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The Fix as a studied, distinct Stroke Section (8-2) does not exist in today's Golf
World. It does, however, exist to one degree or another in almost every good
player and is brought to an art form with the great players.
For example, the #1 and #2 Impact Alignments are the Flat, Level and Vertical
Left Wrist and its complement, the Bent, Level and Vertical Right Wrist.
Rounding out the Big Three is the On Plane Right Forearm and Clubshaft. Do
the great players assume these alignments in an Impact Fix? Maybe not. But,
they know exactly what these alignments are and how they feel, and they often
assume them at times you might least expect. The next time you see the Bobby
Jones videos, look carefully as you see him standing around talking to the gang
with his Hands and Club waist high. You will see his Left Wrist Flat, Level and
Vertical; his Right Wrist Bent, Level and Vertical; and his Right Forearm and Club
shaft On Plane.
Now, to be sure, it's on a horizontal plane -- not an inclined plane -- but the
Impact Alignments are clearly in place and their Feel established. This is the
sole purpose of Impact Fix, and when you've got it...you've got it. All that
remains to be done is replicate that Feel on the Inclined Plane of Motion.
Watch Sam Snead as he lectures to the camera, and you will see the identical
Impact Alignments in place. Chi Chi sets his Grip and Impact Alignments while
behind the Ball and looking down the Target Line. Except for an over-the-Topof-
the Ball Waggle, they never change until the Club leaves the Back of the Ball.
Watch any group of Tour players as they wait on a Tee. You'll see Flat Left
Wrists and #3 Accumulator Rolls, Right Forearm Tracings and even Downstroke
Waggles.
Lee Trevino's Address Routine is pure artistry. Away from the Ball, he rehearses
the Total Motion with a Practice Swing. He then walks into the Ball with the Club
shaft in the Cup of the Right Hand and with the Shaft running up his On Plane
Right Forearm. As his Feet settle in to their accustomed positions, he soles the
Club with the Ball just off its toe. His Left Wrist joins the fun in its Flat, Level
and Vertical Position (10-2-B Grip). His Flying Wedges align to the Ball and Line
in a choreographed sequence worthy of a Fred Astaire dance routine.
He lasers in on the Plane Line. He Waggles. His lower body moves into its
Impact Alignment as his Left Foot tap, tap, taps. At the last instant, he Turns his
Left Hand on the Grip -- he just made it a 10-2-D -- Forward Presses and with
his Right Forearm takes the Club immediately Up, In and Back on an Open-
Open Plane Line. And then, almost always, he stripes it. This may not be the
'academic' version of Impact Fix, but it's Lee Trevino's, and a glance at the
Record Book proves that it works. Big time.
No, the Tour players don't fit neatly into Section 8-2, Impact Fix. But you can
bet your boots its function has been met:
They know Impact.
They Feel Impact.
They live for Impact.
It's what they do.
At Impact Fix:
1) Given a specific Golf Club length and Ball Location on the Plane,
e.g., on a tee or on the ground;
2) With the Left Wrist Flat, Level -- remember, this is a 'High Hands'
partially Uncocked Condition per 4-B-1 -- and Vertical;
3) With Extensor Action applied to the Left Arm and Club shaft
through the #3 Pressure Point establishing the Flying Wedge
Alignments; and with...
4) The Stationary Head Position established by the desired Knee Flex
and Waist Bend (standing to the Ball 'in halves' with as straight a
Spine -- the body's backbone that does not include the Neck (that
joins the Head and Body)