Zach Johnson Swing - Driver: rear view

Analysis of the swing that won the Masters from top PGA teaching professional.

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[dickin585]

In stack and tilt you don't tilt towards the target, fucktard. You tilt to the left, but as you turn your shoulders, you tilt towards the ball.

[hogansking]

@dickin585 Very charming. Plummer & Bennett have clearly illustrated or let Golf Digest illustrate a tilt towards the target. Keep tilting to the left at setup friend and I'll show you every compensatory move required to hit the ball effectively.

You can get away with a slight bend (tilt as you say) of the C & T spine towards the ball viewed from the coronal plane but you'll never be great doing so with a left tilted spine at address. Not happening period!! Cheers.

[dickin585]

@hogansking Take your golf stance, tilt to the left and then turn your shoulders. Now ask yourself if you are tilting towards the target or the ball.

[hogansking]

@dickin585 Now you have none of it right. Even if you tilt to the left at address( don't ask me why anyone would unless they're on a downhill lie) and then turn.... your shoulder plane as viewed from the coronal plane will not point at the ball. If it does now you're really in trouble. The shoulder plane should still remain outside the ball (or target line if you will).

Oh and yes you will be tilted to the target if you swing this way. Come-on man you can do better than that.

[pgabound13]

i play with a strong grip and a one plane golfer like zack. his face is not shut on back swing as jim hardy would say is is parrlare to his spine angle just as in his follow through. thats why he smashes and draws the ball. its a good way to swing but you body turn has to be above average...

[hogansking]

100% agree especially through impact.

[MrJoshanglin]

i dont get why it would be stack and tilt when u have to get to ur left foot no matter what and Zacs swing looks that way because hes keeping his weight inside of his right leg letting the hip turn back not sideways

from a way better golfer than all of u i promise

[junshott]

thx, helped me!

[MikePedersenGolfTips]

Looks like a Hogan swing. Wow! Thanks for taking the time to do this analysis.

[ej0002]

I dont think ZJ is S&T at all. Just not much lateral movement. Centered pivot. That is why he is there day in day out - very consistent.

[spartanstackandtilt]

@hogansking Great vid, if you want to stay centered you have to tilt to the left, while you rotate your shoulders, and stand up. These three moves will allow your three centers (waist, chest, head) to stay "stacked" over your center (in this swing it is behind the ball). If you didn't have tilt to the left your head would go behind the ball. A lot of people think SandT promotes leaning way towards the target but the idea is that you tilt to the left to stay centered over the ball.

[spartanstackandtilt]

@pgabound13 club face determines initial launch, swing path determines spin on ball.