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I was surprised at what I saw after slowing Higgo’s swing down and analyzing it closer because it looks so good at full speed due to the smoothness of his swing with every club. He is not a huge guy at 6 feet and 185 pounds and watching him make his seemingly effortless move into the ball you might not expect him to be in the top 20 in driving distance on the Euro Tour, but there he is averaging over 310 yards and still ranking in the top 40 in greens in regulation. Combine that with some other-worldly putting (he ranks #1 in Europe) and that rare quality of winning when he has the chance and you have a 22-year-old who already has 3 wins in Europe and now one in the U.S., winning the Palmetto Championship last month. Getting back to his swing mechanics I didn’t expect to see the Mickelson-like steepening of the shaft in transition or the split apart legs after impact, but none of that is extreme by any means and that wonderful rhythm and great putting will make up for that every day of the week. I have my own preferences when it comes to swing technique but I will always point out when successful players are doing things I wouldn’t consider optimal, not to criticize but to show that there are a multitude of ways to get the job done, and it certainly doesn’t hurt when you swing it as smoothly and drive it and putt it as good as Higgo does.
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