Zach Johnson Swing
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Doesn't move back off the ball at all. If anything shifts his rear forwards as completes the backswing to stay over the ball. This staying put really helps with accuracy. Great drill to hit balls like this to practice whilst standing on you lead foot with your trail leg back on it's toes.
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@TheRealOzzie234 Thank you! I admit I used to be in the "Toe-up to toe-up" crowd, but realize now that it's wrong. People need more research if they think Zach's face is shut.
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This guy uses his arms a lot.
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I love these impact shots, shows the centimeters that are involved in golf. A centimeter lower and that club hits the ground half a foot behind the ball. Zach Johnson is a master of the game and understands the intricacy of it all.
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Biggest extension on tour.
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What conventional golf call "shut" is actually entierly SQUARE (club face angle relation to shaft swing path). This swing has no or little power acc#3 (club face rotation), that's why he has such a long "extension" in follow-thru and almost no swivel. He also relies heavy on lateral movement to gain as forward lowest arc and as big compression as possible. This is a repeatable swing for accuracy. 90% of amateurs should benefit in repeating it :)
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@cjcollas Bender. No green jackets for Stack N Tilt
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His club face is shut due to the fact that he is starting his swing by using a right fore arm take away. In right fore arm take away the club face is always "looking" at the ball and plane line, or rather remains square to both, so on the down swing he's using his pivot to turn his shoulder down so that his bent right arm (power accumulater no. 1 as per TGM) can push radially against his left arm, or thrust out, down, and in.
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Great short backswing. It makes the swing more repeatable.
But hey, what makes a good swing? A swing is good when it's repeatable and when you can work the ball the way you want. Furyks backswing is weird but his impact is always the same... That makes a good and reliable swing.
barbarathebutcher 4 years ago 5
no one on tour has that grip?!?!?! No one on tour has Furyk's grip [or swing for that matter] and he's as solid a ball-striker as they come. Who cares what everyone else does, if what you do works for you?
Zach's swing is compact, simple and obviously repeatable. His game is not flashy, but if amateurs learned that chip shot he did on 18 at Augusta to seal the deal, they'd lower their scores dramatically.
but too each his own, i guess. cheers.
krack621 4 years ago 4