This Golf Digest video shows three different driver swings that Patrick Reed uses. You'll note that Patrick uses his hands A LOT, but then again he almost always draws the ball.
The key here are the words almost always. This video shows how he hits his slinger draw (a huge low hook), the high bomb (a high, long draw) and the butter cut.
You may also wonder why I'm posting this these days, given that most people might as an alternative watch the Masters in place of studying training cloth... And on the grounds that I'm no longer going to enter detail about the swings until a later time. The reason is simple.
No doubt you heard analysts talking yesterday about Patrick's Palmer-like helicopter finish when hitting a fade, and most of them said this must be something new. But this video clearly shows a helicopter finish to the butter cut... and this video is a year old!
So it seems that his improved fairway percentage this weekend is the result of membership changes and exercise, not some complex new mechanical approach. Patrick is clearly "dancing with the only that brung him," and his dance partner came equipped to boogie!
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