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Does the ball move back because he narrows his Stance?

Did the Ball Move aft of Low-Point? Low Point is adjustable.

Narrowing the stance with his method, will cause the right shoulder to move Forward. Its the Right Forearm Angle of Approach. Longer Clubs cause the Right Shoulder to be rotated more at Impact relative to shorter clubs. So, using his method, the release point and aiming point is similar for different length clubs. Notice that at Impact, shorter clubs have Right Forearms that are more Vertical. Therefore, the Right Forearm Wedge is becoming in-line at a much faster rate.

Opening and closing your stance will affect Hip Action. It doesn't cause a plane line rotation unless you align your shoulders to your stance after the change. Notice that Hogan used a Closed Stance while Driving but his shoulders and Swing remained squarish to the Target.

Another way of thinking of the very common wedge shot , chip shot stance : Stance line open, hips open , weight left , hands ahead .........Its an impact fix /address. You have minimized moving parts, weight shifts for simplicity , consistency . The Plane Line could still point anywhere. A quarterback can be running left and throw to his right! The stance line here is not an indicator of plane line.


Sorta like how the common putter grip runs through the palm of the left hand and thereby zeroes #3 angle , the travel associated with all hinge actions thereby taking on the travel associated with Vertical Hinging , zereoing #3 power accumulator etc. It deadens the send to the ball somewhat making distance regulation easier. Normally the putter is the shortest lever in the bag too. For a reason.

The physics of it is lost on us golfers but through a collective trial and error process, if you will, we land on things that are adopted by most. They become standards without us knowing the reasoning, the physics behind it. And of course you do always have exceptions, modifications etc. Guys who do other things with great results ... but always with the physics of their procedures showing itself ....

But I digress....