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So folks who do you think has the best swing on tour(can be any major recognised tour as in PGA/European..etc)?

Would you go for Tiger as he is number 1 in the world or a young pretender like Luke Donald or maybe the old golfing press favourite Ernie Els??
 
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What is the criteria?

If it's just subjective to our own interpretation I would have to say Tiger.

He is so on plane in his backswing it's incredible. He has the fastest body rotation of anyone but stays in balance.

Lastly, he is the MOST ACCURATE with his irons than anyone else on tour. He gets it closer to the hole on his approach shots than anyone. This is truely the statistic which really determines who wins more tournaments.
 
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Smoothest Swing Raphaël JACQUELIN
Most Consistent (But never won a Major) Luke Donald
All Time Favorite Hogan, Snead, Jonny Miller
Most Erratic (off the Tee) Tiger Woods
Luckiest Swing in a Major (off the tee) Ángel Cabrera

forgot!!

Nicest Golfer Lefty

Most arrogant Golfer Monty

Does not sign autographs for the kids but tells them to get stuffed instead..
 
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Best swing period? I dunno who I'd pick..............prolly whoever has consistently hit it best out there.

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Vijay has been a pretty good combo of straight/long/shotmaking.........esp. before he went a little off course. (started tinkering- if I'm not Miss Steak Inn) For what it's worth I also love how his swing looks.....and the rhythm/tempo of it.

There are lots of different guys who have certain elements that are standout.

Sergio is neat and impressive when you examine the angles etc..........good ballstriker too. Same deal with CHIII. (angles and also dynamic)

Tiger is impressive in an athletic and textbook(ish) kind of way.

JD is wow with the pivot.

Joe Durant with the efficiency and consistency of everything really.

Freddie and Ernie for the smoothness and aesthetic appeal.

JB Holmes cause he's powerful and he does it his own way. Obviously not one of these guys who sat there and tried to copy Tiger. (or had an instructor "cookie-cut" him) Same deal with Furyk. They are good examples of doing what works and also of the importance of "diversity in golf swings."

All-time faves................Byron Nelson is prolly my fave. Very simple and efficient and I can relate to it. Hogan.............Nicklaus.......Joe D I am liking more and more. Also Trevino, Thorpe, (Allen) Doyle.............rep-re-zentin' for the ugly swings out there. (they look crappier than they are unless you know what to look for) Middlecoff I do like. (first time I saw it was in Brian's analysis)

Etc.

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Luckiest Swing in a Major (off the tee) Ángel Cabrera
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Luck....??

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self-mastery

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THE GUY THAT WINS THE MOST!

I like Tiger, PhillyMic, DL3, Daly, Els, TA3.

OCHOA, Creamer, Wie before she got her dosage of lead poisoning.
 
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The guy I like to watch the most is Retief Goosen. I don't think he has the best swing, but something about his tempo and power is hypnotic to me.

When Tiger has his "A" game, the rest are simply playing not to be embarrassed, so Tiger's swing could be called the "best".

Boo Weekly has the best sound at impact I have ever heard. It's hard to describe except to say it gives me tingles.

I saw Steve Elkington several years ago and I think his swing was as good as I ever saw.

Hogan, Trevino, Snead, and Nelson are all time greats. I feel like Greg Norman doesn't get mentioned as much as he probably should.

Of the new young guns, I really like Sean O'Hair. Plus he is a local boy that went to school with my oldest daughter.
 
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There seems to be a theme here in that a lot of the guys getting mentioned are from yesteryear. Like Snead and Hogan.

So do you think golf has taken a backwards step and that they swung it better 40/50 years ago than they do today??
 
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It was more difficult to Play golf 40/50 Years ago..

Look at the Head on Hogans Driver, and the technology wasn't there. Just the Science of hitting a Ball with a lofted club..

Would be interesting to see the pro's today playing with what they had back then., Balls, Clubs, Greens!
 
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Mbaker1979 said:
There seems to be a theme here in that a lot of the guys getting mentioned are from yesteryear. Like Snead and Hogan.

So do you think golf has taken a backwards step and that they swung it better 40/50 years ago than they do today??
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It's just that they pretty much set the gold standard for "the modern era" (steel) I think.

Ben, Byron, Sam.
 
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Can't believe that no one has even mentioned a golfer, that in his prime had what was almost universally considered among his peers to have one of the best swings of all times. That golfer was no other than Payne Stewart.

His tempo was so smooth and silky, it was just a joy to watch. Not a bad putter either. Won a couple of U.S. Opens and had just come into his prime when he lost his life. Sorta forgotten about for some reason.
 
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