Eamon Darcy, The De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship

Optimal Analysis were invited to Slaley Hall to help launch The De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship, with a Ryder Cup-themed shootout.
Player's swings were filmed using Vertex Coaching Studio and replayed on large screens for the spectators. Ball flight was tracked by a FlightScope radar, confirming that the winning blow was a low-trajectory, gap wedge shot, stopping one yard short of the flag, after a significant amount of check.

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[wholebrainplanet]

Just goes to prove that one can have a different looking swing and still be a great golfer.

[OptimalAnalysis]

@wholebrainplanet Quite right - Jim Furyk is another great example of this.

[cockywatchman1976]

@wholebrainplanet Jusr requires good impact conditions, and to be a good golfer, must be repeatable.  Most of us wont be able to repeat a sequence like this. I can see how Furyk's works, but Darcy's is amazingly bad, he must have great talent

[wholebrainplanet]

@OptimalAnalysis There is a big list of great golfers who do not remotely have sound swing mechanics that are great at the game of golf. The score card does not have a section for style.-Hammer