I cannot accept this.  I INSIST THAT THE HANDS MUST REMAIN ACTIVE AT ALL TIMES.  Many outstanding players probably feel that the left hip dominates the start of the downswing, and I fancy that this is because they have been playing from early boyhood and hand-action to them has become second nature.

  My point is that this passive hands theory can destroy the smoothness of the whole movement because the moment they become active again is likely to result in a sudden quickening of the tempo.  You must sense the club head through the hands ALL the time.

  What I urge you to concentrate on above all else in the downswing is:

1. the driving down from a slow measured start with the hands and left arm across the body,
2. the club under full control BEHIND the hands and
3. the lateral shift of the lower part of the body.

  In case you have still not appreciated the full significance of this triple combination, let me add emphasis through repetition by reminding you that each of these actions helps in the effective production of the others, contriving to keep the shoulders back as the downswing develops.  Whipping the shoulders round too early in the downswing is a common error which bars real progress to many of the keenest players.

  Look at it this way.  The body turn in the backswing takes more of a circular motion.  A similar body-action in the return movement to the ball must inevitably send the shoulders round and throw the club head out of line.

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