Adam Scott Swing Sequence and Slowmotion At Farmers Insurance 2021

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1. I would like to make love to that golf swing.

2. such an elegant swing!

3. Adam Scott was coached by Steve Bann whose mantra is “Set-up is Impact” and whose book “Simply Golf, Back to Basics” is one of the better ones I’ve read.

   A change in my swing I made after reading Bann’s book was to start with my hips slightly shifted towards the target rather that like an A as I had been. That slight difference tilts the pelvis up and spine and head back behind the ball at address where they should be at impact. Starting with static balance slightly biased on the front foot and allowing the pelvis to rock back to level as it turns closed in the backswing makes the swing more fluid.

   Something to note about Adams swing with the short iron is that he moves hips, shoulders and hands together to bring the club back outside the hands. That is classic Ben Hogan technique which differs from what Nicklaus did and most pros now do which is move only shoulders and hands in the takeaway and have the shoulders turn into the resistance of unmoving hips. Scott, like Hogan, turns everything against the resistance to turning of the hips created by the spike anchored square back foot which limits hip rotation to 45° and then creates torque in the back leg to help power the down swing. I swing the same way and find it very effective for control of partial swing shots.

   What can’t be understood until tried is how the outside the hands takeaway the “all together” move creates generates so much club force it pulls the left arm so strongly it becomes physically impossible for the arm to bend at the elbow. Instead if forces the wrist to change from thumb-down ulnar deviation to thumb-up radial deviation whipping the club head up and forward. You don’t lift the club the club force lifts the arms and effortlessly pulls the shoulders around the hips another 45° until they can’t turn any more in full shots. In partial shots with the turning the back foot in toward the target a bit will limit the hip and should turn controllably for better control of downswing force.

   Also note the movement in his back foot. What actually causes the club to whip around the hands in the downswing is having both feet flat as the hands drop and hips fire open. Both feet on the ground limits the rotation of the hips to 45° open before impact and slows down the hands also. That’s the point where the club head whips past the hands which is the key to release the back foot so the hips can catch back up to the club head as it accelerates through the ball. The combination of side-bend and hip movement keep the hands moving in a circle the same distance from the body but the club head traveling down the target line low chasing the ball down the line, not immediately swinging up and left. Amateurs don’t understand the side-bend move and the need to stay down in the shot until feeling the club force pulling the right arm straight after impact.

   Through impact the right wrist is pulled flat adding acceleration then after impact the force pulls the arm straight. Allowing that to happen works like an arresting wire on an aircraft carrier to rapidly slow down the club head after impact so it does not become an unbalancing force. If allowed to pull the trail arm straight the force remaining after extension will react in the opposite direction. Letting the force pull stretch the right arm causes it to snap back in the opposite direction which causes both elbows to bend and swing the club around in the finish. Amateurs err by thinking they need to bend the arms and steer the club up and around.

4. Eita. Jogo legal
   gosto muito de assistir
   Meu Love e um verdadeiro campeão .

5. Art in motion.