[phillygolf]

"Hips need to clear. Hips should lead shoulders. Hips need to move to shift weight. I cannot see how these 3 factors could lead to closed hips at impact."

Watch Tomasello's first video clip and you'll find a different opinion.

My point is, like you, I could not reconcile the hips being closed at impact - except for specialty shots- with what TGM teaches. Not saying Tommy is wrong - I am just not on the same page. I am fairly certain, while we are talking about alignment golf and not position golf, that with the three aforementioned points in my post would result in the hips at the least square at impact - particularly if the planeline is traced throughout the stroke.

If anyone else can shed some light, I am all for it.