Best Swing Ever?
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Jim Kobylinski
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Ricky1990 said:
HA! 10 yards?
You ever play on a nationwide or PGA course right before/after a tournament? You should if you haven't you'd be surprised how much further your ball is down the fairway than what you are used too
shootin4par
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I played Bay Hill the day after a huge down pour, the drainage on that course is so good you would nave never guessed it rained that much, tons of roll, an easy 15+ yards on that dayjim_0068 said:HA! 10 yards?
You ever play on a nationwide or PGA course right before/after a tournament? You should if you haven't you'd be surprised how much further your ball is down the fairway than what you are used too
ThomasTheTank
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Surely Tiger has the best swing ever. Im sure you could pick holes in it but I watched him play Hoylake with his irons, hitting em low (2i), high (6i), cut, fade, draw.. you name it .. he doesnt just have one swing, he has about 20 all of which he can rely on dependent on the shot he wants to execute
Brian Manzella
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You guys are soooo funny....
I was ASKING: Was this swing the best ever?
It WAS the best measured 3 imperatives of all-time, IMHO.
Now the TRULY best?
Hmmm......
I was ASKING: Was this swing the best ever?
It WAS the best measured 3 imperatives of all-time, IMHO.
Now the TRULY best?
Hmmm......
birdie_man
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Has to be Hogan...
self-mastery
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Brian Manzella said:
The unholy ideal of golfing nirvana.
I'm more interested in results: number of majors, number of wins, and the ability to close. All else is novelty...
birdie_man
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So then you're gonna say Jack or Tiger...
So you wouldn't say they could improve?
By all accounts (including Jack....who I've read was pretty adamant about it) neither Jack or Tiger have gotten to Hogan's level...
So you wouldn't say they could improve?
By all accounts (including Jack....who I've read was pretty adamant about it) neither Jack or Tiger have gotten to Hogan's level...
David Alford
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self-mastery said:
To the contrary, Hogan sought out the best golfers. He actively wanted to play with Nicklaus even when he (BH) was past his prime. Ditto for Trevino, etc.
With vastly improved equipment, ball and courses, I think Hogan would have have given TW great competition, probably winning against him more than say, VJ does or has.
Brian Manzella
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What about Trevino's grip.
First of all, it was strong, but not THAT strong.
Look at the photos from the down-the-line view, his "back-of-left-hand —to— clubface" relationship wasn't that far out of neutral.
Even so, it wasn't NEUTRAL, but, so what?
I can hit it just fine with a strong grip, but for me, I hit it better, and have more shotmaking flexibility with MY grip.
Slicers and Hackers and some better players improve faster with a neutral grip.
Some don't.
It WILL make you learn some form of angled hinge motion, and that may be why ex-hookers love it.
tongzilla said:
First of all, it was strong, but not THAT strong.
Look at the photos from the down-the-line view, his "back-of-left-hand —to— clubface" relationship wasn't that far out of neutral.
Even so, it wasn't NEUTRAL, but, so what?
I can hit it just fine with a strong grip, but for me, I hit it better, and have more shotmaking flexibility with MY grip.
Slicers and Hackers and some better players improve faster with a neutral grip.
Some don't.
It WILL make you learn some form of angled hinge motion, and that may be why ex-hookers love it.
mrodock
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self-mastery said:
This is a thread on "best swing ever." There is a helluva lot more to winning tournaments than having a great swing. Realistically one could consider George Knudson to have the best swing ever, in spite of never winning a major, or Bill Melhorn. Here you go Bill, best swing, worst putter of all-time. In such a circumstance it wouldn't be amazing to consider that such a bad putter would not win a bunch of majors.
Matt
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birdie_man said:
Tiger and Jack have achieved more than Hogan, so I would say that Hogan isn't on their level.
birdie_man
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But ballstriking wise is what I'm talking about. Efficiency of golf swing. (duh!)
birdie_man
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Brian Manzella said:
Which grip you talkin bout?
jpvegas1
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Best Swing Ever
How about Tom Weiskopf? I remember looking at pictures of his swing and no matter which part of the swing you looked at it seemed to be an ideal. However, for the three imperatives my vote goes to Trevino. A review of his swing is what got me interested in The Golf Machine because TGM could explain why with his "unorthodox" swing he was/is a phenomenal ballstriker.
How about Tom Weiskopf? I remember looking at pictures of his swing and no matter which part of the swing you looked at it seemed to be an ideal. However, for the three imperatives my vote goes to Trevino. A review of his swing is what got me interested in The Golf Machine because TGM could explain why with his "unorthodox" swing he was/is a phenomenal ballstriker.
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