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The Finish Position
By Ed Kageyama, PGA
General Manager, Ka‘anapali Golf Resort

The finish position is standing on your forward foot (left foot for right-handed players) with your hips and shoulders facing (rotated to) the target, arms and shoulders relaxed in front of you. Your back foot should be balanced on the toe—you should almost be able to lift your right foot up and still be balanced. You see many tour players finish in this position.

If you can swing and finish in this position, then you have swung balanced, rotated your body and completed your weigh shift in a relaxed manner.

By focusing on swinging to the finish position, you will have successfully swung on plane, done a proper clubhead release, rotated your body, shifted your weigh, swung effortlessly, remained balanced, etc., etc., etc.
Traditional teaching breaks apart the swing, analyzes it, instructs you to focus on the parts and then try to piece it all back together. That’s a lot to remember in a split second.

By focusing on the finish, I can teach you all of the “parts” while focusing on the whole.