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Austin had a great fall season at Marquette but fell into a bit of a slump this winter. Here I spot a loss of brace in Austin’s right foot as a culprit in multiple issues with his swing, and when you produce 185 mph of ball speed with the driver you can’t afford to get too far off. You will find more than a few great ball strikers who appear to have “give” under the right foot where the right loading of the backswing stresses the lower leg and the pressure under the foot shifts from the inside to the outside of the foot, but in their swings (obviously since they are already on Tour) the loss of brace (see Sergio Garcia) does not cause what Austin’s mistake causes. Austin’s swing tweaks slightly across the line at the top as his foot gives way, causing it to steepen slightly in transition. This issue, combined with the fact that Austin is leaning a bit left at address (especially not good with the driver), causes his sequence to be off and his approach to impact to be erratic and the driver to have too wide a dispersion. Austin’s swing has come a long way and he has developed the kind of power that would make him one of the longer hitters were he to make the Tour, but as we know control is everything.
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