wow. my action is kinda looking like his lately. the knee buckling thing i mean. all i'm thinking about is swinging the clubhead fast though. thinking nothing about my lower body and completing my swing with some authority at the bottom on the way to the finish. i take super shallow divots like he did as well. the ability to pick it clean comes in handy in fairway bunkers and hardpan, as well as the clover this guy used to have to play in.
Not as silky smooth as Snead or as machine-like as Hogan, but apparently very repeatable for him. He won 11 in a row. There's no arguing with success. Proves there's more than one way to hit a golf ball.
You know, I've never been crazy about the dip, but if you look at him down the line once he starts down and through impact, he looks a helluva lot like Faldo (6'2" and 6'3"), with the shallowing of the club. This guy has never gotten enough credit for playing at as high a level as--arguably a higher level than--any player in history, Hogan included. More than a few who saw both play say Nelson was at least as good, and some say better.
@emncaity Byron beat Hogan three times in head-to-head contests: in the PGA when it was match play, in an 18 hole Masters playoff, and when they were teenagers in the Glen Garden caddy championship. That doesn't prove Byron was better, but it probably rankled Ben. :) Anyway, they were two men of different temperament who were the best golfers of their era, and two of the best ever. The way I look at it, it matters little which was better (if it's even possible to make such a judgment).
wow. my action is kinda looking like his lately. the knee buckling thing i mean. all i'm thinking about is swinging the clubhead fast though. thinking nothing about my lower body and completing my swing with some authority at the bottom on the way to the finish. i take super shallow divots like he did as well. the ability to pick it clean comes in handy in fairway bunkers and hardpan, as well as the clover this guy used to have to play in.
rest in peace iron byron
dschultz6072 3 months ago
Not as silky smooth as Snead or as machine-like as Hogan, but apparently very repeatable for him. He won 11 in a row. There's no arguing with success. Proves there's more than one way to hit a golf ball.
fayette202 1 year ago
You know, I've never been crazy about the dip, but if you look at him down the line once he starts down and through impact, he looks a helluva lot like Faldo (6'2" and 6'3"), with the shallowing of the club. This guy has never gotten enough credit for playing at as high a level as--arguably a higher level than--any player in history, Hogan included. More than a few who saw both play say Nelson was at least as good, and some say better.
emncaity 1 year ago
@emncaity Byron beat Hogan three times in head-to-head contests: in the PGA when it was match play, in an 18 hole Masters playoff, and when they were teenagers in the Glen Garden caddy championship. That doesn't prove Byron was better, but it probably rankled Ben. :) Anyway, they were two men of different temperament who were the best golfers of their era, and two of the best ever. The way I look at it, it matters little which was better (if it's even possible to make such a judgment).
bus114 1 year ago
Duffy, you are the king. Damn.
emncaity 2 years ago
Byron Nelzon's swing is a good example of compression, he gets smaller as he goes down.
Evafan133 3 years ago