Golf Swing - Downswing - How to Start the Golf Club Down

Right Arm Begins to Straighten

Left Hip Moves

Left Arm Long

Arc in Downswing

Right Knee Turns Towards Target

An article by: Bobby Eldridge

Golf Instruction - How to Initiate the Downswing

As you begin the downswing there are many parts that must follow in order for you to swing the clubhead back on the correct path with maximum amount of speed. By now you know the right arm must begin to unfold first (#54) and then the left hip moves (#55) one or two inches towards the target and then it turns back and out of the way.

As the right arm begins to unfold the left arm must remain long during this entire time (#56). Not rigid and locked, but long and relaxed. When you moved the golf club back to the top of the backswing it swung back on an arc. The arc was slightly inside a straight line away from the target. The club has to swing inside and up on the arc. When the club passed 9:00 it has to start swinging up.

Golf Downswing - How to keep the club on the correct path

The golf club has to swing back down on the same path it went back up on (#57). When you swung it up, the right shoulder turned back and out of the way, now as you swing the golf club back down, the right shoulder has to stay back as long as possible so the club can swing back down on the arc.

Golf Downswing - The Lower Body

What happens next? For the first couple of feet in the downswing, not much happens- then it all starts to go. As the left hip moves out of the way, the left knee will begin to head back towards its address position. When the clubhead gets halfway back to the golf ball, the right knee will begin to turn towards the target (#58) and your weight will start to move from the right side back to the middle of your stance.

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