Some swings on tour are just too smooth for even a tour pro. Here's a look at the top 20 sweetest swingers in golfing history, listed by Bleacher Report:
1. Ben Hogan
2. Fred Couples
3. Bobby Jones
4. Mickey Wright
5. Sam Snead
6. Jack Nicklaus
7. Adam Scott
8. Nick Faldo
9. Payne Stewart
10. Steve Elkington
Many commentators focus on evaluating which swing is the best.
The truth is, there is no such thing as the best swing. Every golfer has a slightly different body structure, fitness level, flexibility, and mobility. Moreover, age also influences how we strike the ball. Therefore, a reasonable approach is to compare your own anatomy with that of one of the greatest golfers of all time and try to emulate the one whose physical attributes are similar to yours. This strategy can really be effective.
As we age, everything changes. For example, anyone suffering from thoracic or lumbar spine pain will eventually appreciate the benefit of reducing tension (the X-factor) by lifting the left heel, as Jack Nicklaus did. This adjustment can provide extra rotation without excessive strain and pain, offering much-needed relief and improved swing efficiency over time.
short game wizard award goes to Raymond Floyd. He missed nearly each fairway or green on the way to beating Gil Morgan who hit every green and putted poorly to lose to Ray at Doral 1982ish
watched Hale Irwin on the range at Doral between fixing sprinklers. Hale was hitting a pwedge each 100 yd shot landed within 3 yds of the pin no wasted movement shot after shot similar tempo to Tom Watson and Nick Price.
Sam Snead is oily
Hogan has said many times he was playing his best golf just before the accident. The after accident Hogan had a tough time walking.
Many thanks for this very nice video. I was missing Moe Norman – his swing was also spectacular.
The music is awful.
What made their swings Sweet wasn't the slow motion it was the rhythm. This video doesn't do their swings Justice
U missed moe norman- one of the 2 best ballstriker ever per Tiger Woods
the best swing is from Luke Donald .
No TW? ????
The Elk was some player????️♂️????
I’ve played golf with 4 of those golfing legends????️♂️????
I like how at least half of them stay connected…..but Freddy. That right elbow goes flying. It's like he is using that elbow tug to trigger his downswing.
Love Freddy's swing! His face is in the same place as he swings through impact.
Wish I could find footage of ex European Tour player and commentator, Phil Parkin. I'm a little biased because he was a great mentor to me throughout my teens, but even the great Peter Alliss once said that Phil had just about the nicest golf swing you'll ever see. He was also one of the longest hitters in his day, carrying balls over a 30ft high fence at the end of the 300yd driving range at Augusta…….with a persimmon driver ???? I once candied for him at the Bellfry and saw him hit drive & 9 iron to 2ft on the 18th.
Payne Stewart’s swing is a mix of Hogan, Snead, Jones, Hagen and Vardon. He even had the style down as well, as The knickers really accentuated his swing. He knew how to really reincarnate the classic golf era like no other player.
Payne Stewart – best swing of all time! Jerry Pate 2nd, Seve 3rd, Olazabal 4th, Els 5th.
Payne Stewart is likened to a crane. It's beautiful and the tempo seems to be a dragon landing. I want to see it.
I would have included Louis Oosthuizen ????????????????
this is awesome
this is awesome
Hard to believe Steve Elkington didn't make an impact on the Champions Tour.
What about Tiger?
You couldn't get any swings of Nicklaus where he was like under 45 years old? 22-year-old Jack Nicklaus had one of the greatest golf swings ever in the history of golf. He could probably outdrive Ben Hogan by a hundred yards.
I miss Payne Stewart. The thing that I look at in all these swings is look at their hands and arms in the delivery position. They are all pretty much I. The same position. Hands opposite right thigh. In my swing, many times my hands are trailing my body at that position.