My two cents....

I don' think there is anything wrong with a quick downswing, but there is a disadvantage of having a quick backswing. Can anyone explain what the benefit of having a fast backswing is? NO - because there is no benefit. The purpose of the backswing is to get you into the proper position at the top. Most who take their backswing too fast start their downswing before they finish their backswing, which leaves their backswing abbreviated and they are then racing their arms to catch up to the rest of their bodies, usually with minimal success. The golf swing is about 3 second process. Starting from your take away, when your arms are parallel your should be at 1, at the top of your backswing you should be at 2, and at impact you should be at 3. Now, these may not be exact seconds, but you need the same time intervals in between each point to have a even tempo.

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Gord

Quote of the month:
"It's easy to see golf not as a game at all but as some whey-faced, nineteenth-century Presbyterian minister's fever dream of exorcism achieved through ritual and self-mortification." ~Bruce McCall