"Pop Out" vs. No "Pop Out"

[benhogan55]

If the hands go out, the club will need to at some point go in so you rotate the left arm. Very common problem and very destructive.


Agree 100%. I am to the point with SD that most of my misses stem from this.

[Notorious B.E.N.]

When I used to use pop out,

I was fighting on the downswing coming too much from the inside....

until I started taking the club back more inside with less pop out and making myself

across the line at the top. This fixed my inside-out swingpath and fixed my clubface from

pointing to the right at impact to compensate( used to hit push fades, aiming 15 yards

left of my target). So, my question is does popout make you swing inside-out?

[Kevin Shields]

Originally Posted by Notorious B.E.N.

When I used to use pop out,

I was fighting on the downswing coming too much from the inside....

until I started taking the club back more inside with less pop out and making myself

across the line at the top. This fixed my inside-out swingpath and fixed my clubface from

pointing to the right at impact to compensate( used to hit push fades, aiming 15 yards

left of my target). So, my question is does popout make you swing inside-out?

Depends on the player whether he re-routes it or not. It could just as easily cause an out and over slap.

[aaron_lohan]

Originally Posted by Kevin Shields

If the hands go out, the club will need to at some point go in so you rotate the left arm. Very common problem and very destructive.

Like Sergio before 2004?

[Kevin Shields]

Originally Posted by aaron_lohan

Like Sergio before 2004?

Not sure. Sergio is one of the few players IMO that could recover from that move. He steepened the shaft coming down and had the left arm riding down the chest pointing inward as well as anyone ever. He also kept the left shoulder lower so the laid off backswing didnt drop it under. That's why people have as much chance to copy him as they do Hogan. There swings are one of a kind.