WOW You guys are so into complicating this game. I'm not a TGM "disciple" and don' t want to be based on the evidence of this and other forums. It's great that you are passionate about the game and the concepts of one guy but from what I can judge the TGM swing is ugly and obvious and much simpler than it would appear any of you would care to admit. It looks like a band-aid for people who cast. I know this as I arrived at the same swing conclusions many years ago when having trouble with throwing away the stored energy (casting). You just play the ball a little back, swing down and through with a strong left wrist and squash the ball taking a big divot. When I did this I thought I was playing good golf. It produced a nice little draw and came out lower. Man I was like the Pros. But boy it was ugly and not a real swing. I was a fake. I have since learned my lesson and play with a nice controlled fade that is derived by getting my body angles correct and letting the rest take care of itself. Check out
www.garyedwingolf.com.au He is Australias' most successfull coach. e.g. Rod Pampling who just came tied 5th at US Masters. He doesn't even use a fast shutter speed when he films his pupils. He just looks at their angles and knows if they're doing it right. This is economy of motion and not to mention all this theory of hinges, planes etc...Some of you guys must get paralysis by analysis!!!