[purehitter]

You may be interested to know John that your description of the pivot i.e you know the one you put up that the Cesar along with the cronies poured scorn on is now the greatest aka a face on clip of Sam Snead
Hypocrite seems impolite but appropriate

Here is the Smart Pivot I wrote in my book. This is what Sam and many great players of the past did. I have been teaching it for over twenty years and don't plan on stopping.

The Smart Pivot is the natural rotation from the hip sockets. For the human body to make a pure rotation from the hip sockets only one hip pivots and the other is passive. This would be the right hip socket for the right hand golfer.

If both hips are pivoting at the same time, the result is a twist (Chubby Checker). Most golfers are taught to twist today, as many golf instructors do not know how the body is designed to move. For the right-handed golfer on the back swing the right hip does the rotation while balancing the weight on the right leg. The left hip socket is passive.

The left heel lifts at the start of the back swing from the bending of the left knee (Knee Action) and the rotation of the right hip pivot. As the Smart Pivot continues the back swing pivot, the left foot rolls inward form the right hip rotation with the ball of the left foot only left in contact with the ground to help with balance at the top of the back swing. The same pivot action is used in the wind-up of a baseball pitcher but his left foot comes of the ground. The upper body rotates in a circle with the Smart Pivot of the right hip as if the upper body and lower body were fused.

The down swing of the smart pivot is still the rotation from the right hip socket. When you combine the rotation or the right hip, knee action and down swing momentum, the left foot returns to the ground and the Smart Pivot will have the look of an orthodox pivot you see with tour players. The Smart Pivot was the pivot used by great golfers of the past. Bill Mehlhorn taught this smart pivot to Sam Byrd and Sam is the only pro baseball player to have success on the PGA tour.

Today this once natural motion known to many has been replaced with a variation of hip twisting motions with weight moving all over the place taught as a pivot. It is not a pivot but an unbalanced twist. If you look very closely at Tiger, Jack and many of the great players of the past and present you will see this Smart Pivot. It has never left. It will always be present in all the great golfers because it is the correct way to pivot in the golf swing.