Category Archives: Mickey Wright

Breaking Down Mickey Wright’s Swing

?????????????????????????????????OK, since it was Mickey Wright’s 80th birthday yesterday and I didn’t get her anything, I thought perhaps I could do a little swing analysis on her action back in the 60’s, just in case she’s thinking of teeing it up with the ladies any time soon.

Even at 80, my money would be on Mickey.  The clip from which I obtained these pics and the gif., contains a drive of hers in a Shell match where she hit a drive over 300 yards.

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Mickey Wright’s Classic Golf Swing

*Originally published January 2nd, 2012 on the DJ Watts Golf blog.  Still relevant today…update at bottom

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Ben Hogan once remarked that Mickey Wright had the best swing he’d ever seen.  Looking at her swing myself, I can see why he would have said this.

Mickey was of course a classic swinger from the ’50’s era, where proper mechanical swings were not as rare as they are today.  The golfers from that era just swung so much better than the players today.

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