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These are two of the shorter (in height) players on the PGA Tour, Lingmerth checking in at 5’7” and Summerhays at 5’ 8”, so since they were in contention and playing together at the Quicken Loans at Avenel this past weekend I thought it would be interesting to look and compare their swings as they tee off on the long par 4 6th hole. Despite their similarities in size their swings have some stark differences, especially in the set up. Summerhays utilizes what I would call a standard Tour “athletic” stance at address with his weight more out toward the balls of his feet, while Lingmerth starts much more centered or toward his heels, and even rocks back more away from the ball as he triggers his swing. Summerhays leaves his balance point much more forward as he moves the club to P2 (click for description of ‘P’ positions), and doesn’t gain much depth into his right hip until late in the backswing. The overall result is that Lingmerth’s swing is much flatter than Summerhays in both the shoulder turn angle and the left arm angle at the top, and his deeper turn causes his driver swing to cross the line at the top while Summerhays keeps his shaft on plane and short of parallel. Both players are brilliant at rotating hard with the lower body to pull the arms around in front of them, and Lingmerth shows his considerable upper body strength as his left arm moves around him nicely even as it appears to be disconnected from his left side as he approaches impact. They also both demonstrate the bowed left wrist approaching impact, indicating that they are squaring the face with the left hand and forearm while the right hand and arm constantly drive. In the age of giant bombers like Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson it is nice to see two little guys fighting it out on Sunday.
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