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Gary Player Was Good – Don’t Listen To Him On The Swing

We all know that Gary Player was a great golfer – he won 9 majors and was the first international golfer who jetted all around the world to play in tournaments back in the day.

His talent however didn’t translate to an ability to talk about the golf swing with any coherence, because the YouTube short I came across today was a study in “how can you swing so well and get it so wrong?”

As with so many great swingers, you’re better off watching them do it over listening to them talk about the swing, because even the greats like Player can be absolutely clueless about what they did in their swings.

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Gary Player Shows Which Foot To Release (The Step-Around Finish)

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?

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