Trevino, Couples, Furyk
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Dariusz J.
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Because they have biomechanically great downswings.
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Kevin Shields
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Because in 3rd grade recess on the schoolyard, all three woud have been picked first in just about any sport (except basketball for Lee
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)thefuture37
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Because in 3rd grade recess on the schoolyard, all three woud have been picked first in just about any sport (except basketball for Lee
I can't imagine anyone picking furyk for any other sport. Trevino's loop really wasn't that much of one. He didnt really even take it that far outside considering how open his stance was. A lot of younger tour players that have the "hips too fast on the downswing" problem could learn a thing from ole Lee. Instead of trying to slow those hips down, why not build your swing around them and turn a negative into a positive?
thefuture37
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what makes you think furyk is a gifted athlete? sure hes an elite golfer, but that doesn't make you an athlete. Is Tim Herron a gifted athlete? How about John Daly? Kevin Stadler?
Kevin Shields
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Future, why the doubt? I knew Furyk from high school. He was a multi sport player and a good one. Couples was a baseball prospect in Washington. The question had nothing at all with this forum's favorite punching bag, Tim Herron. Every time there is a question about golfer's being athletes, someone always brings up Tim Herron.
How in the hell do you know that Tim Herron wasn't a good football player growing up? He wasn't always that fat. In the sixties, Nicklaus' fat had fat. Yet he was a 3 sport athlete who was going tp play other collegiate sports.
How in the hell do you know that Tim Herron wasn't a good football player growing up? He wasn't always that fat. In the sixties, Nicklaus' fat had fat. Yet he was a 3 sport athlete who was going tp play other collegiate sports.
flopshot59
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I heard from interviews with Furyk that he was a pretty good athlete in high school.
b/c...
...they all figured out how to control the clubface...so the rest is "showbiz"...
...they all figured out how to control the clubface...so the rest is "showbiz"...
Jim Kobylinski
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Here's my answer:
Trevino fought a hook, he figured out that he aimed left enough and took it "outside" enough he could drop it back in and still fade it; rest is history.
A good teaching friend of mine played with Couples in college, he too fought a hook. From what my friend told me, he watched Trevino's video that he made way back and he talked about he cured his hook by aiming way left and taking it more out/up and swinging out. Couples tried it and the rest is history.
As for Fuyrk, no idea.
Hope that helps
Trevino fought a hook, he figured out that he aimed left enough and took it "outside" enough he could drop it back in and still fade it; rest is history.
A good teaching friend of mine played with Couples in college, he too fought a hook. From what my friend told me, he watched Trevino's video that he made way back and he talked about he cured his hook by aiming way left and taking it more out/up and swinging out. Couples tried it and the rest is history.
As for Fuyrk, no idea.
Hope that helps
Kevin Shields
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Furyk's backswing started as a drill his dad gave him and he hit it better with the drill.
thefuture37
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Do you remember the name of that Trevino video? I have his "tips" videos but have not heard of any in depth instruction from him other than his book.
Jim Kobylinski
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I'd have to ask him, if was either a video he saw or it could have been something he saw Trevino said. Next time i see him online i will but it isn't that often
thefuture37
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thanks. Trevino is one of my favorites. Too bad he didnt play current equipment or he surely wouldve completed the career grand slam.
Dariusz J.
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Kevin Shields
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Hmmm. Interesting point. May be right. Never thought about it that way. A Zach Johnson type might not have the ball flight to compete at Augusta with the old equipment.
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