Tim Clark swing, 2010 Players Champion

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Gotta admire Tim Clark's classic swing, straight leg on the backswing, inside takeaway of the hands and a high right flying elbow. Brian should really like this swing. Thoughts everyone?
 
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Really??? I had the TV muted and was watching it while cleaning my clubs in the kitchen (getting ready for a tournament tomorrow) while the wife was watching something else in the adjacent room.

Guess I have a good eye :)
 
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Phil Rosenbaum

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yes. he said it, referring mostly to the backswing as I recall.

but as is always the case with 2D, I thought the camera angle was quite a bit off to make that assumption.
 
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I caught that Johnny Miller comment. I was rooting for Westwood. We were joking about Clark not having forearms.
 
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Eyeoffish said:
I caught that Johnny Miller comment. I was rooting for Westwood. We were joking about Clark not having forearms.
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He has a congenital condition and is unable to pronate his hands/forearms--basically is a fusion of the ulna and radius at either the wrist or toward the elbow, I can't remember which right now, but it is a rare condition. That's why he doesn't have much forearm musculature.
 
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TaylorMadeAP25

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I guess he usually only hits it 265-270, but hits it really straight. That drive he hit on 18 was long and money, what a shot. S&T or not, dude can hit it! Awesome performance!

IMO, the 4 best players in the world right now are Mickelson, Allenby, Westwood and T. Clark.
 
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spktho said:
He has a congenital condition and is unable to pronate his hands/forearms--basically is a fusion of the ulna and radius at either the wrist or toward the elbow, I can't remember which right now, but it is a rare condition. That's why he doesn't have much forearm musculature.
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We knew that. It started out as a discussion of whether it was an advantage for him in terms of hitting it straight. I give him a ton of credit for figuring it out.
 
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He used to keep his arms close together. It didn't look like he was doing that much this past week.

Isn't he the first one to win an almost major using a long putter.
 
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He turns his hips relatively flat for S and T, his right leg straightens, but his hips don't tilt as much as other S and T ers. I think he has a really good swing, some of the slow motion movements on tv were really impressive in terms of impact and follow through.
 
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