Tom Lehman is another player who “dips”, sorta like Kenny Perry. He is another proof on the tour that you do not need a perfect swing to play great golf.
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Matt Kuchar Swing Analysis
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Swing Analysis – Tiger Woods Secret Swing Plane Revealed!
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Adam Baddeley Swing Analysis
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Adam Baddeley has one of the simplest swings in golf.
As you can see Adam at address, he’s perfectly balanced, ready to go. I set up the big red line from the clubhead through middle of his shoulder sockets. (That is important as I will explain later…)
Adam’s new swing is actually a little flatter than most other tour pros but it’s perfectly acceptable position here. He “rotates” more laterally than the other players, which is part of his swing technique.
At the top of his swing, again, Adam is very flat compared to most other tour pros but he does remind me of Ben Hogan, who swung even flatter than Adam.
The important thing to note is how “well balanced’ he is, he looks like he’s almost just standing tall without the club in his hand. (for the lower body)
At downswing, Adam is perfectly ready to launch the ball with his swing plane slight flatter than the red line from the ball through his shoulder sockets. This means he’s coming into the slightly inside-out, meaning he will hit a nice powerful draw.
At impact, again, Adam is in perfect balance. If you watch his spine and lower body only, you can tell how well balanced he is, almost standing normal.
That is the key, you always want to feel like you are simply standing up tall throughout the swing. It lets your body balance itself automatically.
Now, here’s the secret. Notice that red line from the ball through the shoulder sockets? Well his clubs right on it after impact. This ball probably was hit almost perfectly.
Here’s the video:
Sergio Garcia in Slow Motion and Black and White
Monday, May 19th, 2008
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Almost every top golfer I see that this feature.
It’s called the “triangle extension”, well that’s what I call it.
If you tape yourself and you can’t do this, it probably means you are not 100% efficient with your golf swing.
Even me, with 19 years of golf experience including junior golf, amateur golf, pro golf, and couple trophies here and there, can’t do this.
Golf is hard but the secret is here.
However you backswing, the result must look like this. A triangle with a full followthrough. It simply means that you didn’t manipulate your swing and you are putting 100% of your body power into the ball.
The great golfer in history of golf did this, Ben Hogan. He did it better than anyone, even Tiger.
Tiger was taught to copy Ben Hogan.
Now, how to do this?
Go grab a 10 pound piece of piping and swing it very slowly until you can feel your arms coming out of your arm sockets.
See if you can repeat that with a regular swing with a regular club.
Do this as often as you can until you can do it under pressure.
That’s my tip for today.
Swing Analysis of Jim Furyk – A Perfect Swing
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode
Here’s Jim Furyk’s perfect golf swing.
Why do I say it’s “perfect”?
If you look at Jim Furyk’s swing very carefully, you can note the following things:
1. Jim’s swing at the top of the backswing looks very unorthodox but it is very very similar to how Jack Nicklaus swung during his prime. Jack Nicklaus always advised golfers to swing in a very upright fashion, and he did say that this is great for hitting the ball high with long irons.
Mind you, Jack Nicklaus was the greatest “fade” long iron player in the history of golf and he did hit them very very high.
Now, this “upright” backswing can be seen in players like Jim Furyk, Jack Nicklaus, and John Daly from what I can remember.
This “upright” backswing can work for you or it may not. Depending on how rest of your swing is like and what your physique is like, this maybe be a good factor in your perfect swing.
2. At follow through, both of Jim’s arms are straight out, completely extended, a trait that almost all great players in the world carry including Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, etc…etc…
Now, it may look to the naked eye that Jim Furyk’s swing may look unorthodox as some say. But remember in golf, there is no such thing as “orthodox”. All golf swing concepts are made by people and not even single one can be named perfect.
Even Ben Hogan or Jack Nicklaus once said, “I hit maybe couple perfect shots in a period of year”.
The important thing to realize is that everyone has their own “perfect” swing whether others think that looks unorthodox or not.
It’s very important for you to find your own swing, a swing that can work for you whether you are playing a round for fun or you are playing for $100 per hole skins.
In this case, Jim does have a “perfect” swing which I have admired over the years and amazed at how low he can go under tournament pressure.
Next time you see a golfer with a bad swing and a bad grip on the course, be aware, he maybe the best golfer you ever played with.
Swing Analysis of Sergio Garcia!
Monday, May 12th, 2008Here’s a front-view of Sergio Garcia’s Swing in slow-motion:
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Sergio probably has one of the biggest “lags” out all the top players today.
Now, he probably comes as close to Ben Hogan’s “lag”.
Is lag a good thing?
Well, “lag”, I think is overrated. It’s the egg, not the chicken. In other words, you shouldn’t have to try to create “lag”. These players such as Sergio Garcia and Ben Hogan, didn’t try to do that.
They ended up doing that naturally while trying to hit the ball square in the middle of the clubface.
Even if you look at Tiger’s swing, he does have some lag, but too much “lag” can actually hinder your golf performance and you need fine hand control to be able to play consistently with “lag”.
“Lag”, however, is great for really squeezing every bit of your wrist power efficiency. Now, this is for the top golfers or scratch golfers. If you still can’t break par, you should really stick to simpler ideas.
Sergio Garcia Iron practice at the range:
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What you need is really to practice lots and lots of short pitch shots as Sergio Garcia is doing here. Most good pro tour players will actually hit over 75% of their practice shots for shots within 100 yards.
Why?
Well, this is the worst-kept secret on the Tour that no average Joe will ever listen to. When you hit the smaller shots, you swing in tempo and in control.
Now, once you are swinging in good tempo and control, you can carry that to your longer clubs such as the driver. (It’s never the other way around, even John Daly will tell you so…)
Don’t believe me?
Lol, well if you are ever in San Francisco, we can play for some money and I can show you how to take someone’s money.
HOWTO hit a golf ball with a cigarette in your mouth!
Monday, December 17th, 2007Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode
Here’s a simple howto for hitting the golf ball with a cigarette in your mouth.
What does this do for your swing?
Basically, it allows you to balance your swing. If you are not in balance, you will most likely lose the cigarette during your swing.
Famous golfer, Ben Hogan used to do this in practice AND in competition.
You can swap a golf pencil or anything similar if you don’t smoke cigarettes. But cigarettes work the best since they can be easily broken.
Golf Video – Ben Hogan’s Swings
Thursday, October 4th, 2007Golf Video – Ben Hogan’s Swing – Does Ben do Stack & Tilt?
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode
Here’s Ben Hogan’s swing video I found on Youtube. Although you can’t hear anything, if you scroll to the end, you will be able to see Ben Hogan’s Driver swing in action.
It seems that Ben’s weight transfer starts way before his downswing. (which he did mention in his book, Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf)
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