Heck, you could beat guys with mallets in driving stakes with your forehead, it still doesn’t make it a proper technique.īack to the original post below – I never really looked closely at Ben Hogan’s pivot move before 2014 because it was said to be “modern” with a planted heel and restricted hip turn, so it wasn’t worth the time, in my opinion. I have said that you could win a competition where everyone drives tent stakes with their foreheads, it doesn’t make the technique correct. if it is mechanically-sound, whether or not it is optimal.whether or not it’s mechanically-sound and.The only analysis one can do of a golf swing is: However take a look at this trenchant reply to JM’s Tweet:Īs Chief stated, this is “results-driven” analysis, which means it’s worthless. You might be tempted to say, “Well, it’s Jim McLean, he knows what he’s talking about,” and proceed to wreck your swing for years trying to emulate Spieth. So here is Jim McLean nearly 8 years after I wrote this posting, demonstrating exactly what I’m saying about the experts knowing it all:
I don’t feel I’m picking on him, because I’m sure if someone showed him my thoughts, his reply would be, “DJ Who? Who has he worked with? When did he play on Tour?”
If that seems harsh, read the original post below on the Ben Hogan pivot and you’ll see what I mean – the very first couple of weeks looking at Hogan’s pivot and then looking at an analysis by Jim McLean, legendary golf swing “expert,” sent me straight to the blog with my fingers on fire.
Still, this isn’t really about the move itself, but on how “experts” in the golf realm really don’t have a clue about much of what goes on in the golf swing. I will let you know when the original post from June 2014 begins.įirst, an aside prompted by a comment from the Chiefon how experts flip-flop on iffy swing moves…Įveryone has been talking about Jordan Spieth’s new practice swing move, which I fortunately haven’t yet seen, because the description alone… Originally Posted June 27, 2014, and this is likely one of the videos that annoyed me enough and eventually led to the Wax Golf’s “Ben Hogan Project.”
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