the tennis-golf swing

[dlam]

Here's Rory making what looks like a forehead drive like in tennis but with a driver and golf ball.



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdcP1SBcL_Q[/media]


makes me wonder can this be an effective way hitting the driver?


I think this will befuddle the TGMers who are scratching their heads wondering how classify this a drag /drive loading.

 

[Bigwill]

Is this a real tournament swing, or is he messing around at a pro-am or something?

 

[dlam]

I wasn't there. Picked the video up off youtube.
It was a practise round.
Reports of this drive going 290 yards on the youtube site.

 

[Kevin Shields]

It was a practice round because he was by himself, which is how he plays all his practice rounds

 

[Jay845]

It was a practice round because he was by himself, which is how he plays all his practice rounds

Not to be a nit, but are you certain he is by himself?

Jay

 

[SteveT]

By looping the reversal from backswing to downswing, the change in momentum is smoothly distributed. Also, shoulder rotation back is reduced without sacrificing swing radius.

I would love to see an analysis of this swing style by those who believe there is a 'swing plane' during the swing.

 

[dannyc]

It was a practice round because he was by himself, which is how he plays all his practice rounds

i wouldn't want to play with him either.

 

[eoscar]

Some guys are picky about having their swing videoed. Maybe Rory did this to spite the guy with the camera.

 

[savydan]

That was a total joke for the crowd.