Inside Takeaway
What is actually happening
Your hands roll the club open in the first two feet because that's the easiest way to make the swing feel started. The clubhead whips inside the line and disappears behind your body almost immediately. By P2, the takeaway checkpoint, the club is trapped. Its only way forward is up and around, onto a flat, deep track the rest of your swing has to climb out of.
What it costs you
A club that goes back inside has to come down outside, or reroute at the top to avoid it. That reroute costs you twice. First your start line, with pulls and pushes trading turns. Then your strike, because a rerouted swing changes shape under pressure. The swing didn't break at the top. It broke in the first eighteen inches.
The clubhead stays outside your hands until your lead arm is parallel to the ground. Chest, arms, and club move away from the ball together.
Two-Ball Push-Back
This one is trusted on tour because the feedback is instant. Place a second ball directly behind your clubhead at address, touching it. Start your takeaway by pushing that ball straight back with the back of the clubhead. Where the ball rolls is your takeaway's signature. Straight back, or drifting slightly inside on a gentle arc, means your chest and arms moved the club away together. Squirting hard to the inside means your hands rolled the face open and whipped the club behind you, and there's your fault, printed on the grass. Push the ball back ten times until it rolls true, pausing at P2 to see the clubhead still outside your hands. Then hit five shots without the second ball, keeping the wide, pushed-back feel. Film one down the line to confirm the shaft points at the target line at P2.
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