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Tiger Woods: Huge Changes from 2010 to 2019

If you want to see how much Tiger has changed his approach to his golf swing over the past decade just watch here and note the change in his pre-swing rehearsal. In 2010 at his winter event in California he is seen starting his downswing rehearsal with his hands moving behind him, his left arm pulling down his chest, and the shaft staying steep and always over his right arm. In 2019 at Augusta we see him swinging his hands out above the ball in transition (people would call that “over the top”) with the shaft laying back. I always…

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Tiger Woods Driver: in the Wayne D. Lines

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

It’s not often that we get a TV view of any shot with a stable camera and a perfect camera angle, but here on the second hole at Augusta we get just that, and I take advantage of the opportunity to put Tiger inside the Wayne D. lines to see what his pivot is up to. Television does not utilize shutter speed in their cameras (other than the special slow-motion ones) so we can’t provide much detail about the shaft and clubface, although the blur of the club gives us some idea of where the shaft is pointing during the…

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Brooks Koepka Demonstrating Deep Hips While Staying Out Over the Ball

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I should put a warning label on this video that says “Caution: Quite Physically Difficult to Accomplish”, although if you can get a bit closer to what Koepka does your swing will definitely improve. Staying bent over during the golf swing (not to mention getting even more bent over like Brooks does here) is possibly the most physically demanding movement in the golf swing. Koepka is loading pressure into his right leg while adding right hip flexion and maintaining his right knee flex, all the while keeping his head perfectly up against the forehead line. This is pivot movement at…

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Keith Mitchell Demonstrating a Controlled Knock-Down Wedge

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

In this video I look at Honda winner Keith Mitchell hitting a 91- yard wedge shot with a technique designed to control trajectory and spin. The shot can be interchangeably called a “knock-down”, a “3/4”, or a “cut off”, and the idea is by reducing the length of both the backswing and the follow through and perhaps also by gripping down on the club the player can produce say a 9-iron shot with a 7 iron and achieve a flatter, more penetrating flight that will not spin up into the wind. My guess here is that Mitchell is not hitting…

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Swing Analysis: Adam Scott Looking like Old Tiger

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Adam Scott has had one of the best swings in golf for a long time. I played with him the first two rounds of the 2001 PGA at Atlanta Athletic Club and it was fun to watch to say the least even though he didn’t play particularly well and missed the cut. It is not surprising that his swing still has the Butch Harmon signature moves in it, and that the video shows it is quite similar to Tiger’s swing from the early 2000’s. The technique is one everyone could model, if only everyone had the physical build and ability…

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Rickie Fowler Demonstrating Leading Edge Pitch

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

This is a nice shot of Rickie Fowler pulling off a difficult pitch from a tight lie to a tucked pin. He needs to land the ball just over a bunker well left of the pin with medium-high trajectory as it will hit firmly and kick hard right. He chooses a leading- edge pitch where he contacts the ball before the ground with a descending blow, which is obvious from the way the wedge hits the ground and the divot that results. We can guess that he felt like he was dealing with very firm ground and grain running against…

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Rory and DJ Demonstrate Power off the Tee

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson put on an awesome driving exhibition at the recent WGC tournament in Mexico. Here we see them on the same tee box filmed with the same camera, so we can watch and compare how they manage to hit it out there 370 to over 400 yards (it was at 8000 feet elevation, but Kuchar was in the group regularly 50 yards behind). McIlroy has more early movement into his right side and has a huge stretch of his upper body, while DJ gets the same type of stretch with an earlier set of the wrists.…

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Tiger Woods Demonstrates Exemplary Pitching Technique

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

As we know, the reports of Tiger Woods having irreversible pitching yips have been greatly exaggerated (Brandel and Hank). He has always had one of the best short games in history, and he is still getting it up and down from everywhere. Here we see a standard tight lie pitch shot where he chooses to flight the ball higher and carry it further than it seems he would have to as he considers the best spot on the green to land the ball. The old adage to get the ball on the ground as soon as possible can be good…

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Rory McIlroy: Demonstrating One of the Secrets to Great Ball Striking

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

In comparing Rory’s swing over the past 9 years we see some differences in the backswing, namely the takeaway and the position of the club at the top, but in all the swings we see Rory add posture into impact and follow through and get through the shot with an amount of side bend unattainable by most normal golfers. Rory has always stayed tall in the backswing and usually pulls his right arm a bit behind him as he gets to the top, then dropping the hands slightly back and down before recovering and getting the right arm back in…

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Tiger Woods Demonstrating Wonderful Putting Technique

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

In this video we see Tiger hitting a couple of mid length (20-30 feet) putts, and there is a lot for everyone to learn from his set up routine, his stance, and his stroke. One key word is “relaxed”: his lack of stress is evident from the moment he starts walking toward the ball to address it, then in his posture and balance at address, and then especially in the motion of his stroke. He employs a somewhat narrow stance with his eyes over or just inside the ball and appears to be evenly balanced on his feet. He makes…

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