Dustin Johnson Wrist Bow

I would have expected him to say something to the effect that its a great position for dj whos always played.

Dustin johnson wrist bow. His enormous lower body rotation on the downswing driven by his right side creates space for the wrists to unwind. Back to dj for a momentmichael breed highlighted johnsons bowed left wrist on the golf fix on monday night and went on and on about how its a great position to be inif you watched that segment you would have been left with the impression that in breeds opinion every golfer should be shut face at the top. Like great athletes in other sports johnson compensates for a technical flaw with raw ability. Its quite angled down towards the floor.

Johnsons anti slice move march 09 2015 michael breed host of the golf fix shares how dustin johnsons bowed lead wrist can help you stop the slice for good. If you take a look at dustin johnson below you can clearly see the back of his hand creates a flatter line than his forearm does this is what a bowed wrist position looks like. Youll never match his positions and thats fine. Bowed wrist or not its the closed clubface that causes fits for lesser players.

This would be more of a neutral position that we would describe for most people this is a very closed position here. Even if you try golf instructor jim mclean said you almost cant get your wrist into that position. Most golfers who attempt to swing a club like dustin johnson whose super supinated left wrist position at the top of the swing is unlike any no. 1 player in golf history might struggle to make solid contact if not remain standing upright.

From here hooks of varying degrees are practically guaranteed. So huge amounts of club head speed we all know just how far dustin johnson hits the ball. Thats the reason that he bows his wrists kind of going back a little bit to the extreme. I found his enthusiasm for that djs bowed position surprising.

Dustin johnson bowed wrist at top of golf backswing. Johnsons wrists are remarkably strong and supple. A bowed wrist position is quite simple a wrist that would look flatter than normal or where the velcro part of the glove points more towards the sky than a typical golf swing would. Now reverse that up to the sky and youll see the club will point up to the sky and the left wrist starts to really fall and bow down into this position.

How johnson gets away with it.