When it comes to shot-shaping, you all know I’ve always been highly critical of the concept of “swinging left,” for several reasons.
First, because it’s hard on the lower back – all of your force is going out and to the right (for a right-hander) and you’re trying to yank the club left through impact.
I don’t know how many of you roll your eyes when they start raving about driving distances on the telecasts during PGA Tour events, but I have something here that shows just how out of control things are.
We already know that you’re going to get eye-popping numbers when driving the ball on fairways that are cut faster than the average public green, but I have to say, 50 yards roll-out is just silly.
Thanks to KidCharlemagne for sending the quote from the book.
Jack Nicklaus is the greatest player of all time on the PGA Tour, although some would claim that title should go to Tiger Woods.
I have talked about the key to Ben Hogan’s swing being found in the pivot and not anything else he was doing, and there is one picture that you want to look if you’re trying to figure Hogan out.
There’s a before/after illustration of his swing, before and after his near-fatal car wreck in 1949.
Nick Faldo took a look at Tiger Woods’ swing today and wasn’t very complimentary in comparing Tiger’s action to Ben Hogan’s.
He talked about the transition into the down swing, where he concluded that Tiger “just hasn’t quite got that…”
I thought I’d offer you something Wax reader Peter A. sent to me about Rory McIlroy’s swing.
You all know the concerns I’ve had with it, and it seems that the people at the Somax Performance Institute have compared Rory’s action with that of the greats – the post is not very subtle in calling it “The Most Unstable Swing In History.”
Originally posted on Smash Golf Blog July 22, 2009 – edited for updating purposes.
There is a misconception about the whole “Clearing the Hips” thing in golf. Apparently, you only have to think about it to do it. Wrong.
You can’t clear the hips on the down swing if you’re not properly set up to do it. At least, you can’t do it without hurting yourself or making major compensatory moves.
