Recently during an interview, a fellow teaching pro and I were talking about how many times a player will show up wanting to emulate and learn a specific move or piece of a TOUR player’s swing they saw. It turns out the player is usually the previous week’s winner on Tour or one whose success has been noted by commentators.
It happens every year. When a player wins a big tournament, someone invariably will come to me wanting to learn how to include some move they saw a player make during the previous weeks event.
Golfers need to realize what level they are at compared with tour players. If they would stick to the basics, they would have more success developing a consistent swing and game. Most tour players understand this.
When you try to emulate a particular swing or part thereof, you will tend to ‘overcook’ the motion you are looking for because the swing is made up of subtleties you can’t see. It is all but impossible to duplicate someone else’s golf swing because you have no way of knowing what a player is ‘feeling’ during their swing motion.
Your swing is unique. It is yours and nobody else’s. If you want to improve or change your swing, seek out a qualified teaching professional. One who knows your swing and if you don’t have a teaching pro, find one. Oh, and the swing you should model? Yours.
30+ year Teaching Professional, retired. Originally from Central Ohio. Co-host professional of 41st USGA NATIONAL JUNIOR GOLF TOURNAMENT, Yale Golf Club in '88. College golf at Indiana University, Bloomington. Golf Facility Consultant in U.S. and Caribbean. Producer/Host of mynegm LESSON TEE radio/internet show. Golf writer and member of the GWAA, (Golf Writers Association of America).
