Sir Nick Faldo Slow Motion @ The Grand Del Mar 2010

[TheGolfSage]

During the backswing, Nick’s left knee pops out, away from his body, instead of working toward his right knee. This affects perfect balance at the top of the backswing, as your weight is likely transferred to the right heel and outside of the right foot instead of to the inside of the right foot. Perfect balance is a key factor in the player’s ability to smoothly and quickly start the downswing back to the left side with a hard leg drive.--GS.

[1977mrcheese]

I adore this swing. A delight to watch

[gabvig]

...the shape of perfection... If Michelangelo buonarroti started to play golf..that's the swing !!!!!

[jacksayssmd]

cmon nik put the big head to bed

[jimmymagicjt]

Nick still smokes it. Champion, sort the putting out and get on the senior tour!!

[emncaity]

@jimmymagicjt

Ditto twice. When he putted well, he was unbeatable. Can't tell you how many times I'd see him in the early rounds of a tournament hitting it 8-12 feet on hole after hole, maybe making a putt once in a while.

[jimmymagicjt]

@emncaity

I think that started the rot, alongside personal problems. End of 92 he moved away from what made him a machine tee to green 88-92 and then his putting became a little tentative alongside eyesight deteriation (which he sorted 1st half of 96). A shame. If he had Nicklaus' attitude to sticking to what worked i think he could have a slightly better record beyond '92. Legend

[emncaity]

@jimmymagicjt

Yeah, that sounds about right.

On a completely different note: Something really makes me kind of retch about seeing him hit this huge-headed club. It's just wrong. One of the things that really separated him in his days at #1 was his ability to get such precise contact. Now it hardly matters.