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Recall what I said at the start of this book-that the ball is DRIVEN in every golf shot from the full drive down to the approach putt. Only by mastering this left hand position can a driving force be sustained. In this controlled left hand position, together with a lateral shift in the downswing, lies the art of picking the ball firmly out of a tight lie, or squeezing it into the turf and binding it on to the face of the club. And it is the answer to the average golfer's persistent problem with his brassie and straight-faced irons.
It explains the power and penetration, and the straightness of a little man of far from robust build like Douglas Sewell, former English Champion and Walker Cup player, now a professional. His left wrist-control at and after impact is a notable feature of his action.
Therefore make no attempt to roll the wrists after impact. Do not allow that left wrist to break. Keep it generally in line with the left forearm and allow the club head to overhaul the hands in the follow-through gradually and late in the operation.
This will not be easy to master. Any rigidity in bringing about this left wrist-control will only cause the action to seize up. Get the mental picture, acquire the feel and train that left hand to obey.
One or two illustrations of the point may well add to your mental picture and help you to attain this essential mastery of movement and control of the left hand and arm.
Once the left hand conies out of alignment with the wrist by caving in, the upper left arm is automatically thrust against the body.
Take a golf club and swing it letting the left wrist give as you come into the ball. The upper left arm will recoil against the body, possibly without your realizing it until you come to check up.
Inevitably this means that the club-line cannot be maintained through the ball and miss-directed shot is the result. The left arm must swing unimpeded and clear of the body.
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