The older WAX Nation citizens here will of course remember Gary Player very well.  The man nick-named the Black Knight stood only 5’6″ or 168 cm tall, yet he won 9 majors between 1961-74, competing against Arnold Palmer and Prime Jack Nicklaus.

So, how did such a diminutive fellow compete against larger and heavier players during the persimmon driver and Classic Golf Swing era?

Simple – he knew how to shift his weight to produce power.

He also became known for a very popular swing training drill that he would demonstrate – the “walk-through” swing and finish.

I can’t find Gary actually teaching this, but here’s someone who demonstrates it:

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Now, if you watch that drill and try it yourself, you will see how it virtually impossible to anchor your swing with the trailing foot, and you therefore have to release the trailing foot.

The instructor above even talks about players “hanging back” which is the old trailing foot anchoring problem, and they have to then twist their leading foot or even do the old “flying foot” routine to avoid injuring themselves.

But watch a clip of the ol’ Black Knight actually performing the “step-around finish” while playing in a tournament, which you’ve probably only seen from Mike Dunaway and yours truly:

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And even when he didn’t step right through the swing, he released that trailing foot with the now-familiar-to-you-all slide release that I have myself performed for many years:

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This man won 9 majors, remember.  How many majors or even regular events have players won who are doing this below?

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The answer is none.

Bryson DeChambeau didn’t swing like this when he won his 2 US Open Championships.  He was even longer then than he is now and this is him swinging in the ’21 US Open:

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And his driving form in the ’24 US Open:

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Bryson DeChambeau may be a great golfer and entertainer, but anyone taking swing lessons from him should keep in mind that he loves to entertain more than anything, and this hokey “Flying Foot” technique is one he actually nicked from Kyle Berkshire.

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So yes, you can probably get this technique down if you have literally nothing to do but hit balls all day long the way long drivers do.

But it’s still a swing compensation necessitated by the anchoring of the trailing foot through impact and the finish.