Addendum to weight on front foot

I talked to a real golfer the other day; someone who has been to the mountain; that is, someone who has played championship, A-grade, competitive golf off a scratch handicap.

I wanted to ask about the front foot theory; the one about playing all shots with the weight on the front foot. He was not convinced that this is a fundamental aim and here's why:

With full shots, driver, fairway wood, mid to long irons, etc. the momentum of the downswing with a degree of body rotation will produce a lot of forward momentum that will automatically transfer weight to the front side (foot). That is, there is not necessarily any conscious attempt to put the weight on the front foot at impact.

If this is true, weight on the front foot is not really a fundamental, but more a consequence of a good swing dynamics. Back to the drawing board? Not quite, because there are plenty of short, half, green side, etc. shots in golf where there is not much dynamic body movement; not enough to achieve the important weight transfer.

For these 'smaller' shots it is important to set up with the weight forward and keep it there during the shot. Any fall back of quit on the shot will usually be anything from disappointing to disastrous.

But there is one other thing to say that is only slightly related to this, but which might just represent a fundamental for the average golfer to consider.

The flat front wrist (left for right-handers) is talked about quite a bit in relation to the impact position. The flat front wrist is present in all good golf swings (with some good golfers actually bowing, pronating, the front wrist). My recent research tells me that keeping the front wrist flat - throughout the swing - is very important in keeping the club face square to the plane and in an ideal position when impact is reached.

Keeping the front wrist flat (or nearly so) throughout the swing is much easier (though not easy) than going from a bent (supinated) to a flat wrist during the downswing. Keeping that wrist flat actually restricts the backswing slightly and helps keep the trailing elbow close to the rear hip - where it should be on the downswing.

I've spoken about this flat wrist theory before, but I'm no re-investigating it. I'll report back in due course.

PS. I hope I got my pronated and supinated terms correct. If I got them a-about, I'll correct that next time.