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I have done Niemann’s swing not that long ago but here he is at 20 years of age winning a Tour event by 6 shots and the swing just blows my mind. I’m all for lowering in the swing (this website is called Pivot Compression after all) but Niemann takes it to another level, and I’m sure you’ll agree when you see his eyes perpendicular to the ground (which means his head is parallel to the ground) at impact. The amount of right-side bend is truly amazing, and it happens after a totally conventional and on the money backswing. The result is his shaft working through the impact area almost exactly on the original shaft plane and his release being as “drive/holdy” as DJ, Speith, and Keopka. This seems to be a new paradigm with the driver as players utilize the new equipment to be able to launch the ball up in the air with the right wrist bent and the line of compression (shaft to left arm) intact well past impact. It looks painful to me but I’m and old guy with a bad back, so you’d figure I’d think like that. He is already a great player and I hope that his swing doesn’t to his back what my “reverse C” finish did to mine when I was younger.
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