My cousin caddied for him at the Greenbriar in 2017 when he was an amateur, after he shot that 64 on Sunday and tied for 29th, I sent him a text congratulating them and I mentioned how his 40 plus years at the Greenbriar most of been invaluable to Joaquin after his 4 day performance. As soon as I hit send...my cousin got back to and said Thanks ,but forget about this young mans golf abilities, he a MUCH FINER PERSON. That's all 1 needs to know. 2017 # 1 amateur in the world and he's a better person then golfer. Needless to say I've had 1 favorite golfer from that point forward. I ALWAYS pull for him every time he tee's it up on the course and in life.
Great analysis. I love the clubhead stability Niemann gets through impact. If his back holds up he should be a consistently top performer on tour along with Hovland who has a similar move.
Holy shit! I thought my junior swing had a ton of that.... tall lanky golfer makes that move easier to make. BTW, we played in same tournament at Kawkwa at the Greater Erie Charity Classic. I got you that week ;). Kudos to your instruction Wayne, your analysis are spot on all the time. Appreciate your knowledge, why you aren't a top 10 instructor is a total bunch of b.s.!
The weight bumping into the left knee at transition of the downsing, and then the clearing of the hips. Do these two things with relaxed arm tension and the club will naturally shallow on its own.
There is no simple explanation for what you see as the flattening of the shaft in transition as there are a bunch of things happening at the same time. Most of the focus is usually on what the arms and hands are doing, but the bending and twisting of the trunk is also important. I'd say that in general you see right upper arm adduction (driving downward and forward), right forearm supination (twisting from palm down to palm up), and at least some external rotation of the right shoulder (right elbow moving inward), while the left forearm maintains pronation, all happening after the left arm is pulled into the forward swing by the change of direction of the pelvis. See, simple! The closest athletic movement to use as an analogy would be the sidearm throwing motion (see Hogan's Five Lessons"). If you take a backswing and stop at the top, let go with your left hand (if you're right handed) and make the motion to throw the club down the fairway in a sidearm fashion with the left leg stepping forward and the right elbow driving in front of the body. The clubhead will lean back on the right index finger and the shaft will "helicopter" around behind you as you gain leverage for the release.
@@MrLuigiFercotti quit promoting nonsense. The club shallowing is a result of proper body movement. Its not a conscious movement with the arms for fucks sake.
