How to get hips more open on downswing?

Am still plugging away. Lots of issues, and going back and forth between using some traditional weight shifting still, and trying Saguto S and T with weight forward.

My question is no matter if I go full Saguto and try to keep weight on front throughout back and downswing, or if I use more of a Hogan drag shift on backswing I can’t get my hips open or cleared the downswing.

It is too upright vs rotational and hips stay too closed and do not get 45 degrees open at contact. As you might guess this causes or contributes to lots of issues and reduces shallowing of club - contact is thin, slice, fat early extension, outside in,etc

Any videos or suggestions dealing with specifically with this?

Thanks.

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Mojoman

Sep 18, 2021

Experimenting with a mini pivot on my lead foot which seems to open up the hips easier.

Weight goes toward my heel and outside of foot and foot kind of lifts slightly and foot ends up even more than 45 degrees open during downswing.

It mirrors my footwork in my baseball swing where I have no trouble shifting weight and getting hips open.

Seems to help anyway. But it does change my backswing depth and extension if I try to get to that position too quick.

Will keep working on it.

Tom Saguto

Sep 20, 2021

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@Mojoman - Try the Hands In Drill to help you build more turn and depth into your swing.

Mojoman

Sep 20, 2021

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@Tom Saguto Thanks Tom. That is great video.

I watched your vlog with great interest this weekend.

You get great depth and extension and your hands get higher than I thought.

I also watched the first move laterally video you made as I am really trying to focus on getting hips open to 45 degrees.

Using the Hogan drag shift and if I make sure my weight only passes to trail leg on inside of trail foot I am able to get back to front and rotate hips better.

My lead foot action needs to be more aggressive in getting to the front heel and triggering and initiating the downswing and getting hips open.

Making some progress slowly with my weird hybrid Saguto and traditional swing.

Bill Mo

Sep 18, 2021

yea i really struggle with keeping my weight on my front leg. When I do I hit it great.. I need to figure out why I can't do something so simple

Tom Saguto

Sep 20, 2021

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@Bill Mo - The weight-forward concept itself is "simple", but execution is not necessarily "easy" if the previous shift & lift swing was deeply ingrained. The 90% Weight Forward/Arms Straight Drill is one that you may wish to incorporate into each practice session until it becomes second nature to you.

Bill Mo

Sep 22, 2021

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@Tom Saguto Thanks Tom I played a round today with three clubs, 7 iron/3 wood/56 degree wedge. I played the round just doing the 90% drill first of I was shocked how far I hit the ball. The contact was very solid, although I did catch myself a few times on my back foot and hit it fat. I noticed also that if I kept my butt forward that was the key to keeping my weight on my front foot. I had alot of fun just playing with that drill.