David Toms Swing Analysis
David Toms has one of the smoothest swing in golf. Let’s look at his swing now.
At takeaway, notice how David’s hands are right on with the red plane line. His perfectly on plane here.
At half-way point, David Tom’s hands and club are perfectly lined with the red plane line, just perfect!
At top of his swing, David Tom’s is a little upright of the red plane line. He will have to “re-route” slightly from here to hit the ball.
At half-way down, David, has re-routed his club so it comes inside the red plane line.
Usually, re-routing is okay as long as you are doing it from an upright backswing, similar to baseball.
Notice how jammed his right elbow is at impact. This is because of his upright swing. David had to “re-route” the club on the downswing, so the only way he can do that is by “jamming” his right elbow to his body.
After impact, you can see David has actually swung slightly outside-in, not a big problem since he is usually trying to hit a cut anyways.
Here’s David Toms swing in action:
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(Note that Peter Kostis, the announcer, has some discrepencies with my swing analysis. But trust me, Peter doesn’t know what he’s talking about, that’s why he’s still an “announcer”. No offense, Mr. Kostis, but the swing plane doesn’t go from the ball to the neck.)
Conclusion
Why is David Toms a great player even with his “re-routing” swing?
Well, re-routing usually comes natural to some players, especially if you’ve played baseball. It’s not a bad way to play golf at all, in fact a lot of great golfers in history have done this.
Why do I not recommend it?
It’s still not the most accurate swing, you need a really great rhythm and tempo like David Toms to make it work for you.
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