"The Magic Move"

Harvey Pennick called getting into the slot on the downswing "the Magic Move".

Ben Hogan regarded it as the most important move in the golf swing. Getting everything ready for the supination of the wrists at impact.

Whatever we call it, the idea that Pennick talks about in both the "Magic Move" and "Slow Motion Drill" pages in the Little Red Book is, in someways, "the secret of Golf".

Its important for a number of reasons and Ive really being trying to work on it and get the feeling of the best way to initiate it in my own downswing.

Basically the right elbow moves in towards the body on the downswing following the hips, allowing the wrist cock from the top of the swing to stay unchanged as the arms move towards impact. This allows that angle to build up stored enegery which is released at the bottom of the arc, as the hands finally release after the ball.


Im watching some old Hogan tapes, its incredible to see it in action. In some slow motion footage of Hogan, you can actually see his wrist cock staying complete almost until impact..its incredible.


Same with Phil Mickelson. Theres a swing sequence shoot in a recent Golf Digest which you can see his wrists still cocked deep into the downswing.

Basically Hogan describes this as the "free ride" the wrists and arms take as the hips, then the shoulders are "fired".

Vijay Singh works on this constantly.

So Ive been working on this for the past few practice sessions and its been of great help.

Ill post some more on this after I get back from the Golf Ranch and see what input and ideas they have and how they releate it to the swing plane.