sergio garcia , does he reverse pivot?

[Foxholer]

You said that his lag "disappears when he 'snaps' through his (very late) release!"

Well he's nowhere near the 'release' in this position yet his arms and club are in the SAME position as the other guys, so where did all that amazing lag that Sergio apparently generates disappear to?

That's because he's part way through the 'snap'/conversion of lag to speed! A still pic just doesn't show that conversion!

What speed is the clubhead (both sergio's and 'the other guy's') going at the point where the pic is taken?! You can't say, because it's a 'still' pic! That's what has happened to the lag - it has been converted to club-head speed! The simple fact that the Sergio's club-head will have moved something like twice as far as 'the other guy's' in the same time should tell you that! Though you haven't provided the pics that can show that.

Btw. I probably have a different interpretation of the term 'release' to you - or at least the start of it. Best way to describe my 'definition' is that it starts from the start of application of the wrist/forearm torque.