The tour's model hitter, sure hit it good last night at the Mercede's. One thing I noticed he uses a lot more of a vertical hinge action on short wedge shots.
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The conditions on Tour tend to require it: high rough, tucked flags, hard greens, and fast greens. Throw a little horizontal hinge action on one and a spectator might have to stop it.
I definitely saw some short shots by Appleby at the Mercedes that bordered on vertical hinging. I have always really liked Appleby's stroke because of his great alignments. Anybody know why he isn't winning more on tour? Is his short game holding him back?
I also saw him at the 2004 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. I remember he was in a fairway bunker on the front nine and was agitated about the high lip. He had maybe a dozen spectators around him, including myself. He hit it, it clipped the lip, somehow got out into the fairway, and ran up to about 15 feet. Crowd goes wild. It was about 2 inches from staying in the bunker, that's for sure. Hope he has a good season this year.
Why do you guys believe that Appleby is a Hitter and not a Swinger who Paddlewheels? It looks like he uses 10-5-A and has the body rotation of a Swinger.
Why do you guys believe that Appleby is a Hitter and not a Swinger who Paddlewheels? It looks like he uses 10-5-A and has the body rotation of a Swinger.
10-5-A is recommended for hitting as found in 12-1-0. He's using 10-10-C (angled hinging), which is also recommended for hitting but does not solely differentiate whether or not he's hitting. As far as 10-19-A (drive loading/hitting) versus 10-19-C (drag loading/swinging), you'd have to ask him. He's using 10-3-A (punch) instead of 10-3-B (pitch). His assembly point is 10-21-A (top) instead of 10-21-C (end). And he's using 10-22-B (random sweep) instead of 10-22-C (snap). His power package delivery path is 10-23-A (straight line) instead of 10-23-C (top arc and straight line).
If he's not hitting, he certainly missed a good opportunity.
See 6-H-0 and 7-19.
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