Impossible for someone to say this is good or bad by itself depending on so many other factors........but IMHO as of now, Tiger is still struggling with driving because he has too much lean. Foley changed the pivot but he kept the lean /lag required from when the pivot was back. Takes a lot of up and back to line that up from that picture and very difficult to be consistent.
Perhaps why Hogan could hit it in the Fairway and perhaps why Tiger can hit it 320.
The game has sure changed, perhaps hitting it 320 is more important than finding fairways?
Kevin
So Hogan couldn't hit it 320 if weilding the same implement because he doesn't hit the picture? Is the assumption here that that picture produces more speed and/or power? If so...how come?
So Hogan couldn't hit it 320 if weilding the same implement because he doesn't hit the picture? Is the assumption here that that picture produces more speed and/or power? If so...how come?
I've heard both sides of how long Hogan would be with today's equipment. We'll never know. I believe the guys today don't have to posess the precision they did in Hogan's day. Equipment is the great equalizer...
Kevin
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all of the young guns around me, they don't care at all about precision with the big stick they just hammer it out, if they're lucky they'll end up in some playable lies.
I wish I could wind my body like the youngster can but on the other hand, I play a totally different game on same holes and we start at the tee and meet at the green.
Tourgolf, besides the US OPEN is in my opinion much easier then amateur weekend golf, considering how often these guys loose a ball out there is a rough, that's quiet seldom the case.
What has become crappy is the length of the golf courses. I remember in 1998 I played teh disney courses in Orlando, right the week after the tour was there. It's truely a difference, what they call a green there (in tour set-up, no clue if it's still that fast) and what shots they do, I rememeber the last whole on the palm course the Par 4 with 440y and the big bunker left in front of the green...I had a good tee shot but still left with at least 190 yards over this bunker to the flag rigfht behind. with today's experience I wouldn't go for this flag and rather play a percentage shot, BUT these guys just use driver wedge for the same whole, the need to carry this big distance is the one that created the power in the game and vice versa.
Impossible for someone to say this is good or bad by itself depending on so many other factors........but IMHO as of now, Tiger is still struggling with driving because he has too much lean. Foley changed the pivot but he kept the lean /lag required from when the pivot was back. Takes a lot of up and back to line that up from that picture and very difficult to be consistent.
JT, I've not seen Blake's swing. Which picture would be be more similar to?
Kevin
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Impossible for someone to say this is good or bad by itself depending on so many other factors........but IMHO as of now, Tiger is still struggling with driving because he has too much lean. Foley changed the pivot but he kept the lean /lag required from when the pivot was back. Takes a lot of up and back to line that up from that picture and very difficult to be consistent.
Sure! Just not from a still photo.....that one in particular
Whether or not that's a "good" position would depend on (1)what type of shot he is trying to hit there:bullet-good position ......high draw: not so much
PLANE ANGLE, BALL POSITION, LEAN, AND WEIGHT SHIFT OR PIVOT IN GENERAL ARE ALL HUGE FACTORS that are intertwined and all have a role in the outcome of the overall pattern. To simply say this angle is good or bad is just SO incomplete.
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