In my opinion, any player who doesn’t possess Tour-level flexibility and speed ought to consider letting his or her right elbow fly. It definitely makes it easier to get the club in a higher, more powerful position at the top, and who wouldn’t want that? And before trepidation sets in, a flying elbow position isn’t all that unorthodox. Many of today’s top players, even those with idolized swings like Adam Scott, create some “air time” between their body and right elbow at the top. Just don’t let the club cross the line. Like Jack, let your elbow fly naturally but with the shaft set parallel to the target line at the top.
Riggs teaches at Woodley Lakes GC in Van Nuys, Calif.
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