Cupped Lead Wrist
What is actually happening
At the top of your backswing, your lead wrist bends backward. Cupped. That one hinge quietly opens the clubface, and nothing else has to go wrong. The face is already open before you start down, so the entire downswing inherits one job: close it in time.
What it costs you
An open face at the top has to be saved on the way down, and most players never quite finish the save. That's the slice, or the weak fade that won't hold its line once the wind picks up. Flatten the wrist and there's nothing left to save.
At the top, the back of your lead hand matches your forearm. Flat, like a waiter balancing a tray. Flat wrist, square face, nothing to fix later.
Top-Pause Checkpoints
Swing to the top and stop for two full seconds. That pause is the drill, because a cupped wrist lives in a place you never look. Check it one of two ways: glance over your trail shoulder, or film it down the line. Then fix it right there in the pause. Flatten the back of your lead hand until it lines up with your forearm, and pay attention to the stretch that appears on top of the wrist. That stretch is the difference between your old top and your new one. Do ten pause-fix-swing reps, hitting the ball from the paused position after each correction. Then hit three balls with no pause, trusting the tray feel. The face you set at the top is the face you get at the ball.
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