Skeptical at 1st because I like the simple thought of keeping the wrist and hands quiet during the swing. Swing is decent "Tom identified my chicken wings in a in-person session", focused on keeping those arms straight through follow thru. However, if Tom S. shares with us another trick in the bag it's worth considering. If if's not for you then leave it and keep it simple. With that said, thought I'd try the bowed wrist. Tried it in the net at home then at the range. The range was the eye opener, hitting all clubs minus the driver at least 10 yards further. You can see on a slow motion swing the club face with a bowed wrist can give you better compression. My clubs also had grass on them from hitting ball then ground. Only problem - sometimes - I'm a lefty - I would pull the ball around to my right. Took to the course and scored 90, I'll take that as I had two swings thoughts in my head, the simple quiet wrist and bow wrist. I think I'm going to try and develop the bowed wrist approach. Hitting the ball with much better compression thus distance. Might be worth a few stray shots until I can get the "feel" consistent.
Oh, if your close to SC Myrtle Beach area, stop by and see Tom S. in person, great teacher, great attitude.
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Well, the jury is still out on the bowed wrist. It seems to me you would not use the bowed wrist on a short 60-80 pitch? So that introduces 2 thoughts in the head, use the bow wrist or not. Even though I love the compression on the ball, I love the simple swing of S/T with quiet hands and wrist. At address I only have two thoughts in the head, Hogan arms "elbow in" and keep lead arm straight. Elbow in helps with tilt and hands in at top of backswing, lead arm straight helps with solid contact and eliminating chicken wing on follow through.
So, jury still out on bowed wrist.