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