Swing conundrum/discussion?

joxer1988

Hi folks, 

Been thinking a bit recently about the follow though...

You know when you follow through, often you go up and over your shoulder... Or sometimes you see golfers kind of leave the club pointing vertically with your arm in the 9 o'clock position. Stunting the follow through, so to speak. Hopefully you know what I mean...

I do it sometimes to try keep the ball a bit lower with low/mid irons... Is this why others do it?
I see Rory do it sometimes with a wedge... Is he keeping it low? Maybe trying to hit a fade...? Less spin...
Maybe even a swing thought to hit a softer shot with less follow though...
Hard to get an idea online of what the decision driver is.

I find myself thinking about this stuff sometimes... Hopefully you guys can shed light on it.

Joxer.

Russman

It's more a by-product of the type of shot rather than a desire for a shortened follow through. Eg the player might decide he only needs, say, a smooth wedge rather than a full one, so that's what he hits, and for him, for that particular shot, that's what the finish looks like.
He/she might be determined to not miss on not miss on a certain side and they decide to hold off the release, which could end up with a follow through like that.
It's an illusion though if it looks stunted, the body still turns through the shot, it's not like the arms just stop.

spacecoyote

They talk about it in this golfwrx arricle:

http://www.golfwrx.com/422296/evaluate-your-swing-with-these-three-shots/

The middle of the three shots they talk about, "the cut-off shot"

joxer1988

That article suggests that it's a technique to ensure you get through the shot... Interesting.
Here's Rory doing it with a wedge:

red ears

I would say its to hit a low punch or a little draw.