The Permanent Chicken Wing In Lee Westwoods Golf Swing (Video) - by Peter Finch
The Permanent Chicken Wing In Lee Westwoods Golf Swing (Video) - by Peter Finch

So when I’m looking at Lee Westwood’s swing you’ll notice pretty much throughout out the entire technique the left arm has that kinking and that bending as he takes it away as he gets up to the top of the swing and as he moves down into impact. Now Lee Westwood isn’t really alone in having this. One of the best players in the world a lot of times Jordan Spieth, he does exactly the same things. Now having that chicken wing within the technique is not a problem for Lee, it’s a natural kind of arm position that he has anyway with that slight bend in that left arm when he work with Pete Cowen he certainly used to make a point that even he could straighten it he probably wouldn’t do anyway.

But that natural of chicken wing is there throughout his entire technique and he has to make certain compensations to actually allow that to work for him. Those compensations may not have to have been made if he could naturally straighten his left arm. But on the flip side, of that it’s those compensation which he’s making in tandem with that left arm being bent that are actually allowing him to hit the ball so consistently. Now we’re going to kind of touch upon these a little bit more but just as a general rule if you’re actually having a bent left arm throughout the backswing that you can’t seem to straighten it is not the end of the world, Lee Westwood, Jordan Spieth other players like these have shown that you can still hit the ball very, very consistently. Jordan Spieth for example with his bent left arm very soon Mr. Westwood at the top maybe a little bit taller but as he comes down that left arm is still bent but he manages to get that club face very, very square and maintain that squareness with a club face as he moves through the balls. Westwood on the other hand has that left bent arm but because of the movements he makes within his down swing which we’ll touch upon in the next few videos. As he moves downwards he actually comes through and releases the club very, very naturally. There are so many different ways to swing the golf club. It's one of the reasons why golf is such a fantastic game. But let’s have a little bit of a look at Westwood's backswing and let’s understand and see what’s going on. 2016-06-15

So when I’m looking at Lee Westwood’s swing you’ll notice pretty much throughout out the entire technique the left arm has that kinking and that bending as he takes it away as he gets up to the top of the swing and as he moves down into impact. Now Lee Westwood isn’t really alone in having this. One of the best players in the world a lot of times Jordan Spieth, he does exactly the same things. Now having that chicken wing within the technique is not a problem for Lee, it’s a natural kind of arm position that he has anyway with that slight bend in that left arm when he work with Pete Cowen he certainly used to make a point that even he could straighten it he probably wouldn’t do anyway.

But that natural of chicken wing is there throughout his entire technique and he has to make certain compensations to actually allow that to work for him. Those compensations may not have to have been made if he could naturally straighten his left arm. But on the flip side, of that it’s those compensation which he’s making in tandem with that left arm being bent that are actually allowing him to hit the ball so consistently.

Now we’re going to kind of touch upon these a little bit more but just as a general rule if you’re actually having a bent left arm throughout the backswing that you can’t seem to straighten it is not the end of the world, Lee Westwood, Jordan Spieth other players like these have shown that you can still hit the ball very, very consistently. Jordan Spieth for example with his bent left arm very soon Mr. Westwood at the top maybe a little bit taller but as he comes down that left arm is still bent but he manages to get that club face very, very square and maintain that squareness with a club face as he moves through the balls.

Westwood on the other hand has that left bent arm but because of the movements he makes within his down swing which we’ll touch upon in the next few videos. As he moves downwards he actually comes through and releases the club very, very naturally. There are so many different ways to swing the golf club. It's one of the reasons why golf is such a fantastic game. But let’s have a little bit of a look at Westwood's backswing and let’s understand and see what’s going on.