | | | | Try it...it works! |
| with the back of the left hand" is Lee's | | | | |
| mantra. World famous golf swing guru Butch | | | | Hit 'em Long and Straight! |
| Harmon says he likes to feel like he has | | | | |