Lag occurs when the clubhead is held loosely enough that it drops down by its own weight. To achieve this, the trailing right hand must remain passive, applying no pressure to the club's movement. Any pressure would release the lag too early, costing both distance and consistency. Best Sigmar
Agreed, though I would say in this player it is more momentum (mass *velocity). The heavy club head is moving in one direction, the force (via hands) is moving in another direction. It takes a fraction of a second before the club head changes direction by which time the hands have moved on and lag has increased before the centrifugal effect takes place. This is a flail.
In other players (who pause at the top) it is inertia which produces the same effect.
I do believe that some players, like Fred Couples, actually have a slight pull down with the trail hand fingers which increases lag at the top but I have not seen any published evidence of this.
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Lag occurs when the clubhead is held loosely enough that it drops down by its own weight. To achieve this, the trailing right hand must remain passive, applying no pressure to the club's movement. Any pressure would release the lag too early, costing both distance and consistency.
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Agreed, though I would say in this player it is more momentum (mass *velocity). The heavy club head is moving in one direction, the force (via hands) is moving in another direction. It takes a fraction of a second before the club head changes direction by which time the hands have moved on and lag has increased before the centrifugal effect takes place. This is a flail.
In other players (who pause at the top) it is inertia which produces the same effect.
I do believe that some players, like Fred Couples, actually have a slight pull down with the trail hand fingers which increases lag at the top but I have not seen any published evidence of this.