Yes, the swing is all done by the hips

Start with the hips and end with the hips? Yes I can.

The above statement was posted on Oct.1, 2009 and meant to be a memory aid on what I was working on before (which was very promising).

I believe if golf instructions can be sorted by how basic it is, I believe this will be most basic-est!


Here is what I am working on now and found to be working.

1. The grip is mostly the last three fingers of the left hand. Emphasis is placed on deactivating the left thumb from lifting the club; it is the pad of the palm that essentially supports the club. All the others are just going for the ride - you may say. TRUE.

2. The left waist bone is the total or all-encompassing inertia driver of the whole swing. It pushes the club to the slot at the top of the swing. Once the top is reached by feeling the armpit close then... the left waist bone pulls the club around to a reverse finish. No conscious hitting effort by any other muscle.
Again, every body part only goes for the ride to the top! MAYBE.

3. All other techniques are the same as taught by other golf gurus. NOT TRUE.

4. Found out in the Philippines and noted by the lady caddy that I was stopping my lower body rotation in an attempt to throw the club at the ball. This is wrong. The turning of the hips (waist) is continuous and is the hitting portion of the golf swing.

5. Because of no. 4, it resulted in the realization that the set-up of the club face and the rest (grip, hands, arms, club shaft angle) is done initially and forgotten at the start of the swing. After this set-up, the mind is totally just thinking of going around the ball - with the hips as the hitting source! The thinking is not hitting the ball but going around with the hips and through the ball.