hi Go Low
i find what your were saying about Faldo very interesting but the legs/hips move before the right shoulder starts to drop and the hip/leg action is just as important as the right shoulder tip.
i think it was Brian that said you need all the parts of the body to work together to have a powerful swing.
i think when you see all top pro golfer all have some hip slid and use there legs and knees well, like Faldo in your pictures.
i think you must need the knees and hips to move before the downswing starts to give you the room for the right elbow to drop to the right hip and this also helps in the dripping of your right shoulder tip.
i do take your point that the movement of hips and legs and knees is not a movement you should try to have start the downswing but more a reaction to your backswing.
maybe it just with my strange swing and that i have to have more hip sway to go with my very open stance that i think more about my hips and legs more that most other player.
cheers
bill

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