Modern Golf Swing
The pga tour has witnessed a war on the swings of old.
Modern golf swing. Nowadays players have pushed the limits of the game thanks to technology fitness and analytics. Here is a graph demonstrating the kinetic sequence of biomechanical events in the modern total body golf swing. Phil mickelson says you can take that modern swing and wrap it in a back brace. The trophy cases of the likes of nicklaus irwin miller stewart and trevino are full of championship hardware but all had swings that would now be considered old fashioned.
The modern swing at the top will have only about half the hip turn as the classic swing 22 degrees. A key characteristic of the modern total body golf swing is the fact that the major biomechanical events involved in the downswing action evolve in a certain set sequence called the kinetic sequence. There is a persistent adage in golf that the club shaft should reach a position where it is parallel to the ground at the top of the backswing for a full or complete backswing. Pga professional rob chruszcz compares the golf swings of robert karlson and alexander levy.
His modern golf swing can be used to illustrate a commonly misunderstood feature of the swing. At the core of the game today is a shared. Modern day v classic golf swing. But players who use the modern swing.
The following instruction piece which was originally published in golf tips 2007 instruction annual brings the elements of the modern swing into clear and comprehensive focus. I even had to put the word science on the cover of my book so people would look at it. The modern swing at the top of the back swing does not come to a parallel with his club shaft to the ground and his arm swing is going to be far less then the classic swing. Every where i look at golf professional vlogs and blogs the science is.
And i don t believe that s the proper way to swing the golf club. In this video dan goes through the reasons why it s so efficient and what you should be doing to.