more needs to be discussed about the fact that his ground forces and the way hes pushing with his feet are the real reason hes able to open up and rotate like that. saying that all you need to do at this point in the swing is open up your hips and rotate them to the target, is not as simple as it actually is. tell that to most people and they'll slide towards the target and bump their left hip forward instead of rotating properly. Also to everyone saying he wont last long swinging like that have no idea what theyre talking about. Because hes doing what i mentioned above and using his legs as the driver of his rotation it takes a lot of the stress off the back. his back is passively twisting around and because hes flexible it wont injure him. now if one of us tried this then yes we would cause were not flexible. Also probably the reason Tiger didnt last as long as he wanted because maybe he neglected stretching and rehab in the early years of his career. who knows
Saw him at the pro am day before the Australian open had no idea who he was we were just watching a random dude and his drive was crazy straight and long. We went home and said who was that guy. We found out over the course of the weekend
@@coxric Completely agree. Most golfers want swing like the pros but don’t put in the work behind the scenes to get the flexibility and strength what it needs to be.
I used to get into a similar impact position 40 years ago. I was wearing a steel corset at 35, had to give up playing soon after. Modern surgery will help him but he won't be playing in his 50s. Sad to see.
Trevino had nearly the exact same swing - you can overlay them, they are almost identical - didn't hinder him - Vikor Hovland does almost the exact same thing as well.
@@wallstreetoneil quite correct. In fact I used to follow Trevino and was trying to copy his swing (unsuccessfully) when I damaged my lower discs. Trevino also had back trouble though he said that that was a result of being hit twice by lightning! My consultant surgeon told me that golfers with long, thin backs like me were especially vulnerable to disc problems. My belief is that all players who use this type of swing where the spine twists to extreme in 3 different planes may cause damage but the ones who will be injured young are those tall, thin players like Niemann and, of course, Zalatoris, now facing major surgery. Morikawa, not so tall but slim, has also had back trouble. I have been commenting on this for years, predicting what happened to Zalatoris, and trying to persuade young players not to copy this swing. The average, desk-bound, overweight golfer can't do it anyway and is advised not to try. I was lucky, avoided surgery, but lost all flexibility in my back.
THEY SAID HE HITS HIS DRIVES OVER 300 YDS ALMOST EVERY TIME. SO WHAT, THE BALLS OF TODAY ARE 60% HOTTER THAN THEY WERE IN THE 80s. THE GIRLS HIT IT OVER 300..
