Learn more about your Putting Core Golf Tip
Golf Life joined Dr. David Wright at his academy at Arroya Trabuca Golf Club in Mission Viejo, California. He gave us a great golf tip that teaches us about our Putting Core. Dr. Wright conducted a three year golf research project in Dr. Frank Jobe’s Biomechanics Lab at Centinela Hospital in Los An…
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- Instructor: Dr. David Wright
- Category: Lessons
- Topic: Putting
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Hi, I'm Dr. David Wright. Jay and I are going to show you that the placement of your hands on your putter impacts everything from your core rotation to your path. Okay, Jay's going to show you his power angle because that's exactly what's going to set his grip, uh, and his pressure point in his middle finger. We're working only on middle finger. He's going to cup his wrist. He's going to take the head of the club, and we're setting it in his hand as we know it's gonna be— that shaft's gonna be parallel. If we change the point of the pressure point in the middle finger— again, it's in the middle finger— you'll see that that shaft is not gonna be parallel to the ground. So, Jay, if you'll open your hand. So we're gonna place it on— it's the first knuckle in Jay's hand. And you'll notice again that shaft is parallel. So his pressure point is gonna be on this knuckle. Yours is going to be different. Mine's different. Everyone's different depending on that power angle. Now, your putter has a flat spot on top, so you're gonna put that in the lifeline. The only pressure points we're concerned with here will be the lifeline, the edge of this putter grip in the lifeline, and that pressure point we found with Jay. So Jay is gonna grip it in his left hand. Now, Jay, if you'd put it in your right hand. First thing Jay's gonna do is— Jay, let's bring it up in front. Okay. And I want you to sit down. And rotate your shoulders toward me, keeping that shaft— you notice Jay has 90 degrees of rotation. So we freed up his body. And the other way. Now, next, Jay's gonna…