How the wrists work during our attempts to swing a golf club is an important part in your golf swing.
Your wrists have three planes of movement -- one of these is actually in your forearms. But in golf and many sporting analyses, we tend to place them in with wrist mechanics.
When your palm moves towards your forearm, your wrist is flexing and becomes flexed. As the back of your hand moves upwards towards your forearm, your wrist is extending. This motion is key for controlling your club face and shot accuracy.
The wrist hinge plays a key role in generating clubhead speed and also determines the lie angle of your golf club through impact.
This motion also plays a key role in clubface angle (open/closed).
You can play around with this movement in your wrists and make a considerable difference to the position and orientation of the club during your backswing.
All the golf ball really cares about is impact -- this will dictate where the golf ball goes and your ability at the game.
Out of Bounds: Interesting feedback from readers on the Ryder Cup. Queries included -- Where does all the money go? Do the girlfriends and wives pay for anything and why are they riding around in a golf cart blocking the view of others? And why are such weak questions asked by golf writers/journalists during interviews. Is it because they are afraid of not being invited to New York?