By Wayne | Videos: From The Vault
I know that all the members of the website enjoy watching the swings of the great players from the past as well as the present, so I decided to put together videos of the swings of the best players of different eras starting with Walter Hagen, who won his first major championship in 1914 and […]
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After a fast start to his career on the PGA Tour (winning the first major he ever played in, winning Rookie of the Year, making the Ryder Cup team and President’s Cup team, finishing in the top 30 money winners 4 straight years) Keegan Bradley’s performance has suffered over the last two.
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Bobby is the Director of Instruction for the city of Boca Raton, and he is the reason I have a place to teach down here in sunny Florida. We met while competing on the Space Coast Mini-Tour in the early 1980’s, and we have been good friends ever since. Bobby played on the PGA Tour for a short period before turning to teaching, and he was instrumental in helping me get my first teaching job on Long Island in 1985. Bobby has had me work with him on his swing off and on throughout our relationship, and now that I am down here for an extended period he wanted to take advantage and try to remedy some chronic habits that have plagued him forever.
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List is one of the longest hitters on the Tour (he’s averaging 320 this year), which is pretty amazing considering how smooth and effortless his swing appears to the eye. He is a big fellow at 6’2”, 190 lbs. (that seems to be the new Tour prototype) and has paid his dues over the 9 years he’s been a pro, playing mini-tours and the Web.Com before getting his card at the end of 2015.
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From my teaching spot on the left side of the range I often glance back at the putting green to watch people practice their putting. One of the flaws I can see even from that far away is lots of excess movement during the stroke. Here are some ideas that can help you stay more stable over the ball while you move the putter back and forth, and when you are successful at achieving a quieter stroke you are going to be more consistent:
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John is gaining on changing his swing pattern (his hands are no longer dropping behind him) but there is still the problem of right arm pull back in transition which effectively starts his downswing out of sequence. John will be able to deal with his hip rotation through impact when he improves his transition.
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Chuck is an avid student and as avid students sometimes will do he has overcooked one of the changes he is trying to make. In this case, it’s his right arm movement in the backswing, and you will pick up the exaggeration immediately when you watch his swing.
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While you may have heard of Boros, I bet you have never seen his swing, which, as you will see in this video, was gorgeous. It had a lot of Hoganesque attributes, and while it wasn’t quite as technically excellent it certainly had the wonderful flow and sequencing that Hogan exhibited.
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Don’t get me wrong, I’m the biggest Tiger fan in the world and I’m quite happy that he is back playing. It will be fun to watch if he plays well, but no fun at all if he doesn’t. My guess is that he is healthier now, and if he can avoid getting hurt again he should be able to build up the confidence he needs to swing freely.
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