Rory McIlroy Has It BackWards

I’ve not really looked hard and close at many of the swings I see on television because most of them and their flaws are not hard to see at a glance. Once I know a swing is flawed, I don’t spend too much time looking at it.

Rory McIlroy – Modern Swing Claims Another Victim

I wrote a post last year about Rory McIlroy’s golf swing and what I didn’t like about it.

Discovery – Interlocking Grip

I made a discovery last month that I’m just now getting around to discussing.  I had written a post last season that the grip method used by Austin was the overlapping grip.

On Creating Leverage

Hello again, friends. I have survived the move and am currently attempting to get settled and unpacked, but I have a little time this morning to respond to one question from Martin since my last posting.

A Week Off…

The time has come, I’ll be moving on the first of the month, and probably won’t have time to do any more blogging until sometime near the end of next week.

See you on the other side.

Two months ’til golf season!

DJ Watts

Bubba Watson’s Swing Flaws (Updated)

(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.

Jack Nicklaus and Power

Jack Nicklaus was the longest hitter of his generation. He hit a fade and could still knock it twenty yards past Arnold Palmer when Arnie was in his prime.  We’re talking about raw, awesome power.

Mike Austin’s Leverage Machine

The most common flaw I see in the swings at my golf club and even on television is that of pushing the swing instead of pulling it.  The body is a leverage machine, and you will get far more leverage by using your body weight to pull rather than push.

My Swing Changes Pt II

I got an email today from Steve who commented on the same thing I mentioned a while back about arms and angles with the club shaft at address. He noticed that my own arm angles were not flat, and I readily agreed.

My Swing Changes For Spring

I’ve got a couple of pictures here of Mike Austin’s frontal view at address and the top, performing his super-amped “B” swing back swing, and it showed me exactly what I needed to change from my own Fundamentals Trifecta component of Address Stance to be able to “crank” it to the top Austin-style.