Does anyone understand the golf swing enough to explain a little further in detail what Tiger is saying here? He says he does a little bit of the shot shaping with his path but mainly by manipulating the club face at address.
Ah, I see now. He’s much more talented than me.
Jo said:
Ah, I see now. He’s much more talented than me.
Have you tried being the best golfer ever? That also helps.
Jo said:
Ah, I see now. He’s much more talented than me.
Have you tried being the best golfer ever? That also helps.
Every time I tee off.
Lennon said:
Jo said:
Ah, I see now. He’s much more talented than me.
Have you tried being the best golfer ever? That also helps.
Every time I tee off.
That’s the kind of confidence I bring all day, as I shank another off the tee.
@Lennon
It’s all in the hips, baby! (Frank Costanza voice).
Jo said:
Ah, I see now. He’s much more talented than me.
Hmm. I should try being more talented.
No one was better than Prime Tiger Woods.
Cary said:
No one was better than Prime Tiger Woods.
And never will be, we saw magic back then.
Cary said:
No one was better than Prime Tiger Woods.
Some dweebs in /r/golf will say Scheffler is now .
Cary said:
No one was better than Prime Tiger Woods.
Some dweebs in /r/golf will say Scheffler is now .
Scottie is very talented and the best right now but had a late start compared to Tiger.
Tiger was winning the Masters at like 20-21.
Absolute insane dominance from Tiger.
What people don’t realize is how minuscule of a movement closing or opening the face 1 degree is. But it’s that one degree that helps him draw/fade the ball.
It’s almost nothing.
Blair said:
What people don’t realize is how minuscule of a movement closing or opening the face 1 degree is. But it’s that one degree that helps him draw/fade the ball.
It’s almost nothing.
I read that 4 degrees of face variance on a 250-yard drive is like 50 yards of lateral dispersion. Or something like that. It’s crazy people can play golf at all.
@lovi
Who says we can play?
For real, who does he think he is speaking on our behalf? Not much actual playing going on when we’re out there. Lotta drinking and good vibes tho.
Face direction is where the ball starts.
Club path dictates how it curves.
The draw starts out to the right (for righties) and then comes back left.
Tiger opens the face slightly to have the ball fly initially to the right, and he takes a step back with his back foot to slightly point his hips ‘closed’ to the target to better facilitate taking the club inside and finishing with the swing outside.
A fade is opposite. You start the ball to the left and then it peels to the right. To do this, Tiger would have the face closed (pointing to the left) and then shift his back foot slightly forward to open up his hips to facilitate an out to in club path to create the curve.
If you leave the face square to the target at impact while attempting to hit a draw or a fade, you will start the ball ‘on line’ at first and then fade or draw away from your target rather than toward it.
@Ren
The face sends, the path bends.
@Ren
> Club path dictates how it curves.
It’s more about how early and late you’re hitting the ball, path is easier to visualize, but the face is always moving and more importantly, it’s always closing.