Fellow novices, I give you Allen Doyle
 

Some of the knowlegeable members of this community have been getting chewed on at other golf boards for presenting TGM fundamentals of low risk Basic Strokes. The ubiquitous poser being " If this stuff is so true, why don't we see it on the Pro Tours?". I looked around to possibly help out, but there aren't many zero plane shifts or zero throwaway swings. So I decided to turn it around and look at swings that "don't belong" on the Tour according to "those in the know".

My favorites are Dana Quigley and Allen Doyle. I figured if they are breaking the traditional rules, there must be somethings they are doing so right, it balances out. Quigley was quickly put to rest when I saw a slomo from the event he had just won. The man holds his lag forever.

Doyle was a tougher nut to crack. He has a host of compensations going on before he even starts the club back. But then I snared him in an animated gif. Something that, although not perfect, looks very familar. :)



full gif http://www.megspace.com/sports/moeto...oyle_clip.html

Charlie

Looks like Doyle is hitting with a horizontal hinge???

It looks to me like he's pulling through and doing an Automatic Flip Release.

As a beginner, I see his right hand still bent with the left thumb in the right palm fissure. Another thing is something a newbie has a tough time getting their head around until you do it. "Hit a driver with the clubhandle ahead of the clubhead?" :) I'm disappointed the gifs don't show impact to see if he hits imperatives. I wanted to see how he gets out of taking a divot with his driver at lowpoint. Looks like he pulls up and straightens his left side slightly. The hinge looks angled, face on, but looks more horizontal in motion gif.

Anyway... I didn't mean to put this up for analysis. I just thought it showed that you can get away with some pretty scary stuff in your swing when imperatives are present.

Charlie