Questions & Answers Responses from PGA/LPGA Teachers on FINDaLESSON.com                                                                                  << BACK From Clyde, golfer: I'M RIGHT HANDED, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO KEEP THE LEFT WRIST FLAT AT THE TOP OF MY BACK SWING? IT IS CUPPED AND I NEED A DRILL TO HELP CORRECT IT. THANK YOU. PGA/LPGA TEACHING PROFESSIONAL RESPONSES: Florida "If your hands are correctly balanced in your grip you should be cupped at the top if you want to hit it straight. If you keep it flat you will have a problem with hooking. You should let your back swing be natural the way you say it is. You never mentioned why you don't want it cupped."  - Pat Kimball, Teaching Professional Florida "Dear Clyde Herron, make sure your clubface stays square on your take-away. At waist level the toe of the club is not quite toe pointing up. When the wrists cock the club up the wrist should remain flat. If this doesn't work, buy a Tac-Tic for your wrist. The # is 888-2Tactic. This device clicks if you cup your wrist." - John Pallot, Teaching Professional Minnesota "If you want to keep your left wrist flat at the top of your swing, the first thing you should check is your grip. If it is too much in your fingers, it will tend to cup at the top. Make sure the club lays at a diagonal across your hand. Next, check your takeaway and back swing.  When you start the swing back on too flat of a plane, you will lift the club up in your back swing and tend to cup the wrist at the top.  Start your takeaway with more wrist cock and then feel the left hand rotate over the club at the top of your swing." - Peter Krause, Teaching Professional Pennsylvania "Clyde- If the right wrist is bent, the left wrist will be flat. You can order the PowerClick from T-G-S (or through me) that teaches you to keep the right wrist bent. Call me at 1-877-725-4657 if you are interested. Thanks." - David Snyder, Teaching Professional South Carolina "Dear Clyde: Who said your left wrist needed to be flat at the top? I could split hairs and say that it should be geometrically flat at the top. Hogan and many great golfers exhibited a cupped wrist at the top. Has to do with your hand position and how you take it back. Sounds to me like you take the club back with your hands rather than your body. If you take it back with the body the top position is geometrically correct. Envision the leading side chest, back and shoulder as the movers and shakers in the take away. Get that shoulder moving toward the chin first while letting the trailing elbow fold freely. Sense a carrying of the hands motion. That's the drill. Check out www.americantourschools.com if you really want to fulfill your golfing goal. Best in golf!" - Michael Lucas, Teaching Professional