bobby jones swing....

[Michael Finney]

 

[bertsmith]

1930 was the year of his Grand Slam. He would be age 28 in this film. Thanks for posting it.

 

[dschultz6072]

Eerily similar to Fred Couples from the top down.

 

[Kevin Shields]

Eerily similar to Fred Couples from the top down.

Wow. Good call.

 

[mgranato]

Wow, what a divot with a 2 iron.

What about his swing made him not feel like he could play with steel shafts?

 

[Billy McKinney]

I heard recently those hickory shafts were extremely heavy...200g sometimes.

 

[Matt Bryda]

I heard recently those hickory shafts were extremely heavy...200g sometimes.

yes and twice as heavy as a Nunchuk shaft

 

[tongzilla]

huh did it say he drove it 280 yards...with THAT equipment? That's easily Bubba Watson long using today's equipment.

 

[natep]

Bobby Jones' swing speed was measured by Harold Edgarton using stroboscopic photography (he used a strobe light and measured the distance of the clubhead between strobes). He calculated his speed at about 112 mph.

 

[joep]

Why doesnt anyone teach how bj swings seeing he was so great?

 

[Kevin Shields]

Why doesnt anyone teach how bj swings seeing he was so great?

Who says no one teaches that? I certainly teach longer swings with more hip turn to people who need it. His downswing is extremely orthodox so it falls in line with what many would probably teach.

 

[Dariusz J.]

Why doesnt anyone teach how bj swings seeing he was so great?

Because the vast majority of golf swing instruction is far from being perfect (speaking gently). They think that e.g. huge hip turn, breaking lead knee in, lifting lead heel up, being OTT at start of downswing, break lead wrist just after separation, etc. are errors. ROFL.

Cheers

 

[ZAP]

When I was 14 and just starting to get interested in golf at all one of the first books I read was about Bobby Jones and The Grand Slam.
His swing has always seemed so athletic and not contrived with restriction or trying to hit positions. That is a cool video.

 

[ekennedy]

Why doesnt anyone teach how bj swings seeing he was so great?

Good point. And while we're at it, why doesn't anyone teach Ben Crenshaw's putting stroke?

It's a conspiracy to keep us all bad at golf.

 

[joep]

Thanks all for the info. Does anyone on tour have bj`s swing or close to it?

 

[bertsmith]

If you study Bobby Jones's life and golfing accomplishments, you will find that he was basically a weekend golfer. In his Grand Slam year, 1030, aside from the four major tournaments he won, he played very little other tournament golf. He was just simply born a golfing genius.

 

[dschultz6072]

If you study Bobby Jones's life and golfing accomplishments, you will find that he was basically a weekend golfer. In his Grand Slam year, 1030, aside from the four major tournaments he won, he played very little other tournament golf. He was just simply born a golfing genius.

Golf Digest wasn't in print yet.

 

[Kevin Shields]

Thanks all for the info. Does anyone on tour have bj`s swing or close to it?

VJ is close to BJ

 

[hp12c]

VJ is close to BJ

Hey Kevin what kind of tumble does Bobby Jones have?

 

[DCgolf]

For just the pure delight of mastering the English language, read "Bobby Jones on Golf.". Or anything else he wrote.