sawtooth
Tour Winner
The pro in the video is quite clearly saying that the club is not laid off in his demo implying that it is a fault to be laid off. This in contrary to what Leslie King is saying in his golf teaching where he quite clearly states that laid off is perfectly OK and that many top players are laid off at the top .
"ALL OF THESE FACTORS HAVE ENABLED US TO REACH THE DESIRED POSITION AT THE TOP. The shaft of the driver should now be horizontal to the ground, and parallel with the intended line of flight. I said, about horizontal". With the fairway woods and the irons the shaft will not have gone back quite as far. It will appear to be "laid off" as we say. This is simply due to the reduced wrist action with these shorter clubs, which is perfectly natural. The point I want to stress is the shaft MUST be parallel to the intended line of flight or "laid off " BEHIND THE HANDS as described above. The shaft (of any club) must ON NO ACCOUNT point ACROSS the intended line of flight.....That is, to the right of the target. This " across line" position at the top leads to endless complications in the downswing as we shall see... and is in fact the result of an incorrect backswing. It is also unnecessary for the shaft of the driver to dip below the horizontal. This is "overswinging", and leads to loss of control in the downswing. The horizontal position is quite enough. Indeed, many top players don't swing this far back, and are "laid off" at the top in the manner described.
