It's been a while since I've done an in-depth analysis of a pro's swing, primarily because it's getting much easier to find useful ones online. For example, Golf Digest has put up a series of pro swing analysis videos (it's up to 12 at the time of this writing) all done by David Leadbetter.
The 12 swings belong to:
- James Hahn
- Bill Haas
- Sergio Garcia
- Patrick Reed
- Justin Thomas
- Jordan Spieth
- K.J. Choi
- Charles Howell III
- Chad Campbell
- Carlos Ortiz
- Tony Finau
- Stewart Cink
Now these analyses are not perfect. For instance, David would not mention that Patrick has that bizarre slide together with his lead foot in big component because his left ankle is stiffer than that of many gamers. Still, the data is extremely beneficial and covers a extensive kind of players whose swings represent many one-of-a-kind processes -- as an example, Justin Thomas receives a excellent amount of distance no matter being a highly small individual whilst Tony Finau is tall yet hits the ball farther than many other players his size. There are inexperienced persons like Ortiz and veterans like Cink. And Jordan could be very younger while K.J. Is... Properly, starting to assume more approximately the Champions Tour.
Whether you're a Leadbetter fan or not -- and I understand maximum of you've got faves and non-faves among the better-recognised instructors -- he is a very knowledgeable instructor and also you just might select up some thing useful that you may effortlessly incorporate into your personal swing. You may additionally even experience it just due to the fact you're curious about the variety amongst successful Tour swings, so take a few moments to test them out.
And speaking of Leadbetter... no, I haven't forgotten about his new book The A Swing. I'm nearly finished with it and will put up a book review shortly.
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