• THE HIPS continue their turn. They must not be checked or locked, or the free progress of the hands and, of course, the club head will be impeded.
• THE HANDS are still square to the line and the back of the left hand is dead in line, or almost in line in the case of the longer clubs, with the left forearm.  This I must stress.  It is of the utmost importance as I will explain later.  With the left hand in this position the right hand cannot roll over.
  One thing about the right hand, at this stage of your golf swing you may sense the power being added to the stroke by that right forefinger crooked on the shaft, trigger fashion, to which I referred in outlining the grip.
• THE RIGHT KNEE is folding in towards the left leg beginning to form a letter "K" back to front and the RIGHT FOOT is rising, having arrived at this stage onto the inside of the big toe.
• THE SHOULDERS, remember they were square at impact, begin to pour their power into the shot, against resistance built up in the small of the back by the lateral shift which took place in the downswing.
• THE ARMS and the club head to fly away from the body along the line of flight. The RIGHT ARM still "inside" the left arm, begins to straighten at the elbow just after impact and as the ball is sent on its way both arms are fully extended.
• THE LEFT ARM remains fully extended until the hands have reached the level of the left hip. At this point the left arm commences to ease off and the elbow breaks for the first time since we took up the address position.

Both arms have been fully extended as the club head flies out out after the ball. Now with the hands reaching hip level the left arm begins to ease off.

• THE CLUB HEAD is carried up on the arms with the hands, at the completion of their arc, alongside the head. The body-turn has brought the CHEST round to face the target and the right foot is raised on to the toe with the sole exposed to the rear.

On to the finish, a perfectly balanced position entirely free from tension. The right knee and foot, having come into the stroke in the downswing have continued without restriction to play their part in the smooth, free follow-through and finish. Any restriction of the right knee-action must break up the rhythm of the stroke.

  With the hands alongside the head, definitely not below the level of the left ear, and still with no tension in either arm, both elbows will be pointing downwards (forming the two sides of a narrow-based triangle), not precisely vertical, BUT DEFINITELY NOT SPREAD.  Control of this finish is held from the WAIST-LINE and the firm left leg.

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