Weight Transfer in Golf and the Right Hip Line

We are going to continue our discussion of weight transfer in golf and how it affects the hips — specifically the position of the trail hip line during the backswing.

If you take video golf lessons or analyze your own golf swing on camera, you will start to understand what the hip line is and how to use it to evaluate your swing and understand what it should look and feel like.

When we analyze swings on video — whether in online or in-person lessons — we like to draw or imagine a line on the outside of the trail hip. You want to see your trail hip stay on that line as the club goes back and you transfer your weight.

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Hogan discussed this concept in his book. He described leaning an umbrella or golf club against his trail leg and ensuring that the angle of the umbrella did not change as he moved the club back and shifted his weight.

One of the most common problems we observe is when golfers take the idea of staying centered in the golf swing to the wrong extreme.

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