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Best of Golf at ProGolferDigest!

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Here’s a re-cap of the best posts at ProGolferDigest this month:

Greg Norman can win the British Open this year!
Does Steve Elkington have the best Stack and Tilt swing?
go GREG NORMAN!
Nick Faldo tips on golf.
Sensoglove may help you play better tournament golf.
Swing Analysis of 2-time 2008 PGA Champion Anthony Kim.
Bob Tway’s chip shot at 1986 PGA Championship may not happen to Greg Norman tomorrow.
Ben Hogan’s swing secrets revealed.
KJ Choi might win the British Open too.
Ernie Els has a great swing even though he might be sucking it this week.
My 4-iron swing was lookin’ good, now it’s even better.
Davis Love III also has a very good swing.
Fred Funk is still one of the straightest drivers on the PGA Tour.
Matt Kuchar may have the flattest swing on the tour today.
Ben Hogan’s knockdowns are so pretty.
Moe Norman’s swing may have a lot in common with Tiger’s swing.
Adam Scott copied Tiger’s swing.
Ball flight is important in the wind.
Annika Sorenstam’s swing may be the best swing out of all male and female golfers.
Learn to hit that 30 yard pitch shot crisp.
How to practice like a scratch/pro golfer.
Ian Poulter has a good swing too.
We love Greg Norman, don’t you?

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Fred Funk Driver Swing Analysis

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

For many years, Fred Funk has always been one of the straightest drivers on the PGA Tour and his swing has never changed. (probably because of that)

Let’s look at what makes his swing “tick”.

At setup, Fred looks pretty good. Notice that his sets with his ball outside the ball. Kinda unusual but some pros do this to hit inside-out.

At takeaway, Fred is doing pretty good, maybe slightly inside the plane. (Plane is a little off here because the camera angle is slightly closed)

At half-way, Fred looks pretty good.

At top of Fred’s swing, his in perfect plane except that his clubface is really shut. This isn’t great for hooking the ball but let’s find out how he manages to hit the ball straight with this backswing.

At half-way down, Fred is lookin’ good.

At impact, notice how much his hips have turned (maybe 45 degrees) and his shoulders.

Fred must really drive his hips in order to hit the ball straight but he hits straight alrighty.

After impact, Fred is in good shpae.

Fred’s swing requires a lot of hand-eye coordination and lots of lower body movement to hit it well. Fred might need a hip surgery when he gets older due to the fact he must really drive his hips.

Don’t swing like Fred if you want to play golf for a long time but Fred is still one of the straightest drivers on the tour.

Here’s Fred Funk’s funky swing in action:

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Tags: backswing, camera angle, Fred Funk, hand eye coordination, hip surgery, hips, long time, pga-tour, shoulders, swing analysis, takeaway, tick
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