Looking at Padraig Harrington's Happy Gilmore Swing

I was watching some old YouTube videos and watched the Sports Science video of Padraig Harrington's Happy Gilmore swing analysis:

We can see some exciting differences in the real swing itself (sans the actual run-as much as the ball).

Most notably at impact where he has some distance greater pelvic rotation as he receives into effect:

We can see in the Gilmore swing the left leg is straighter and the left hip is 'working back.'  We see a different right foot position as well.

I also thought it was interesting that the Gilmore swing in the startdown goes into dual external rotation of the hips whereas his old swing does not.

So at the same time as the run up of four mph may additionally have helped create some more force to enhance Harrington's club pace by way of 7 mph, I suppose the hips and pelvis in the actual swing play a larger function in Harrington's growth club pace.

3JACK

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