Yup, spine angle is the major key wiithout a doubt. When I start to hit poorly and do other bad things I just go back to maintaining good spine angle that fixes most of it. Spine angle fixes so many of the other tips like.. keep your head down, stay in the shot, clear the hips, swing plane, etc. All of that happens automatically when you maintain proper spine angle. Now... if I could just figure out how to maintain spine angle consistantly.... Lol
@teygrxx it's not even really "spine angle". it's turning your shoulders how he describes, as well as having your shoulders be parallel to the clubshaft. if you hold a club straight out in front of you, shaft lying level to the ground and toe pointing straight up, the only way to swing and keep the club level to the ground is if your shoulders turn level too. Since you bend over, your shoulders must still turn "level", but in the sense that you are turning level while bent over.
after a year and a half of searching and becoming a student of my own swing, i am at the point where this exact "tip" or "feeling" has made a RIDICULOUS improvement in my ball striking. i too was so damn inside out from all these stupid tips about hitting a draw and coming from here or dropping the shoulder there. what a load of nonsense.
God bless you tom, from another kansas city born and bred.
Wow. No. Just no. Tour players don't start the swing with just the hips anymore. They drop the hands and clear the hips at the same time. Super g proved that. So you're wrong there. And keeping the right shoulder back while leading with the lower body will create a flip hook, proved by biomechanics and Ben Hogan. Where are you getting this shit from? You're so wrong its crazy.
@cockywatchman1976 THIS ADVICE HELP ME SO MUCH!!! took my 4 handicap and made it vanish! Thanks Tom! You're the best *two thumbs up* And dont worry about cockwatcher Tom he just needs to go watch some more cocks to keep his blood pressure down otherwise he gets a little ansy. COCKWATCHA76!!!
u r the one who is nuts, it's clear that he is describing a FEELing. if an amateur or whoever cannot discern this fact they are the one at fault. this is possibly the greatest advice ever!
its GREAT advice.
ur just completely wrong and it's because ur oversized ego is saying i can teach better
also i didn't even know who tom watson was until he almost won the british open. so classic sheep?
probably that's YOU! who thinks golf instruction msut be delivered one way and one way only
To those suggesting this is poor advice... He clearly states this was a correction for his problem with hitting it thin and to the right. This is a common swing thought among pros. Check out Graeme McDowell's practice swings.
ALL professional golfers have one swing position in common. They ALL square the clubface at impact. If they dont, they dont stay on the tour very long. Unique swings....Moe Norman, Jim Furyk, Miller Barber, Jacky Cupit, John Daly, Raymond Floyd, Fred Couples....all hugely different swings until they reach the impact point.
I think the idea is not so much starting your swing with a shoulder turn but rather keeping your shoulders on a level plane and doing that excercise will help you do that.
I wish my swing looked like that lol... But hey brian go to this site it helped, the guy give pretty good tips golfyourowngame.blogspot.com. he also has a video and his swing is perfect
I think I have heard the "Spine angle" 100 times...but for some reason (Probably it's simplicity) I really understand the spine angle and it's importance in your swing now.
@irinajon but the advice is wrong-do this and you'll come over the top. No pros have the same shoulder plane back and through-they shallow out a lot, through starting with hips. This is just a feeling for very good players, who tend to over draw it. For 99% of people on here I'd say this advice is death. I even watcxhed this twice to check I wasn't getting his advice wrong, but other comments have noticed this too! Good player, crap teacher!
@dso1986 lol its absolutely 100% NOT- a number of sites have commented on it (including pros). Its just HIS feeling. If amateurs do this, they come over the top-its roundhousing the shoulders. The shoulders dont work like this. Watch a slo mo-the right shoulder drops on a different plane. You are the crazy one-you know nothing at all about the golf swing. You're just a classic sheep-Tom says and hes a legend so its great. Yes great player, nice guy, but very poor advice
@dso1986 This is what someone else put-they are correct, maybe for a pro as a feeling. But for anyone else-awful advice READ loser
To those suggesting this is poor advice... He clearly states this was a correction for his problem with hitting it thin and to the right. This is a common swing thought among pros. Check out Graeme McDowell's practice swings.
@cockywatchman1976 Uh. No you won't. If your weight shift is proper, which Tom is assuming it is, then this is great advice. The ONLY way this will make you come OTT is if your weight shift and/or setup is poor.
@GolfMatthew UH, yes 99% of people who try this will. Its a very poor tip for the average player. Sure, great swing thought for Tom. Not for your average slicer who'll be reading this...theyd be much better off thinking keeping the right shoulder back and moving just the lower body. But if your happy with it, go for it. Weight and set up has bugger all to do with what Im talking about
I know exactly what he means. One of my big errors is tilting my shoulders on the downswing (hitting fat and to the right). That comes from everyone saying "hit down on the ball." He means the feeling that your shoulders turn flatter...not level to the ground. Very important...especially for irons.
Tom is a great player but great players do not great teachers make. At about the 3min30sec mark in this video he states : "you can SHOOT your arms out ANYWHERE they WANT TO GO and they will basically come back to the same position ......" HUH??? I guess if you keep your spine angle and make a perfect on plane shoulder turn , those arms that just shot out anywhere they wanted to shoot to will be magically reconnected to the body by the golfing gods? LoL.
Just to let everyone know that Tom Watson does not advocate starting the downswing with the shoulders ....... this is just a small clip ..... on his dvd he explains ..... separation.... how there is a separation between the left hip and the left shoulder ..... which allow for the arms to lead from the inside ... the 2 dvd set is worth the investment
Hey guys, I need some help with my swing so if any of you guys have some advice or tips for me that would be much appreciated. Have a wonder over to my channel and take a look, thanks guys :)
Tom Watson has always been my hero! He is the epitome of golfers everywhere. His honesty will never be in question because his actions and words are backed up with his sense of human dignity! Joey Vaughan "World Blues Attack"
The problem you will continuously face when using a body part as the initiator of the golf swing is over dominance . Pretty soon you find what you believe is the correct answer and that will be another body part you are living in a vicious cycle .
@sweetswingin Again a lot of this comes down to feelings, swing thoughts and how a player visualises-it's often not what really happens. Zero players on tour move their shoulders first-just does not happen!
@sweetswingin Tom may feel he does this, and certainly the shoulders turn. But the shoulders follow the arms. If you dliberately turn shoulders to move the club arm unit, then thats wrong. If you atch in slo mo, he will move his arms first. Most average players will benefit from moving the arms up, and limiting early shoulder turn. Also Tom shows his shoulders turn back and thru exactly the same-Im sure it feels like this, but in reality this just doesnt happen
True, and observable in literally every great player's swing. I think what you see with Watson here--who previously said that his main swing thoughts were only path (from the inside) and release--is a guy whose tendencies to swing from the inside became too great, which is NOT the average player's problem or even most tour pros' problem. You can tell a Watson or a Faldo to "get on top of the ball" or "get the chest over the ball"...
...because their tendencies are running so strongly the other way, but an average player who's already swinging over the top will get killed by advice to "cover the ball with the chest," etc. I'm working on a theory right now that a lot of the advice given by top players is actually _opposite_ what a developing player should do, because what a top player "feels" in his swing or has to think about is so often the counterbalance to his natural tendencies...
...as happens, e.g., when a player who releases hell out of the clubhead with his hands says he's "taking hands out of the swing" (which never actually happens, btw). Also, a player who's made the basic movement of the swing second nature may not be aware of what is actually primary in the swing anymore. It's a little like a great runner saying the secret to winning races is how you pump your arms or hold your head, as opposed to moving your legs and feet really fast...
Point is, Watson has learned to swing his arms so fast and so on the right path, and to release the club so well from his hands and forearms, and he's done this for so many years, that I'd put better-than-even money on the proposition that it's all become so second-nature to him that he's aware only (or primarily) of the controls on that motion. I think that's what you see when players go to a top teacher and go too far with corrective or balancing advice, then suffer a real career slump.
Sorry, but just one more to prove your point,: If you look at other vids of Watson or other top players, you'll find that virtually all the best ballstrikers not only show that separation of arms and hands from the shoulder socket on the downswing (visible best on a DTL view), but also have the shoulders still closed to the target line nearly until impact or even slightly beyond impact, at times...
To me, that fact of the shoulders not dragging the arms through, of power being transferred _through_ the shoulders and out through the arms and hands without making the rotary movement of the shoulders the motivating force but rather following the needs of the arms and club to swing on the right path and plane, is the biggest all-but-unknown common factor to great swings, despite current theory to the contrary. I was looking through an old Leadbetter instructional VHS...
...the other night, in fact, and on that tape Leadbetter (whom I respect greatly, don't get me wrong) says not only the lower body but the upper needs to be open at impact, and then uses Nick Price as a model--but when you go look at the actual vids of Price, he's slightly _closed_ at the last point in the downswing when it could be perceptible to him, and square at the moment of impact....
I don't think it matters much whether the shoulders are fractionally open or closed (or square) at impact, but it does matter whether they're dragging the arms, and if they're much open at impact that's a good indication of it. You just can't be anything but steep and outside on the ball if your shoulders dominate your downswing...
...Anybody who's reading this can prove it to himself by making a backswing and then making only a slight rotary motion forward with the shoulders without swinging the arms down at all, and then look at the path the clubhead will have to take to the ball--almost straight down.
Sorry, but you really got me going...because you're SO right.
I don't know who this guy is. But, I have been a tennis pro who now have hip problem. Can't run but I can still swing the racket. Just decided to take on golf. With watching this I picked up a 7 iron for the first time in my life and hit that ball 170 yards with a nice draw. There is nothing else more true than what you see here.
i watched tom watson recently at the senior open at sahalee in 2010, for anyone whose ever watched tom in person; his swing is absolutely mesmerizing, i have never seen such an effortless swing. this guy is a champ
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Hours of stretching each day may also help you turn back and through as tom just demonstrated, alot of the faults in the swing are a result of lack of flexibility, you can only do what your body will let you do. Fitness + good technique = good golf....
That's a great drill to do in front of a mirror, with the club over your shoulders. It's amazing how a lot of us amateurs come out of our swing on the downswing and through impact. We don't think we're doing it, but if you ever get on video you'll see it.
im a 10 hcp. played constant fade always, in the end of this season i totally lost my game and swing. i just tought about position at the top etc.. went out and tried thinking like this. staying down there. damn ill own next year cause of this single tip/swing thought. so much more control
@nuckster94 Two questions: Do you mean 26 degrees "spine angle" tilt as opposed to "shoulder" tilt? You said shoulder tilt and shoulder turn. Second, If a golfer sculls it (hits it in the equator of the ball with the bottom edge of the club), the bottom of the swing arc would be swinging 3/4ths of an inch above the ground. How many degrees upwards would the spine angle change if a golfers sculls it? If the spine angle changed by one degree, would that not cause the clubhead... (continued)
@nuckster94 I understand rotating the shoulders at right angles, as Tom demonstrates very effectively by standing upright and rotating the shoulders - represented by the club shaft - horizontally. What I am not understanding is your statement about a "26 degree shoulder tilt." By that, do you mean that the spine is tilted forward 26 degrees from straight up and down vertical, going from an erect standing posture to a "tipped forward from the hip joints" golf posture?
@nuckster94 ... 2 or 3 inches above the ground? Since a golf ball is 1 and 1/2 inches from from the bottom surface of it sitting on the ground to the top of it (the North Pole of the ball), swinging two inches above the ground would miss the ball entirely. Tom's assertion that good players hit the ball well because they maintain their spine angle and bad golfers don't because they change their spine angle is incorrect, in spite of the idea's universal acceptance. Watch my video responses...
In reality, the secret is to understand that striking a golf ball is a stationary ball, hand-eye coordination skill.
This requires you to focus on swinging the CLUBHEAD and guiding the CLUBHEAD'S path through the ball. Body oriented swing thoughts - keep HEAD down, keep your SPINE angle - actually CAUSE YOUR MISHIT SHOTS!
Most golf instruction ignores the only thing that has any effect on the ball - the CLUBHEAD - and distracts you with confusing body-focused swing thoughts.
In reality, the secret is to understand that striking a golf ball is a stationary ball, hand-eye coordination skill.
This requires you to focus on swinging the CLUBHEAD and guiding the CLUBHEAD'S path through the ball. Body oriented swing thoughts - keep HEAD down, keep your SPINE angle - actually CAUSE YOUR MISHIT SHOTS!
Most golf instruction ignores the only thing that has any effect on the ball - the CLUBHEAD - and distracts you with confusing body-focused swing thoughts.
Its true, for right handers just keep the left shoulder lower than the right shoulder on the backswing turn and vice versa on the downswing, and voila!! Mr. Watson makes it simple!! No wonder his swing is butter! Make sure you transfer your weight as well.
keep your spine angle and remember to accelerate to a full finish, club behind the neck and hold your finish pose until the ball hits the ground out in the fairway.
Great tip. This is classic Jim Hardy one plane swing advice. That said, Jim Hardy always referred to Tom Watson as a classic two planer. Maybe he was referring to his pre-1992 swing?
Tom Watson is a legend, and has in 4 minutes explained what the swing is all about. I teach in Vietnam and my belief's are without spine angle, slight lateral pivot,good ball position and soft hands you'll never get it....great video
What a great golfer he is and a class act. Not like some of the other players out there today who are moral failures and an embarrassment to the game.
@HomeWindTurbines7... how can you pass judgement on any golfer's morals? you've got no clue what tom or anybody else, apart from tiger, does or doesn't do in their personal life. and neither should you. cause it's not yours nor anyone else's business.
This is the only thing I taught 4 members of my family, obtained from Ben Hogans 5 fundamentals, they are all single figure golfers...it's just aswell that he didn't realise it earlier or tiger would be chasing his major record instead of Jacks, Watson's still in the top 10 of all-time...
He said on the Golf Channel today that he had a secret... He jokingly said he was going to release an instructional video. This was his secret. No secret, just a solid fundamental.
Talking about Golf grips, When you pick up a golf club your hands are the only part of your body that touch the club. For many years the hands (grip) have often been referred to as the steering wheel of the golf swing. I don’t believe this could be more true. Gripping the golf club correctly makes playing this game a much better experience. w w w (dot) golferbreak80 (dot) c0m
The shoulder turn is old news. It is part of the pivot motion. However, I contend that focusing on this alone is a quick-fix solution that will last only for a few rounds. Tom is absolutely right, but the golf swing also involves correct positioning of the arms, hands and club at various points of the swing. You can turn your shoulders perfectly as Tom described, but you can also snatch the club too far in, or loop it out, and you'd lose consistency. "The secret is in the dirt," says Hogan.
This is interesting.....Just watched a video by Ben Hogan and he started his legs moving very fast before his shoulders...just like Tom demonstated the way he used to do it and Jack always did. Today's players all keeping their legs very quiet and turn at the shoulders the same way Tom does it now.
is a cross-country game in which a player strikes a small ball with various clubs from a series of starting points (teeing grounds) into a series of holes on a course. The player who holes his ball in the fewest strokes wins. The origins of the game are difficult to ascertain, although evidence now suggests that early forms of golf were played in the Netherlands first and then in Scotland.
I stayed up to the early hours of the morning just wanting Tom Watson to win the British Open. When he missed that putt to put him into the playoff with Cink I knew he was 'sunk'. I didn' want to watch him lose so I went to bed. He has my admiration and respect as a golfer and a gentleman.....there's always next year.
After months of frustration, THIS is the one tip that's worked for me. Works right from the driver to the putter (yes, even the putter). Such a simple tip!
Even the great ones get the yips. The pressure of hitting that putt and the history it would have made was too much. He simply deccelerated at impact thus the poor putt. Clearly a result of nerves. I wish he would have made it.
Such a shame, a true gentleman of the sport. It's been a long time since he has been in such a position, and considering his putting woes throught he end of his career, he held himself together much better than any of us could have.
I think I saw this same guy on tv today on some sports update on the British Open. I don't go golfing but when he says "I figured out the golf swing ... I believe him, especially when he's on of the sports news world at age 59. Indeed, he done figured it out.
God Bless you Tom! Hi hit the middle of the fairway on 18. He pured it perfectly right at the flag for the second. It is the caddies fault for not telling Tom to hit one less club - He executed solid shots!
In Watson's interview following the tournament, he said that he did consider the nine. I noticed that there are many random mounds and plain inconsistencies on the greens they were playing... it looked like that shot could have wound up much closer with a slightly different landing spot. I am not contradicting what you say, but this caddy having the guts to tell Tom Watson what club to hit in order to win a British Open would be like telling Ben Hogan to go with the 3 iron in 1950.
Tell us about choking after you have won your fifth Open, okay? That label is really more correctly applied to those who can't break through for their first win, or first major.
this week, watson at age 59 attained a higher level in golf than the level you will ever achieve at anything in your entire life or the entire life of anyone in your family
I have a tendancy to swing too fast because of tension and this helps a great deal. Because of reduced tension I actually swing the club very fast @ 100-115. It also make me maintain a constant and easy grip pressure through the entire swing. This constant "Easy & Steady" grip pressure is often overlooked. Another way of looking at is you keep your hands Quiet or Still through a good low tention swing.
Good Tip. I keep that shoulder plane by keeping the point of the spine between the shoulders as an anchor point. This keeps my spine angle correct and helps give me a simple idea to focus on. The next thing that I work on is tempo, tempo, tempo. I use the Ben Hogan Method in my pracetice swing. I take the pinkey and the ring finger off the club (left hand), I am a Rt. handed golfer. This forces my to slow my swing down, loosens my grip, loosens my shoulders and allows me to be more fluid.
i have been experimenting with all sorts of swing thoughts for all of my life. I was a scratch player for about 15 years. At age 69, I have a 4 handicap and am still trying to improve. I am extremely knowledgeable on the golf swing. This is one of the best pieces of advice I have ever seen. However, I would add this. Once you begin the downward shoulder rotation, you must continue it to the finish in one continuous motion. You should feel the arms lagging. To hit it longer,speed up that motion.
Several years ago I decided I was thinking about my golf swing too much and set out to reduce my swing thoughts. For me "Tom's Secret" is one of the best. I call it "Left Shoulder/Right Shoulder". Tom is spot on about staying on plane, perpendicular to a tilted spine, away from and back through the ball. Momentum raises him up only after the ball is long gone. Tom has his body swinging his tail. Very simple yet elegant swing indeed.
This is exactly what is stated in the book Golf Swing Master Key by Noel Thomas. Just concentrate in moving your left shoulder back and forth around your spine. A simple thought which really pays off
Great tip. I think for the most part, most amateurs turn their shouders too steeply, left shouder going down too much. The level shoulder turn is very good.
This is so funny ,I just figured the same thing out today and then I see this video talking about the day he figured it out.For real he is 100% accurate ,this is the most important part of the swing,I was killing the ball today long and straight.This is the best tip you will ever get.
What matters in the golf swing, in theory, is only what happens from the start of the swing until the ball has made contact with and left the clubface. Watson keeps his shoulders on that magic plane until it no longer matters what his body is doing.
From the perspective of a former tour player this is a great feeling to have. Its like it Never comes off plane and you could go after it as hard as possible.
Tom refers to maintaining spine angle to keep his shoulders turning on the same plane, it sounds like he's only looking at if from 2D.
if he really wants to to keep the same spine angle, he'll have to maintain it through all 3 planes and therefore really not be able to move it. at all. Is this S&T with a flying right elbow variation? :)
@slicermcg0lf It's not S&T at all, since he's shifting his weight properly through his swing. He also lifts his left heel on the backswing, which is a classic move that saves his lower back. Both of those are reasons why he can still swing fluidly into his 60's with enough distance to compete, even with the younger players.
I've discovered exactly what he was talking about a few months ago. My only problem is that it's hard for me visualize swinging like that over the ball. I've spent 15 years playing golf turning my shoulders on a flat swing plane. Now learning the "proper" way to turn my shoulders is a tough task. But when I do it, the results are beautiful.
Yup, spine angle is the major key wiithout a doubt. When I start to hit poorly and do other bad things I just go back to maintaining good spine angle that fixes most of it. Spine angle fixes so many of the other tips like.. keep your head down, stay in the shot, clear the hips, swing plane, etc. All of that happens automatically when you maintain proper spine angle. Now... if I could just figure out how to maintain spine angle consistantly.... Lol
teygrxx 4 days ago
@teygrxx it's not even really "spine angle". it's turning your shoulders how he describes, as well as having your shoulders be parallel to the clubshaft. if you hold a club straight out in front of you, shaft lying level to the ground and toe pointing straight up, the only way to swing and keep the club level to the ground is if your shoulders turn level too. Since you bend over, your shoulders must still turn "level", but in the sense that you are turning level while bent over.
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xGimpyx 3 weeks ago
after a year and a half of searching and becoming a student of my own swing, i am at the point where this exact "tip" or "feeling" has made a RIDICULOUS improvement in my ball striking. i too was so damn inside out from all these stupid tips about hitting a draw and coming from here or dropping the shoulder there. what a load of nonsense.
God bless you tom, from another kansas city born and bred.
dschultz6072 3 weeks ago
Wow. No. Just no. Tour players don't start the swing with just the hips anymore. They drop the hands and clear the hips at the same time. Super g proved that. So you're wrong there. And keeping the right shoulder back while leading with the lower body will create a flip hook, proved by biomechanics and Ben Hogan. Where are you getting this shit from? You're so wrong its crazy.
GolfMatthew 1 month ago
I am definitely a Tom Watson fan for his golf accomplishments and his demeanor.
mcctee 1 month ago
Tom's main point is retain your spine angle through out the WHOLE swing. That is not bad advice. It's terrific advice and also quite hard to do.
virtualbown 3 months ago
This is exactly what I am working on!
GolfSwingFreaktv 3 months ago
tom watson making you warm since 1945
4aloffyou 4 months ago
See, it's just that easy!
KesherMedia 5 months ago
@cockywatchman1976 THIS ADVICE HELP ME SO MUCH!!! took my 4 handicap and made it vanish! Thanks Tom! You're the best *two thumbs up* And dont worry about cockwatcher Tom he just needs to go watch some more cocks to keep his blood pressure down otherwise he gets a little ansy. COCKWATCHA76!!!
lafontaineadam 6 months ago
u r the one who is nuts, it's clear that he is describing a FEELing. if an amateur or whoever cannot discern this fact they are the one at fault. this is possibly the greatest advice ever!
its GREAT advice.
ur just completely wrong and it's because ur oversized ego is saying i can teach better
also i didn't even know who tom watson was until he almost won the british open. so classic sheep?
probably that's YOU! who thinks golf instruction msut be delivered one way and one way only
dso1986 6 months ago
How has this guy not got a bad back....
sukmy1i 6 months ago
tom watson used to be a hooker?
dso1986 7 months ago
Won British Open more times than anyone in the Modern era ... and was robbed by Cink or would have another!
Andoy1 7 months ago
To those suggesting this is poor advice... He clearly states this was a correction for his problem with hitting it thin and to the right. This is a common swing thought among pros. Check out Graeme McDowell's practice swings.
MauriceFameboy 7 months ago
@MauriceFameboy exactly-but for most this is awful advice
cockywatchman1976 6 months ago
ALL professional golfers have one swing position in common. They ALL square the clubface at impact. If they dont, they dont stay on the tour very long. Unique swings....Moe Norman, Jim Furyk, Miller Barber, Jacky Cupit, John Daly, Raymond Floyd, Fred Couples....all hugely different swings until they reach the impact point.
KimoKanaka 7 months ago
great player, garbage advice-just wrong!
cockywatchman1976 7 months ago
I think the idea is not so much starting your swing with a shoulder turn but rather keeping your shoulders on a level plane and doing that excercise will help you do that.
TheDudegtfo 7 months ago
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I wish my swing looked like that lol... But hey brian go to this site it helped, the guy give pretty good tips golfyourowngame.blogspot.com. he also has a video and his swing is perfect
ts20qb225 7 months ago
I think I have heard the "Spine angle" 100 times...but for some reason (Probably it's simplicity) I really understand the spine angle and it's importance in your swing now.
ThatFellazZz 8 months ago
I'm going to the range RIGHT NOW.
ACIMpsychology 8 months ago 6
@ACIMpsychology HAHAHAHA i was thinking the same exact thing. cheers!
lafontaineadam 6 months ago
"Gentleman Tom" - What a great guy and teacher too. This short video is inspirational to me!
Thanks a lot for posting delurgio2
irinajon 8 months ago
@irinajon but the advice is wrong-do this and you'll come over the top. No pros have the same shoulder plane back and through-they shallow out a lot, through starting with hips. This is just a feeling for very good players, who tend to over draw it. For 99% of people on here I'd say this advice is death. I even watcxhed this twice to check I wasn't getting his advice wrong, but other comments have noticed this too! Good player, crap teacher!
cockywatchman1976 7 months ago
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you are crazy this is GREAT advice.
dso1986 6 months ago
@dso1986 lol its absolutely 100% NOT- a number of sites have commented on it (including pros). Its just HIS feeling. If amateurs do this, they come over the top-its roundhousing the shoulders. The shoulders dont work like this. Watch a slo mo-the right shoulder drops on a different plane. You are the crazy one-you know nothing at all about the golf swing. You're just a classic sheep-Tom says and hes a legend so its great. Yes great player, nice guy, but very poor advice
cockywatchman1976 6 months ago
@cockywatchman1976 You're such an idiot.
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@dso1986 This is what someone else put-they are correct, maybe for a pro as a feeling. But for anyone else-awful advice READ loser
To those suggesting this is poor advice... He clearly states this was a correction for his problem with hitting it thin and to the right. This is a common swing thought among pros. Check out Graeme McDowell's practice swings.
cockywatchman1976 6 months ago
@cockywatchman1976 Uh. No you won't. If your weight shift is proper, which Tom is assuming it is, then this is great advice. The ONLY way this will make you come OTT is if your weight shift and/or setup is poor.
GolfMatthew 1 month ago
@GolfMatthew UH, yes 99% of people who try this will. Its a very poor tip for the average player. Sure, great swing thought for Tom. Not for your average slicer who'll be reading this...theyd be much better off thinking keeping the right shoulder back and moving just the lower body. But if your happy with it, go for it. Weight and set up has bugger all to do with what Im talking about
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B00NES11 8 months ago
I know exactly what he means. One of my big errors is tilting my shoulders on the downswing (hitting fat and to the right). That comes from everyone saying "hit down on the ball." He means the feeling that your shoulders turn flatter...not level to the ground. Very important...especially for irons.
sonicdeviant 9 months ago
Tom is a great player but great players do not great teachers make. At about the 3min30sec mark in this video he states : "you can SHOOT your arms out ANYWHERE they WANT TO GO and they will basically come back to the same position ......" HUH??? I guess if you keep your spine angle and make a perfect on plane shoulder turn , those arms that just shot out anywhere they wanted to shoot to will be magically reconnected to the body by the golfing gods? LoL.
ROUNDHOUSING!! Ever hear of it Tom?
TheNYgolfer 9 months ago
Just to let everyone know that Tom Watson does not advocate starting the downswing with the shoulders ....... this is just a small clip ..... on his dvd he explains ..... separation.... how there is a separation between the left hip and the left shoulder ..... which allow for the arms to lead from the inside ... the 2 dvd set is worth the investment
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IMrNuminous 10 months ago
Tom Watson has always been my hero! He is the epitome of golfers everywhere. His honesty will never be in question because his actions and words are backed up with his sense of human dignity! Joey Vaughan "World Blues Attack"
cjoey39 11 months ago 4
The problem you will continuously face when using a body part as the initiator of the golf swing is over dominance . Pretty soon you find what you believe is the correct answer and that will be another body part you are living in a vicious cycle .
sifurick123 11 months ago
Perfect. Thats really the secret of the swing, folks!
RobertFromHere 11 months ago
@sweetswingin Again a lot of this comes down to feelings, swing thoughts and how a player visualises-it's often not what really happens. Zero players on tour move their shoulders first-just does not happen!
cockywatchman1976 11 months ago
@sweetswingin Tom may feel he does this, and certainly the shoulders turn. But the shoulders follow the arms. If you dliberately turn shoulders to move the club arm unit, then thats wrong. If you atch in slo mo, he will move his arms first. Most average players will benefit from moving the arms up, and limiting early shoulder turn. Also Tom shows his shoulders turn back and thru exactly the same-Im sure it feels like this, but in reality this just doesnt happen
cockywatchman1976 11 months ago
@sweetswingin Golf swing starts with the arms-they pull the shoulders. Shoulders don't deliberately move to start the swing.
cockywatchman1976 11 months ago
@cockywatchman1976
True, and observable in literally every great player's swing. I think what you see with Watson here--who previously said that his main swing thoughts were only path (from the inside) and release--is a guy whose tendencies to swing from the inside became too great, which is NOT the average player's problem or even most tour pros' problem. You can tell a Watson or a Faldo to "get on top of the ball" or "get the chest over the ball"...
emncaity 11 months ago
@cockywatchman1976
...because their tendencies are running so strongly the other way, but an average player who's already swinging over the top will get killed by advice to "cover the ball with the chest," etc. I'm working on a theory right now that a lot of the advice given by top players is actually _opposite_ what a developing player should do, because what a top player "feels" in his swing or has to think about is so often the counterbalance to his natural tendencies...
emncaity 11 months ago
@cockywatchman1976
...as happens, e.g., when a player who releases hell out of the clubhead with his hands says he's "taking hands out of the swing" (which never actually happens, btw). Also, a player who's made the basic movement of the swing second nature may not be aware of what is actually primary in the swing anymore. It's a little like a great runner saying the secret to winning races is how you pump your arms or hold your head, as opposed to moving your legs and feet really fast...
emncaity 11 months ago
Point is, Watson has learned to swing his arms so fast and so on the right path, and to release the club so well from his hands and forearms, and he's done this for so many years, that I'd put better-than-even money on the proposition that it's all become so second-nature to him that he's aware only (or primarily) of the controls on that motion. I think that's what you see when players go to a top teacher and go too far with corrective or balancing advice, then suffer a real career slump.
emncaity 11 months ago
@cockywatchman1976
Sorry, but just one more to prove your point,: If you look at other vids of Watson or other top players, you'll find that virtually all the best ballstrikers not only show that separation of arms and hands from the shoulder socket on the downswing (visible best on a DTL view), but also have the shoulders still closed to the target line nearly until impact or even slightly beyond impact, at times...
emncaity 11 months ago
@cockywatchman1976
To me, that fact of the shoulders not dragging the arms through, of power being transferred _through_ the shoulders and out through the arms and hands without making the rotary movement of the shoulders the motivating force but rather following the needs of the arms and club to swing on the right path and plane, is the biggest all-but-unknown common factor to great swings, despite current theory to the contrary. I was looking through an old Leadbetter instructional VHS...
emncaity 11 months ago
...the other night, in fact, and on that tape Leadbetter (whom I respect greatly, don't get me wrong) says not only the lower body but the upper needs to be open at impact, and then uses Nick Price as a model--but when you go look at the actual vids of Price, he's slightly _closed_ at the last point in the downswing when it could be perceptible to him, and square at the moment of impact....
emncaity 11 months ago
@cockywatchman1976
I don't think it matters much whether the shoulders are fractionally open or closed (or square) at impact, but it does matter whether they're dragging the arms, and if they're much open at impact that's a good indication of it. You just can't be anything but steep and outside on the ball if your shoulders dominate your downswing...
emncaity 11 months ago
@cockywatchman1976
...Anybody who's reading this can prove it to himself by making a backswing and then making only a slight rotary motion forward with the shoulders without swinging the arms down at all, and then look at the path the clubhead will have to take to the ball--almost straight down.
Sorry, but you really got me going...because you're SO right.
emncaity 11 months ago
His right foot is also turning. You have to do that too.
yurismir1 11 months ago
I don't know who this guy is. But, I have been a tennis pro who now have hip problem. Can't run but I can still swing the racket. Just decided to take on golf. With watching this I picked up a 7 iron for the first time in my life and hit that ball 170 yards with a nice draw. There is nothing else more true than what you see here.
RobertMirzakhanian 1 year ago
i watched tom watson recently at the senior open at sahalee in 2010, for anyone whose ever watched tom in person; his swing is absolutely mesmerizing, i have never seen such an effortless swing. this guy is a champ
seattle2062 1 year ago
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He is, and what he's doing at this age is Snead-like.
emncaity 11 months ago
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Angeles National discriminates against Jewish people and females!
The golf course is fun by Japanese people and they don't care anything about the community. End of story. If you go there you are supporting foreigners who treat the USA like crap!
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1BoomerTEE 1 year ago
Hours of stretching each day may also help you turn back and through as tom just demonstrated, alot of the faults in the swing are a result of lack of flexibility, you can only do what your body will let you do. Fitness + good technique = good golf....
Dreama40 1 year ago
@sweetswingin biomechanically the correct way to start your swing is to pull back with your right shoulder blade.
the24thman 1 year ago
Well Jack Nicklaus won 18 majors. How about you Tom????
tomglavinehof1 1 year ago
How could any golfer dislike this video?
whung7 1 year ago
That's a great drill to do in front of a mirror, with the club over your shoulders. It's amazing how a lot of us amateurs come out of our swing on the downswing and through impact. We don't think we're doing it, but if you ever get on video you'll see it.
MikePedersenGolfTips 1 year ago
I'd heard all about the spine angle and never cared about it till now, it works!! Go TOM!
MedicAlv1 1 year ago
im a 10 hcp. played constant fade always, in the end of this season i totally lost my game and swing. i just tought about position at the top etc.. went out and tried thinking like this. staying down there. damn ill own next year cause of this single tip/swing thought. so much more control
aloefgren 1 year ago
26 degrees shoulder tilt and 55 degrees shoulder turn (PGA tour average) Tom's tip here is the key!
nuckster94 1 year ago
@nuckster94 Two questions: Do you mean 26 degrees "spine angle" tilt as opposed to "shoulder" tilt? You said shoulder tilt and shoulder turn. Second, If a golfer sculls it (hits it in the equator of the ball with the bottom edge of the club), the bottom of the swing arc would be swinging 3/4ths of an inch above the ground. How many degrees upwards would the spine angle change if a golfers sculls it? If the spine angle changed by one degree, would that not cause the clubhead... (continued)
LearnTheRealSwing 1 year ago
@LearnTheRealSwing I mean to be on plane your shoulders need to rotate at right angles to your spine
nuckster94 1 year ago
@nuckster94 I understand rotating the shoulders at right angles, as Tom demonstrates very effectively by standing upright and rotating the shoulders - represented by the club shaft - horizontally. What I am not understanding is your statement about a "26 degree shoulder tilt." By that, do you mean that the spine is tilted forward 26 degrees from straight up and down vertical, going from an erect standing posture to a "tipped forward from the hip joints" golf posture?
LearnTheRealSwing 1 year ago
@nuckster94 ... 2 or 3 inches above the ground? Since a golf ball is 1 and 1/2 inches from from the bottom surface of it sitting on the ground to the top of it (the North Pole of the ball), swinging two inches above the ground would miss the ball entirely. Tom's assertion that good players hit the ball well because they maintain their spine angle and bad golfers don't because they change their spine angle is incorrect, in spite of the idea's universal acceptance. Watch my video responses...
LearnTheRealSwing 1 year ago
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In reality, the secret is to understand that striking a golf ball is a stationary ball, hand-eye coordination skill.
This requires you to focus on swinging the CLUBHEAD and guiding the CLUBHEAD'S path through the ball. Body oriented swing thoughts - keep HEAD down, keep your SPINE angle - actually CAUSE YOUR MISHIT SHOTS!
Most golf instruction ignores the only thing that has any effect on the ball - the CLUBHEAD - and distracts you with confusing body-focused swing thoughts.
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LearnTheRealSwing 1 year ago
In reality, the secret is to understand that striking a golf ball is a stationary ball, hand-eye coordination skill.
This requires you to focus on swinging the CLUBHEAD and guiding the CLUBHEAD'S path through the ball. Body oriented swing thoughts - keep HEAD down, keep your SPINE angle - actually CAUSE YOUR MISHIT SHOTS!
Most golf instruction ignores the only thing that has any effect on the ball - the CLUBHEAD - and distracts you with confusing body-focused swing thoughts.
See my videos.
LearnTheRealSwing 1 year ago
Wonderful tip, Thank You, Tom.
easyeagle2 1 year ago
Its true, for right handers just keep the left shoulder lower than the right shoulder on the backswing turn and vice versa on the downswing, and voila!! Mr. Watson makes it simple!! No wonder his swing is butter! Make sure you transfer your weight as well.
nuckster94 1 year ago
It's great advice, but it may not be as easy to do as Tom makes it look. Give it a try and see if it helps you.
golfnutster 1 year ago
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rtoyosp 1 year ago
Tom is one of the best ball strikers of all time.
czhang416 1 year ago
Great tip. Thanks for putting this on youtube!
PRECBS 1 year ago
I just came to this realization a few days ago and this just confirms my swing thought. Thanks for the upload!
huskydann 1 year ago
keep your spine angle and remember to accelerate to a full finish, club behind the neck and hold your finish pose until the ball hits the ground out in the fairway.
nuckster94 1 year ago
this is working great for me at the moment. great with short irons
heronpete 1 year ago
Great tip. This is classic Jim Hardy one plane swing advice. That said, Jim Hardy always referred to Tom Watson as a classic two planer. Maybe he was referring to his pre-1992 swing?
catapultmagic 1 year ago
Tom's advice is the best! He is better than Hank or Butch. Wish I could work with this guy,
Schrittwieser 1 year ago
Tom and Freddy. Buttery golf swings!!
nuckster94 1 year ago
Tom Watson is a legend, and has in 4 minutes explained what the swing is all about. I teach in Vietnam and my belief's are without spine angle, slight lateral pivot,good ball position and soft hands you'll never get it....great video
orpflog 1 year ago
Keeping use safe and warm.
Superhumanattack 1 year ago
What a great golfer he is and a class act. Not like some of the other players out there today who are moral failures and an embarrassment to the game.
HomeWindTurbines7 1 year ago
@HomeWindTurbines7... how can you pass judgement on any golfer's morals? you've got no clue what tom or anybody else, apart from tiger, does or doesn't do in their personal life. and neither should you. cause it's not yours nor anyone else's business.
senorchipotle 1 year ago
@senorchipotle
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nojomen2 1 year ago
On the money - from a genius and a nice guy.
barryjogorman 1 year ago
This makes more sense than any golf tip I've ever seen... Thanks Tom Watson!
dougiehow 1 year ago
@dougiehow yup
SoccerismyDNA 1 year ago
yep, he's speaking the truth
DeanC 1 year ago
besides like Couples,
Tom makes the other senior players look like a bunch of women!!!
yummpyummp 1 year ago
This is the only thing I taught 4 members of my family, obtained from Ben Hogans 5 fundamentals, they are all single figure golfers...it's just aswell that he didn't realise it earlier or tiger would be chasing his major record instead of Jacks, Watson's still in the top 10 of all-time...
HIKMIESTER 2 years ago
@HIKMIESTER Best Links player to ever set foot on Earth. Even Tiger can never tame a Links course better then Watson STILL can.
6Ott7 2 years ago
He said on the Golf Channel today that he had a secret... He jokingly said he was going to release an instructional video. This was his secret. No secret, just a solid fundamental.
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abbott080 2 years ago
Holy crap dude this worked so well!~!!
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Brodygolfs 2 years ago
@Brodygolfs no
JmanM 2 years ago
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jimfurykfan1 2 years ago
Show Mrs Tiger how to swing a clubber - Mr Tiger - staight through the Brothel Window :)
notareargunner 2 years ago
The shoulder turn is old news. It is part of the pivot motion. However, I contend that focusing on this alone is a quick-fix solution that will last only for a few rounds. Tom is absolutely right, but the golf swing also involves correct positioning of the arms, hands and club at various points of the swing. You can turn your shoulders perfectly as Tom described, but you can also snatch the club too far in, or loop it out, and you'd lose consistency. "The secret is in the dirt," says Hogan.
RK831 2 years ago
im going to go down to my car right now and get a club and try it out!!!
jbct112 2 years ago
I'm glad I watched this.I'm gunna grag a club right now and try..
RedzyVernville 2 years ago
Tried it. Works like a charm. This guy is a class act and a genius.
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yea rite. under 60 in 3 weeks maybe?
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golfzoner001 2 years ago
This is interesting.....Just watched a video by Ben Hogan and he started his legs moving very fast before his shoulders...just like Tom demonstated the way he used to do it and Jack always did. Today's players all keeping their legs very quiet and turn at the shoulders the same way Tom does it now.
bdyftns 2 years ago
i will try it, have heard many secrets, the real secret is can you make your body do it.
have heard he is actually kind of a jerk when the camera is off, not like lee trevino or anything, but kind of a jerk none the less?
naflack 2 years ago
Have never heard anything of the sort and, after watching The Open this year, couldn't bring myself to believe it, anyway.
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golf1153 2 years ago
I stayed up to the early hours of the morning just wanting Tom Watson to win the British Open. When he missed that putt to put him into the playoff with Cink I knew he was 'sunk'. I didn' want to watch him lose so I went to bed. He has my admiration and respect as a golfer and a gentleman.....there's always next year.
AussieRosie 2 years ago
what a class act this guy is!!!!
rosahairsalon 2 years ago 6
interesting stuff i cant wait to try that out
footyspoak 2 years ago 2
After months of frustration, THIS is the one tip that's worked for me. Works right from the driver to the putter (yes, even the putter). Such a simple tip!
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josh3564 2 years ago
that was the greatest thing i have ever seen in any sport ,a59 yr old maneven 2nd in golfs greatest championship is mindboggling
Rangersfan57 2 years ago
Even the great ones get the yips. The pressure of hitting that putt and the history it would have made was too much. He simply deccelerated at impact thus the poor putt. Clearly a result of nerves. I wish he would have made it.
easyscore 2 years ago
a truly remarkable effort in the open
bobbyhayes111 2 years ago
I watched him in open, he lost in a play off agains Cink, shame, he deserved to win!
AdamLsChannel 2 years ago 2
Such a shame, a true gentleman of the sport. It's been a long time since he has been in such a position, and considering his putting woes throught he end of his career, he held himself together much better than any of us could have.
Motown025 2 years ago 3
I think I saw this same guy on tv today on some sports update on the British Open. I don't go golfing but when he says "I figured out the golf swing ... I believe him, especially when he's on of the sports news world at age 59. Indeed, he done figured it out.
directorwvp2 2 years ago
If he had only chipped it instead of putting it, he may have won the championship, felt really sorry for him
madummer 2 years ago
He putted on 17 and it worked out. I think it was a good play to putt. He sadly just hit a poor par putt.
Thanks for the memories Tom. I hope it isn't the last time we see you in contention.
master93921 2 years ago 3
Yeah, you're probably right. But something inside of me was telling me that he shouldn't have putted that time...
madummer 2 years ago
God Bless you Tom! Hi hit the middle of the fairway on 18. He pured it perfectly right at the flag for the second. It is the caddies fault for not telling Tom to hit one less club - He executed solid shots!
fightfan101a 2 years ago
In Watson's interview following the tournament, he said that he did consider the nine. I noticed that there are many random mounds and plain inconsistencies on the greens they were playing... it looked like that shot could have wound up much closer with a slightly different landing spot. I am not contradicting what you say, but this caddy having the guts to tell Tom Watson what club to hit in order to win a British Open would be like telling Ben Hogan to go with the 3 iron in 1950.
reflectivegoat 2 years ago
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Tom's secret to completely choking a ten footer for the win, and then choking in the playoff
WhoLueYou 2 years ago
Tell us about choking after you have won your fifth Open, okay? That label is really more correctly applied to those who can't break through for their first win, or first major.
reflectivegoat 2 years ago
was surprised he chose to putt with that much grass behind the ball on 18.. what an historic run tho.
Bossanovawitcha 2 years ago
this week, watson at age 59 attained a higher level in golf than the level you will ever achieve at anything in your entire life or the entire life of anyone in your family
MediaOwnsYourMind 2 years ago
The 8-iron on 18 was dead-solid...unlucky bounce...not a choke.
I bet you have never had a chance to choke, though...never been in contention in your life...
TW is a class act...the other TW could learn a thing or two from him...so could you.
jmcintyre90 2 years ago 2
shut it ffs Tom is a legend. a true legend!
jorra12 2 years ago 9
damn poor man....almost was there!
MattyMorgan31 2 years ago 2
Tom laid an egg with that putt on 18. He had a great chance to put it away.
LGLG69 2 years ago
Use that Ben Hogan adjusted grip in your practice swing. When you step up for your shot just grip quietly and with low tension and "RIP IT."
solusmysterion 2 years ago
I have a tendancy to swing too fast because of tension and this helps a great deal. Because of reduced tension I actually swing the club very fast @ 100-115. It also make me maintain a constant and easy grip pressure through the entire swing. This constant "Easy & Steady" grip pressure is often overlooked. Another way of looking at is you keep your hands Quiet or Still through a good low tention swing.
solusmysterion 2 years ago
Good Tip. I keep that shoulder plane by keeping the point of the spine between the shoulders as an anchor point. This keeps my spine angle correct and helps give me a simple idea to focus on. The next thing that I work on is tempo, tempo, tempo. I use the Ben Hogan Method in my pracetice swing. I take the pinkey and the ring finger off the club (left hand), I am a Rt. handed golfer. This forces my to slow my swing down, loosens my grip, loosens my shoulders and allows me to be more fluid.
solusmysterion 2 years ago
good luck on sunday tommy!
nnnnguy 2 years ago 3
When one of the greatest golfers in the history of the game tells you how to do it ..you listen!!
This makes perfect sense !!!
carlstt 2 years ago
i have been experimenting with all sorts of swing thoughts for all of my life. I was a scratch player for about 15 years. At age 69, I have a 4 handicap and am still trying to improve. I am extremely knowledgeable on the golf swing. This is one of the best pieces of advice I have ever seen. However, I would add this. Once you begin the downward shoulder rotation, you must continue it to the finish in one continuous motion. You should feel the arms lagging. To hit it longer,speed up that motion.
grampy12 2 years ago
He can't even make crap swings look bad lol
bigeddielad 2 years ago 12
@bigeddielad hahaha
SoccerismyDNA 1 year ago
Several years ago I decided I was thinking about my golf swing too much and set out to reduce my swing thoughts. For me "Tom's Secret" is one of the best. I call it "Left Shoulder/Right Shoulder". Tom is spot on about staying on plane, perpendicular to a tilted spine, away from and back through the ball. Momentum raises him up only after the ball is long gone. Tom has his body swinging his tail. Very simple yet elegant swing indeed.
ButchPi 2 years ago
hey butch, about what did you shoot then comapred to what you shoot today with this single swing thought.
speno32 2 years ago
This is exactly what is stated in the book Golf Swing Master Key by Noel Thomas. Just concentrate in moving your left shoulder back and forth around your spine. A simple thought which really pays off
hanon1492 3 years ago
Great tip. I think for the most part, most amateurs turn their shouders too steeply, left shouder going down too much. The level shoulder turn is very good.
smoothswinging14 3 years ago
This is so funny ,I just figured the same thing out today and then I see this video talking about the day he figured it out.For real he is 100% accurate ,this is the most important part of the swing,I was killing the ball today long and straight.This is the best tip you will ever get.
anka893 3 years ago
His shoulders don't stay totally level. The rigtht shoulders do come up after he hit his ball. He tells us what he feel not what he do.
djreggienoble 3 years ago
What matters in the golf swing, in theory, is only what happens from the start of the swing until the ball has made contact with and left the clubface. Watson keeps his shoulders on that magic plane until it no longer matters what his body is doing.
McTerror1 3 years ago
From the perspective of a former tour player this is a great feeling to have. Its like it Never comes off plane and you could go after it as hard as possible.
Tom refers to maintaining spine angle to keep his shoulders turning on the same plane, it sounds like he's only looking at if from 2D.
if he really wants to to keep the same spine angle, he'll have to maintain it through all 3 planes and therefore really not be able to move it. at all. Is this S&T with a flying right elbow variation? :)
slicermcg0lf 3 years ago
@slicermcg0lf It's not S&T at all, since he's shifting his weight properly through his swing. He also lifts his left heel on the backswing, which is a classic move that saves his lower back. Both of those are reasons why he can still swing fluidly into his 60's with enough distance to compete, even with the younger players.
bb3383 1 year ago
More important is the pivot which dictates the spine angle. The pivot needs to be SOLID.
1tontomato 3 years ago
its hardly revolutionary stuff
ilikeitwetto 3 years ago
I've discovered exactly what he was talking about a few months ago. My only problem is that it's hard for me visualize swinging like that over the ball. I've spent 15 years playing golf turning my shoulders on a flat swing plane. Now learning the "proper" way to turn my shoulders is a tough task. But when I do it, the results are beautiful.
Discodwill 3 years ago
Thank's Tom & delurgio2. Super tip!
petereuropa 3 years ago
Watson's still doing it. He shot 74 in the wind and rain at the British Open today and trails by 5.
dscribed 3 years ago
That is awesome advice to remember
vmaxdude2000 3 years ago 3