[nevercrosses]

Having a really hard time here. Please help.

In your example:

1. The ball is struck before Low Point.

2. Low Point is Down Plane from Impact Point (assumed for practical purposes to be on the Target Line, though actually slightly inside it).

3. Impact and Low Point both lie in the same Clubhead orbit and on the face of the same Inclined Plane. In fact, "Plane" lines may be drawn through each that are parallel, the Low Point Plane Line being further "down" than the Impact Plane Line (and therefore further "out"). In which case . . .

4. The Low Point Plane Line lies below the Impact Plane Line.

Here's my question:

If Impact occurs prior to Low Point, how can the Low Point Plane Line (tangent to the orbit) be "inside" -- Above Plane -- the Impact Plane Line (chord across the orbit)?

Ok. To be more clear, I should have said impact separation would be on the target line. Fair enough.

The reality is that the impact separation line is not parallel to the low point plane line.

Here are a couple pics:





It's quite possible that I am using the phrase plane line incorrectly. If the ball is struck before low point under all the conditions you mentioned, the direction of the club into the ball is to the right of the low point plane every time.

Hopefully the pictures help and if my use of terminology is incorrect, I do apologize.