LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Omg... Thread: Omg... View Single Post #4 09-07-2007, 08:13 PM mrodock Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 581 Originally Posted by golfbulldog Are the Finau boys any stronger than the bullishly strong Palmer or Nicklaus in their youth?? I like a lot of the points you made in your post. As far as the above quote goes it may very well be so that Palmer and Nicklaus were stronger at that age. That is not relevant to the conversation though. Swing speed depends on one's ability to move quickly, not how strong they are. When my brother was 6', 115 pounds, 14 years old he could regularly hit the ball 300 yards. Sports Power by David Sandler features a nice piece of the various physical requirements of sports. Interestingly, golf is listed as 95% speed. The other categories are speed-strength, strength, power, and one more I think. Matt __________________ "In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram). The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts) mrodock View Public Profile Send a private message to mrodock Find all posts by mrodock