26 thoughts on “Tiger Woods 5-Iron FO Golf Swing Frys 2011

  1. He got that weight going to the target beautifully all while maintaining
    spine tilt. It appears he’s playing the ball up in his stance with a long
    iron off the tee. Textbook.

  2. As he comes into impact his head is pointing and his eyes seem to be
    looking at a point about 18 inches behind the ball. He’s hitting it blind.
    I guess his hands and every other part of his body knows where the ball is.
    Impressive. Was this another stock fade? Or a draw? Clubface looks square
    at the top. 

  3. I agree with you John that all great ball strikers appear to lose height
    during both BS and DS, but I wouldn’t prescribe ‘dipping’ to generate
    power. If you look carefully at the slow mo’s they are bracing the lower
    body; Newton’s third law of motion applies for this move, for every action
    there is an equal and opposite reaction. By applying force to the ground
    through the lower body, the ground acts in an opposite fashion allowing the
    golfer to generate more power.

  4. @85milesb when you set up, the key is to bump your hips a few inches
    towards the target, thereby slightly tilting your spine, in it’s entirety,
    away from the target. Then turn your shoulders around your spine thats on
    that angle, with your head staying in the same general area. watch tigers
    swing again and notice the tilt at address then how he turns around it,
    ending up “centered”, but not too left.

  5. I was told by a club maker that when Tiger was younger he played a 3X S
    steel shaft. But that was like 15-20 years back. Hard to say nowadays. He
    creates so much lag it would have to be as stiff as a broom stick.

  6. @earthshine2k I disagree-all the players I teach shift far too much weight
    to the right. The reverse pivot comes because they simply cant get the
    weight to the left foot. Although I’d never teach S&T weight shift (or lack
    of), it should feel like you are making a S&T weight shift. I believe
    correct weight shift is the key to a good swing.

  7. Look at any good ball striker, the head always dips in the back swing and
    much more in the downswing…. Its how they generate power, dipping is good
    and a hard move to do, look at any great ball strikers swing in slow mo and
    you’ll see the drop

  8. I keep coming back to this vid of Tiger to monitor my own progress as my
    pivot is currently either centered, or reversed. I was wondering if anyone
    could possibly give me a few tips to improve my position at the top, really
    trying to fight my reverse pivot!

  9. @thegolfacademyla1 the reality of S&T is a centered pivot. The literal
    interpretaion of the literature (book / dvd) lends to a REVERSE pivot. The
    S&T concepts are ‘feels’ that are great for players who move off the ball
    or get too wide. But, Bennett and Plummer sold S&T to the masses as the
    ‘panacea’ of stellar ball striking. Most recreational players already hang
    on their left side and never get behind the ball. Having them believe
    that’s what they SHOULD be doing is trouble, at best.

  10. yeah i agree, they compress into the ground, all the great hitters do it to
    a degree. it just gets pontificated about a bit by commentators and
    cockheads like wayne de francsco too much…..it’s a natural thing to load
    into it a bit

  11. @wkendhacker true but there is a such thing as too big in golf. its almost
    starting to restrict the swing. Dont get me wrong im a huge tiger fan. i
    just dont like what he’s going with foley.

  12. Back with the big dip / squat, how can one achieve consistency with that
    amount of vertical movement. These swing gurus are just hilarious. With his
    athletics, he just need good simple basics.

  13. In a way s&t is incorporated in everyone’s swing, but i meant the full s&t
    where your left sided, the best way to swing the club is to be centred my
    opinion no one needs to agree 🙂

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