Your hips might NOT be the reason your hips won’t clear
Clay Ballard of Top Speed Golf explains why stalling hips are often caused by improper trail shoulder motion rather than lower-body stiffness. By maintaining posture and working the trail shoulder underneath the swing plane during the downswing, golfers can naturally clear their lead hip, shallow the club path, and release lower-body power through impact.
Stalling hips at impact are frequently caused by the trail shoulder moving out and over the swing plane.
Place a club across your collarbones to practice keeping the shoulder plane below an alignment reference stick.
Keeping the trail shoulder back allows the lead hip to open naturally while pushing up through the lead heel.
Shallowing the trail shoulder forces an inside club path and prevents an over-the-top slice pattern.