How Patrick Reed's Swing Hushes His Critics

Golf Digest has put up a swing sequence of Patrick Reed, complete with swing analysis by his teacher Kevin Kirk. You'll enjoy it -- it shows the complete swing from face-on, and down-the-line both from behind him and from in front.

Patrick Reed halfway down

I want to call your interest to 2 matters especially from the series.

One, in slide 1 Kirk mentions some one-minute "patterning" physical games that Patrick does indoors in front of a reflect. He particularly does one workout that assessments his setup -- head role and posture. This is some thing you could do as well, simply to get used to the feel of a right setup.

And the alternative worries this photograph (slide 6). Please notice that, as hard as he swings, Patrick does NOT slide his lead hip dramatically forward for the duration of his downswing. In reality, this function is remarkably just like his setup position in slide 2! Kirk specifically says within the evaluation accompanying slide 7 that "If golfers would get into an amazing setup, turn again and return to that function at effect, that they had almost certainly enhance" and (in slide eight's evaluation) that they want Patrick's swing to last a long time, without inflicting injury, so that they enterprise to keep away from extra angles in his returned.

I do not know if those suggestions will make you one of the Top5 golfers within the global, but I'm sure they will not hurt your chances of having there.

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