Here is a link to a golf.com article showing the evolution of Tigers swing over the years. Nice graphics.
In '95 I see a shoulder turn takeaway. An over rotation in the shoulders, allowing him to "get really wide" on the backswing but preventing the right elbow from bending. "Rock the Triangle" with no shortening of the right side. So as Homer predicted, under plane and no right side "Magic". Pivot to Hands, no tracing. Inside then cross line at End. Stopping at Top a Butch Harmon trait was also a beautiful band aid for this swing .........A perfect fit but not a fix.
Do you guys like the uber flat left wrist at End, in his current swing? It is correct to his grip type assuming it's uber weak. This article suggests he had a strong grip as a kid. Butch must have applied the Hogan's Secret grip change to Tiger at one point, maybe. What would Tigers swing be like with a 10-2-B grip and the more Laggy float loading, smoother transition it would allow. I think that the super flat left wrist inhibits lag loading, as it approaches the Trevino, Lehman, arch but thats another thread maybe. A slight bend in left wrist as long as its true to the plane of his left wrist grip type would give him a little more lag loading and flow Im thinking. He seems tight , wooden and fast in transition with a driver anyways. His irons are fantastic of course.
Still getting "stuck" going down too. Keeping his right foot on the ground addresses this maybe. If only he cleared his right hip and then employed a shift with a delayed turn in transition! Maybe Lynn should start whispering things in his ear.
"Clear the right hip" and then "clear the right hip, again" , "Rope Handle", "Float loading", "Sustain the Lag", "Plane of the left wrist cock and uncock", "Geometrically flat left wrist", "Slide with a delayed turn"..................Not that I am concerned about Tiger or anything.
Id give my front teeth to know what he did to improve his putting from what it was when he first came out to what it is now. But that is another thread for sure.
Then you have this TW swing from 2006 - it is terrific.
Nice. Fluid. If you have ever watched Tiger warm up prior to a round he really plays around with his Lag Pressure. Going from super light shots to heavy all with the same club and interestingly , the same distance, same target. He also varies the trajectory, shot shapes too. I must admit to liking his more moderate levels of Lag Pressure, especially with the driver. He looks like he could swing his way into his sixties winning all the while. Like a Snead with Hogan's precision. He is so much better with the wand than those fellas too.
Knudson, who was an early proponent of the weight room said something in his book about muscular effort. Im paraphrasing but something like "in the end, I learned that all of the benefits of the muscular effort could be had by merely relaxing"......got to find my Knudson book to get this right. I do realize that golf today is played at 120 mph but........the center of the fairway is always nice too.
D you have no idea how much this means to me, thank you. Four out of five yodas..............Im honoured. A new record. Im thinking of all the people who made this possible right now. The little people.......behind the scenes.
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