Monthly Archives: January 2010

Bubba Watson – Classic Swing

Originally Posted on the Smash Golf Blog

(I’ve updated what I wrote about flaw #2 with a quote from Golf Magazine online’s Gary Van Sickle regarding Bubba’s swing)

Bubba Watson has only two swing flaws keeping him from tearing apart the PGA Tour. He’s another John Daly, a long-bomber with more natural talent than most of the guys out there, but he’s too wild and inconsistent to do more than win the odd tournament, which he hasn’t yet done. Continue reading

John Daly’s Leverage Machine

Originally Posted on the Smash Golf Blog

First of all, John Daly has alway had a great, flowing swing. It’s a classic-motion swing, and one of the best all-time self-taught swings you’re ever going to see.

Raw power and distance, that’s what Daly’s motion was created for. And get this… John Daly could have been an even longer hitter, believe it or not, with a couple of minor swing adjustments! Let’s take a look at his motion below: Continue reading

Mike Austin – Super Leverage

Originally Posted on the Smash Golf Blog

I’ve been doing some comparative analysis to try to figure out how close to Mike Austin’s completed theory I’ve come. Last year, by driving distance alone, I knew I was getting there.

But I knew, looking at the Austin videos and photo sequences, that there was something he was doing that gave him more power and distance than his peers, and that I wasn’t yet doing it. Continue reading

The Problem With Charles Barkley’s Swing

Originally Posted on the Smash Golf Blog

With all due respect to Hank Haney and Charles Barkley himself, his problem with the golf swing is not a psychological thing. It had nothing to do with his head. It has everything to do with the fact that he is a former world-class athlete. Continue reading

Alvaro Quiros’ Swing

Alvaro Quiros

Originally Posted on the Smash Golf Blog

(Originally posted August 9, ’09)

Having looked at a few of Alvaro Quiros’ swings on Youtube today, I see a swing that closely mirrors the action of Rory McIlroy, but I would say that Alvaros’ swing is nearly perfect as far as the modern swing goes, even better than Rory’s because of his address stance and action through impact.

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Vijay Singh’s Classic Golf Swing

Vijay Singh

Originally Posted on the Smash Golf Blog

(Originally posted July 27, ’09)

Looking at Vijay Singh’s swing with the driver from the face-on angle, I see so much of Mike Austin’s swing mechanics that it’s virtually a carbon copy, except for one major flaw and one minor one.

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