Keys to Jordan's 3-Wood at the 18th

It seems like everybody is trying to explain the keys to hitting that 280-yard 3-wood that Jordan hit onto the 18th green Sunday. Golf Digest is no different; they talked to teacher Michael Jacobs and did a post about it.

What I like approximately this article is that it offers trendy recommendation to help you with all of your swings, no longer just a few magic key to hit a heroic shot like Jordan.

Matthew Rudy (author of the article) factors out that Jordan is not a power hitter -- hasn't each person been marveling about that? -- and that he gets himself into competition by using:

• hitting greens and
• focusing on hitting the best shot he can at the moment (that's all "determination" really is)

But there's an overall key Jacobs points out in Jordan's swing that I've actually mentioned on this blog and in my books before.:

"When he makes the transition into his downswing, he goes right into a squat and his frame lowers, however the center of his hips and the center of his higher body are nonetheless at 90 levels to the ball."

Teachers often refer to the "Snead Squat" because that was the most prominent move in Snead's downswing. It's the basic lower body move in what we traditionally call "the modern swing," which was the way great players like Snead and Byron Nelson -- and yes, Tom Watson -- start their downswings with their lower bodies. They moved downward more than forward, and they rarely ever "got stuck."

Hogan's swing (which I wager I'll start calling "the postmodern swing" now) turned that pass into an exaggerated forward move because he desired to counteract a hook. As Jacobs notes, by way of making a downward pass Jordan gets a extra constant swing. (And, we need to be aware, Jordan's leave out is a hook, the very circulate Hogan desired to prevent!)

A downward, incredibly squatty pass to begin your downswing is a less complicated and extra steady manner to swing. It removes excess frame movement that causes you to mis-hit the ball. If you need to try it, it feels nearly as if you're falling from the pinnacle of your swing but it hundreds the club shaft simply as correctly as that Hogan-style forward power that reasons you to slice.

And in case you need evidence that it nevertheless works, simply study Jordan Spieth.