The media's analysis of Webb Simpson's swing is well underway. As one example, you probably saw Michael Breed's breakdown on The Golf Fix Monday night. But if you want to know why Webb's swing is so solid, I can explain it to you real quick.
And surprise! It's not his putting. For all the talk about that belly putter helping with short putts, Webb's stat page at PGATOUR.com says he actually gets worse as he nears the hole! He's 84th when putting between 3 and 5 feet from the hole, but 2nd from over 25 feet. (That clearly helped him at Olympic, though. Nobody could get close to the hole on those greens.) If you want to find his secret, you've got to look at his full swing.
I'm going to compare him to Steve Stricker, a person whose swing I've used as a top example of how a weekend participant should attempt to swing. It's an exceedingly simple, low-upkeep swing in an effort to live in form with very little practice.
First, let's study Stricker's swing. Here's a down-the-line breakdown from Peter Kostis from the 2011 Memorial:
And here's a face-on view from the 2010 U.S. Open (it's hard to discover more recent face-on perspectives that allow embedding, but this nonetheless appears proper):
Now test Webb's swing from simply this past week at the Olympic Club:
Do you see any differences? They're minor.
In the the front view, throughout the backswing, Webb straightens his proper leg greater than Steve, which reasons him to raise up barely. As a result, Webb has more of a down circulate to start his downswing than Steve. You can see it truely at effect (more or less :31 in the 2d Stricker clip and :30 within the Simpson clip), wherein Steve's head is focused over his proper knee even as Webb's head is slightly behind his. Webb's head has also dipped a chunk lower than Steve's. Webb has moved slightly faraway from the goal at impact -- a circulate that may be a bit hard in your again, but really doesn't reason an accuracy trouble whilst it happens as past due inside the swing as Webb's does.
That's the purpose of the primary distinction between their down-the-line perspectives as well. It makes Webb appearance as if he "stands up" a bit at the very pinnacle of his backswing, then you may see his head and proper shoulder dip a piece greater than Stricker's on the manner down.
Breed said Webb has constantly had a slight problem with swaying far from the ball on his takeaway, and combating this nearly sincerely causes his extra motion on the top. But you could see (in the the front view again) that Webb does not move off the ball while he is swinging nicely, and the pinnacle motion is so small that it doesn't purpose a trouble so long as he avoids a slide at some stage in his backswing. He stays constant over the ball, so he hits it the same way time after time.
You do not should have an ideal swing to play consistent golf. Webb's swing is very simple, very similar to Stricker's basic circulate, and he remains consistent over the ball at some point of his swing. That's the way you hit plenty of narrow fairways, land on plenty of small vegetables, and carry off your first predominant trophy.
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