Ernie Els swing close up

Ernie Els swing close up in South Africa.Dec 2007

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[shredfromthedead]

His swing makes a helicopter noise. Amazing.

[Sharkwilboy1st]

Yes Ernie and say Geoff Ogilvy are becoming the exception these days, their swings display a mix of traits/characteristics commonly associated with both the classic and modern swing. Both rotate the blade open at the top and use educated hands and forearms through the ball to square the blade. Typical modern-day players (often shut-blade players) focus on maintaining spine angle and limiting blade-rotation. Zach Johnson and Hunter Mahan are good examples.

[emncaity]

Watch the unhurried change of direction. In a swing like this (or Snead's, or Couples'), it's really a critical element.

[themothmanreturns]

@TheUnGolfPro ? saying he always looks off balance is commenting on his swing and whats more hes one of the most in balance golfers there is.

[doggwalk]

Perfect spine angle

[golfmaniac007]

such an ugly swing .....keke.....i can't say that with a straight face

[emncaity]

@1dednimnepo

Hard to argue much, at least on the basis of this specific swing (in this vid). If he made swings like this all the time these days and just putted like a decent tour player, he'd make a run at #1. But somewhere around the time of his injury he developed some odd problems, including the angle-opening bounce at the top of his swing that I went into earlier (on this list). Look at his older vids (mid-20s), compare them with most vids of him now (esp. slo-mo), and you'll see it.

[emncaity]

@oinarp

Couldn't agree more on the older swing. The swing in this video (obviously not taken all that long ago) looks a lot more like his older swing, with that beautiful fluid arm motion, and less like the way he swings most of the time for the past three or four years particular, with what appears to me to be too much consciousness of positions, etc. If you catch a vid of him in his mid-20s, it's a much more whole-swing kind of action, very Snead-like.

[1dednimnepo]

Best swing in golf. Period!

[dandydude123xyz]

@shredfromthedead lol

[oinarp]

@slapstik89 YEAH, but he fights a hook. His miss is a hook so...

I know when he was going to Leadbetter he was working on keeping his right foot down longer through the swing. If you were to see him when he was swining in the early 90's you would see a much loser back foot.

Good stuff.

[slapstik89]

he tends to drop his back foot slightlyl...i guess he uses that to induce a slight draw (either that or he's combatting a slice :D )