I have many time thought of re-editing the old “E = MCS” swing video because nearly all of it is still relevant, but the reasons I haven’t, and why I removed it from sale on the site are because I have made new discoveries since shooting that video back in 2017.
There are so few changes however, that I won’t even try to think of a new name for the upcoming video – it will simply be “The New E =MCS Golf Swing Video.”
One may have been wondering, why did I say that Jack Nicklaus was the closest to optimal when it comes to the golf swing, but I’m constantly talking about Ben Hogan?
That’s because of the nature of swinging – Nicklaus was far more powerful in his swing, but Hogan was much more accurate and consistent because of the pivot action in his swing.
There is so much wrong with this article that I ran across whilst idly scrolling the news on my phone after I’d woken up this morning.
At first, I thought I must be still asleep, so I bookmarked it until I’d had the benefit of a cup of coffee and another hour with my eyes open, but sadly, I had read what I read correctly.
I’m not talking about average drives here, but Jack Nicklaus has made a solid case that he’d likely have been able to drive the ball close to 400 yards with today’s equipment.
It’s not just the clubs that would make the difference, but the balls they use in the Modern Golf era.
I began to play golf in the mid-90’s, so I remember when ball technology really took off.
No two people will ever look exactly alike swinging a golf swing, unless they are identical twins, I imagine.
However, I just decided on a whim to compare my 2015 driver setup from May of that year to Jack Nicklaus’ 1963 setup and to one of Rory McIlroy’s from the last couple of years, and the similarities are striking, especially since I had never tried to emulate either of them in my swinging.
I will be releasing a golf swing video this summer, hopefully by late June but no later than July if all goes well with the shooting and production.
I don’t currently have any brand new swings to show to illustrate the MCS Golf Swing (of the Classic Golf Swing type) model as it will look exactly, due to weather and the late openings of the facilities in my area, but I have found some swings from 2015 that are nearly identical to what you’ll see.
I love John Daly, but what a whopping take he had on the Tiger Woods vs Jack Nicklaus debate.
Again, even such a great player as Daly demonstrates the woeful lack of knowledge of golf history that abounds today.
Update: I accidentally inserted previous Jack-DJ comparison pics, apologies. The correct pics have now been inserted /update
Here we go, WAX Nation – I actually kept looking through my archives and, incredibly, I found a video clip from just two days after the May 14, 2015 clips that I had gone over, with a setup that matches Jack Nicklaus’ adjusted setup even more, this one from May16th.
Not only did I get very close, I recorded myself hitting a drive right down the pipe with a hang-time of 7.5 seconds.
For reference, the average PGA Tour hang time for a drive is 6.3 seconds.
That’s a blast!
Once again, Jack Nicklaus has come to the table with his close-to-optimal setup from 1963, as he does time after time.
Once again, let me say this – there are endless ways to swing a golf club and probably countless variations that are pretty good – but there is only one optimal way to swing, and you’ll see what I mean below.
I always used to say that I hadn’t invented anything when developing the MCS Classic Golf Swing models that I have presented throughout the years.
All I did was compare the setups of the greatest champions of golf from the Classic Golf Swing eras (and some Classic swingers from this modern era), from which I took setup principles to apply to what I was currently developing.
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