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Tiger Woods 2-Iron Stinger / Slo-Mo (68,000 fps) 2012 US Open (The Olympic Club)

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Regular speed (Down-The-Line) / 3000 fps (Face-On) / 68,000 fps (Ball Impact). Amazing high speed video showing the ball compress on the clubface. Notice how Tiger is able to maintain a forward leaning clubshaft WELL past impact. Is this the secret to hitting the “Stinger”? Please leave your comments…

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39 thoughts on “Tiger Woods 2-Iron Stinger / Slo-Mo (68,000 fps) 2012 US Open (The Olympic Club)”

  1. People have been hitting this shot for years, its called a punch shot, he
    decides its the only way he can keep the ball in play and its reinvented as
    a stinger

  3. his left foot is one of the worse things from his changes. can you say
    stall ??? his left foot used to spin to allow his hips to keep turning.
    2000 tiger was the greatest swing the game has known, and thats why it
    produced the most majors. 

  5. i agree with jim60631 , the main point of this shot is to maximize ball
    speed, if you have shallow angle of attack and a delofted face , you get
    more “pop” and less splice on the ball , meaning less spin and more ball
    speed. youre welcome

  6. No, the secret is the shallow angle of attack + the forward lean; trackman
    coined this “spin loft.” Essentially spin loft is the dynamic loft minus
    the angle of attack. So let’s guess that his 2 iron has 17* of loft and his
    dynamic loft from delofting the clubface is 13* and his angle of attack is
    2* down his spin loft would be 15* (13 – (-2) = 15). So want to hit it low
    and solid? Deloft without hitting down so much.

  10. Trackman did a study and concluded that the more angle of attack doesn’t
    create more backspin because angle of attack counteracted by the de-lofting
    of the golf club which is caused by hitting down on the ball. So even
    though the angle of attack increases backspin, the delofting action
    decreases the backspin because the spinloft gets reduced. If you did hit
    down on the ball a lot but you kept a lot of loft on the face (high
    dynamicloft) that would increase the spinloft.

  12. Don’t give a fuck who he is, he can be the guy who invented trackman but if
    he says something that is not correct I will question what he says. Tiger
    does INCREASE his angle of attack when he is trying to hit a stinger, THAT
    WILL GIVE HIM A LOWER LANCH and he ALSO REDUCES THE DYNAMIC LOFT (the loft
    at IMACT) a lot, which reduces the spinloft. Watch this video of Tiger
    hitting a stinger, NOTICE THE DIVOT HE TAKES watch?v=gQyFdcZwXK0, does it
    look like he has a shallow attack angle?

  15. He is wrong btw wanna know how tiger hits his stinger? He delofts the face
    and he increases his angle of attack, the increasing of the angle of attack
    leads to the low lanch and decreasing the dynamic loft leads to less spin.

  20. Joe Mayo along with Grant Waite are both very well educated about Trackman.
    The stinger is a combination of many variables at impact. The handle has to
    be well forward with a downward aoa (angle of attack) to bring down the
    dynamic loft. Joe Mayo, Andrew Rice, as well as Manzella have great
    information with the use of trackman. The comment to increase AOA is wrong.
    Increasing AOA creates a higher launch.

  21. Hey NobBoy, unless you’re just trying to win the Small Penis of the Year
    award, simply compare the close-up clubhead/ball impact shot from this
    video to other high-speed videos taken with the Phantom camera. Damn, I get
    tired of this shit… do your friggin’ homework!

  22. TrackMan University recognizes several levels of expertise and
    achievement… Level 1, Level 2 (TrackMan Certified Operator) and Master
    level. TrackMan University also has a Partners title which is awarded
    exclusively and only by invitation to individuals who have contributed to
    TrackMan and / or TrackMan University. Brian Manzella is both a TrackMan
    Master and Partner Joe Mayo aka “TrackMan Maestro” is neither ! BTW,
    TrackMan does not award the title of “Maestro” YOUR CHOICE SMART ASS !

  24. I’m aware of that. So when you said “Also, while hitting down on the ball
    can (not always) lead to less dynamic loft because of the forward lean if
    your angle of attack is too downward your spin loft will be too high and
    you’ll lose the effectiveness of trying to hit a stinger.” Did you mean if
    you hit down on the ball but don’t reduce the dynamic loft then the
    spinloft will be to high, if that’s what you were saying then it’s correct,
    the spin will increase because the spin loft increased.

  25. A stinger should launch low and it should stay pretty low. And If you hit
    down on the ball and reduce the loft, reduce the dynamic loft you will hit
    a perfect stinger. Because you did not increase the spinloft, the angle
    just got aimed more downward but you did not increase the spin which will
    result in a low ballflight. Hitting down on the ball more will not increase
    the spin by it’s own, but if you hit down on the ball and increase or keep
    the dynamic loft that will increase the spinloft.

  26. Jim… have you taken notice of the high number of short-game videos on my
    YouTube channel? BTW, I’m 66 and your point is especially poignant for me.
    🙂

  28. I know snead’s was however his swing was fantastic and when he was with
    butch, he dominated like no one had ever done before, but he was too
    arrogant

  29. Really well said… I think. Would you please explain how we can shallow
    our angle of attack, while still maintaining a forward leaning shaft. Does
    physical strength play into this?

  32. Anyone who wants to play the stinger, can easily do it. It’s a bit tricky
    to start with but I’m 17 and play off 15-20 (somewhere in between) and it’s
    one of those shots I can rely on now. My best advice is turn both your feet
    facing your target a little, almost so when you look down your feet are
    like ‘ ‘ then move the ball nearer to your back foot. Grip down the club
    a bit and keep your left arm straight at impact, that should keep the angle
    down. Then just watch that ball fly away!

  34. Regardless… That much balance by anyone should be greatly noted! Its very
    difficult to control your momentum and balance as well as that!

  35. Backspin creates lift, right? Do we agree with that statement? With all
    things being equal (same delivered dynamic loft), if/when you can shallow
    the AoA you will have less Spin-Loft. Agreed? So… now with all things
    being equal (same delivered dynamic loft), a shot with less Spin-Loft will
    create less spin and therefore a lower trajectory. Could you agree with
    that?

  37. f0cusen, you said “the angle between dynamic loft and angle of attack just
    got aimed more downward” that angle, that measurement, IS the spin loft
    that’s my point. The more acute that angle the lower the launch.

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