Better Club Face Control by Jason Sutton
Proper club face control is the key skill that allows to gain better consistency and lower your handicap.
Pivot of the body is the engine of the swing and wrist angles are the steering wheel.
Learning correct wrist angles is the best way to help the average golfer by improving club face control and consistency.
Here you can learn from the world’s best experts, the drills for improving club face control. Watch the video below where Jason Sutton (Golf Magazine Top-100 PGA Teaching Professional) demonstrates wrist motion drills for improving club face control (13 min video).
The terminology used:
- Flexion (-)/Extension (+) (green line) = Bowing/Cupping of the lead wrist
- Radial(+)/Ulnar (-) deviation (blue line) = Cocking/Uncocking of the lead wrist
- Rotation (purple line) = Global Rotation relative to address, Closing clubface (+) /Opening clubface (-)
Drills for improved club face control:
- Motorcycle drill
- Screwdriver drill
- One arm only drills for new to intermediate golfers
- Resistance training
- Underload pattern – taking radial deviation out at the top
- Reverse curl/ulnar delivery and go drill
- 3/4 straight arm drill – flexion/ulnar finish for shaft and face control
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