Most dominant golfers: 1. Mickey (LPGA: 1954-69) 2. Tiger 3. Jack Tiger Woods (15 majors) is the next Mickey Wright (13 majors in 15 years) Both are from SoCal (Tiger/Cypress, Mickey/San Diego) Both played at Stanford Both have 82 tour titles (Tiger has 82 as of 2/20/20, Mickey won 82 titles in 15 years) Both won a title in 14 consecutive years Only 2 players have held every major title at once (the "Mickey Slam" came before the "Tiger Slam") Both consider their greatest win to be the U.S. Open played in San Diego. Mickey Wright won the 1964 U.S. Open at the San Diego Country Club by forcing OT on the final hole of regulation and winning the following day. ua-cam.com/video/2ZiuCpDs3nc/v-deo.html Tiger Woods did the same at Torrey Pines in 2008 Both were trailblazers, Mickey Wright made women's golf more popular, some sponsors threatened not to sponsor a tournament if Mickey was not playing Mickey Wright retired at age 34, due in part to a foot injury. Tiger's first injury that required substantial time off happened at the age of 33 (2008) Tiger and Jack are close in dominance, no woman was close to Mickey's dominance on the LPGA
Jack is the goat not tiger. Jack Played against much better competition. Played against legends and many hall of famers. Tons of second place finishes.
The key to her swing, like all the great players, is her transition - she keeps the club at the top and her back to the target as her weight shifts back to the left leg, and that shift then initiates the downswing. Both Tiger and Rory's transitions also look like this when you play them from the front in slow motion. This is something I've just started putting into my swing with great effect so far.
Christo, "in driving the lower body through the hips" to be more specific, I noticed Mr. Hogan and Ms. Wright from the backswing, start the downswing with their left knee. This is also evidenced in Ms. Wright's book "Play Golf The Wright Way" I incorporated that move in my swing several years ago and found it helps with consistency and power. Great commentary - thank you!
She IS the greatest female golfer of all time. Period. Thirteen tournament wins in one season? Will never be broken. Had she been able to play longer she'd own the most wins, too. It took Kathy Whitworth 24 years to win her 83rd tourney and pass Mickey Wright's 82 tourney wins. Mickey won her 82 in 14 years. From 1961 through 1964 NO one dominated a sport like she did.
Thanks for this Christo. I realize I have been forgetting to keep weight on the heels, and my range workouts the last few weeks have been only fair to middling - good to watch your videos as we are on the same page. This is my favorite golf video channel because your analyses are excellent. You should have a million subscribers.
Billy Graham Thank you so much, Billy. I’m one of the few out there that had to start over from scratch and those lessons I had to learn make my story much different than those who were naturally good at golf. 🙏🏻
Mickey Wright competed in an era when women's golf wasn't as deep in talent as now. The influx of the fabulous korean players has raised the game to a higher level. That being said, Wright accomplished what she did in such a short time span. Mickey Wright had a combination of tremendous athleticism combined with perfect fundamentals. Tall with extremely long arms, coupled with a huge lateral shift, her swing was probably the most athletic ever. It really was a combination of Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus. Mickey Wright loaded with her legs like Jack Nicklaus, with a follow through that mirrored Hogan! Without a doubt the greatest rotation and extension in the golf swing ever. Your video bears this out. Her flawless fundamentals stemmed from two people, a teaching pro named Harry Pressler, and her work with the great Harvey Penick. Her contemporary Kathy Whitworth, said nobody had as deep an obsession with the golf swing as Mickey Wright. There have been many great swings in the game up to Annika Sorenstam and the great Koreans now. Yet nobody had a swing to equal Mickey Wright. When Ben Hogan says you're the best, you're the best
Great video of a superb swing-many thanks Christo. After studying Ben Hogan's swing for hour after hour and putting into practice his (and Mickey Wright's) initiation of the downswing by a lateral shift left of the left hip before the club begins its downswing, I feel there are three distinct benefits obtained. One is the shallowing of the club to allow it to drop into the correct hitting position allowing for the club head to travel on an inside path to impact; secondly, it seems to permit the hands to passively arrive into the correct position for impact and thirdly, it means that it is virtually impossible for early extension (standing up through impact) to occur.
@@MiracleSwingExperience Am 62 and mainly play at Gulf Harbour Country Club in Auckland NZ, amongst others in the area. Ran into a young English touring pro a few weeks ago and played most of the front nine with him..I was at least 5 shots better at -2. Brilliant golf was all he could sat at the 9th green as we parted. Playing better than I ever have..Though my driving distances have fallen off understandably. Never had a lesson but learnt mainly from youtube over the years and able to self correct.
Christo nice tribute to one the greatest of all time.i also thought of Hogan , Wright., Nicklaus. Miracle of Utube to see these great players in action. RIP Mickey Wright
0:43 - Just look at that impact position. The pinnacle of a great golf swing. Her arm plane higher than shoulder plane, great hip rotation, kept the butt back (pelvis deep) to give plenty of space to let arms swing, and the trail arm bent at elbow was more in front of the hips, instead of at the side of. All hallmarks of a GREAT swing. Not like many pros today who have straight arms at impact.
Hello- I must disagree with one of your statements. In an audio interview available on UA-cam (with Rich Lerner) she directly states that women's golf grips were too weak with today's players- and therefore promoted blocked shots. You stated that a stronger grip promoted the block. In any event, she was 5'9" and yes, her arc was very wide. She also stated in another interview/source that the grip you adopt on your target side should directly reflect how that arm hangs! Many thanks for your contributions, Cristo.
Interesting bit of golf trivia. The common denominator with Wright, Hogan and Nicklaus was a golf coach named Alex Morrison. He taught the rolling of the ankles and the chin back behind the ball. All very evident in these great swings.
A bone doc has a video saying the lateral shift is what kills the lumbar area and causes bad backs. What do you think? I'm old ,and I have a bad back from playing squares. What kind of swing can I use?
I think that the perfect golf swing is in men Mr Ben Hogan and in women miss Micky Right, no doubt and we golfer get luckier and luckier the more we practice.
Another golfer who swung this way was Mike Austin, owner of the longest drive ever in competition. That loading up and then hip shift move created a lot of power!
She was the greatest. Her right toe slide is almost a copy of Billy Casper's. To me, this was the subtle nuance to both of their swings. Note: The main reason she stopped playing was her aversion to flying.🐈
She was 5.9 tall at the age of 85, so given age factor I will say close to 6 ft. tall, that is tall for a woman, back in her day. She never married, never had Children. Judy Rankin knew her and said she was great. Not an LPGA founder, but close, came out on tour in 1955. Kathy Whitworth was almost as affective. According to Judy Rankin.
I love how she just uses her legs to rotate the body vs torquing her back. She uses the ball and socket joints of her hips and femur to turn into the backswing instead of the modern day instruction of keeping your legs steady and your feet on the ground and turning your shoulders around your spine. Definitely a better way to generate a full powerful backswing and to prevent back pain.
@@MiracleSwingExperience yeah he does. About the only left that does that. I remember seeing a clip someone did where the did a mirror image video of bubba compared to jack Nicklaus so it made bubba appear to be right handed and they compared the two. Bubba looked almost identical to jack.
Didn't most of the classic swingers end up with hip replacement surgeries? The equipment of that era dictated that type of swing. But IMHO Mickey's swing is very similar to today's modern swing. From an actual face-on angle she rotated around her spine without restricting the hips on the backswing. She didn't shift her weight, she put pressure into her right heel while fully rotating her shouldersand hips on the BS, then she squatted to transition, keeping her butt back and then posted up on her lead leg. She didn't have much lateral move of the left hip past the left knee position at setup. She posted up and back at impact as today's players do. She was well ahead of her time in terms of a body friendly athletic golf swing.ua-cam.com/video/bEhKyMLwPMw/v-deo.html
The shift to the modern swing is because the classic swing has so much going on it therefore has so much that can go slightly wrong with inconsistent ball striking as the result.
Great video and I agree with you almost 100%, if you look into the mysterious man they called, "moe norman" single plane type swing closely, you'll see that he had it down even better than these greats you share here. At least you did mention moe, which surprised me. Todd Graves channel on here goes in deep on moes swing. Backed by science and so much validity into what the late moe norman had found in how he was able to hit it long & straight, yet put the ball anywhere he wanted to, though he says many times, he prefers "straight up the middle, every time". Todd got with one of the worlds leading bio-mechanic analyzers and what that shows is, the moe norman single plane type swing is by far the most natural and accurate there is.....moe swung like a machine, like tiger said, "moe was a living byron iron"! Such a shame the PGA was what it was back then and good to see their finally coming around to accept people easier, for what they can do, instead of what they look or dress like. Moe was a brilliant if not genius, man in many aspects! I binged on all I could find of his on here! We highly recommend any & all who read these words to do the same, if you're serious about your golf game and being able to do so easily and effortlessly well into ones 'golden years'. Grateful to been led to your channel & we're now subscribed too. What I originally meant to comment simply put was, I see a lot of moe norman in all these greats you shared/mentioned here! Only moe was never known by most here on the States, he was well known on the Canadian tour, set many records and won many, many tournaments!
I believe she modeled her swing after none other than Bobby Jones, although her stance is much wider than Jones'. That hip turn is exactly like Jones', and very difficult to emulate.
How do you get the weight in the heels without sacrificing balance? I’ve always been told weight in balls of feet but I struggle with getting too much in my toes on downswing
Cole Connor My weight was in my toes and I struggled with balance. Play around with it and start to feel your weight planted in the ground with heavy feet. At the top of the backswing feel the weight in the back heel. It took me a long time to get it but it’s a big deal.
Ed Kirby a local guy (Rhode Island) and former Tour player for a bit once told me that "golf was played more off the heels than people think". He ran an indoor range years ago and offered that tip to me.
Its a very nice golf swing, love the power and rhythm. Still like more the swings nowadays with much more rotation and less hipslide. Hogans swing is great too but prefer the swings of the best swingers from the current players. Athleticwise on a different level.
@@MiracleSwingExperience Doesn't look like Cameron Champ is going to last too long as he's already having back problems, along with the many other tour pros who choose to swing that way. Well Bubba is playing for big money but I doubt his back will ever go out just because of the way he swings. Are you saying that the guys with the back breaker styles need to swing that way to be the best and to win on tour?
@@wally6193 Most top players have zero back problems. Sliding the hip half a meter forward on your downswing, well if something is hard for your back that is. Every game evolves, so does golf.
No, the major factor was foot problems. In fact, the last (I think it was the last) tournament she won she played in tennis shoes (not athletic shoes, tennis shoes).
I don't think she's moved as far laterally as your line indicates. The camera angle is ahead of her and not straight on. Rotation would account for part of the past the line appearance. However, she definitely moves laterally and simple stated.... has the most beautiful swing I've seen in ages.
Didn't most of the classic swingers end up with hip replacement surgeries? The equipment of that era dictated that type of swing. But IMHO Mickey's swing is very similar to today's modern swing. From an actual face-on angle she rotated around her spine without restricting the hips on the backswing. She didn't shift her weight, she put pressure into her right heel while fully rotating her shouldersand hips on the BS, then she squatted to transition, keeping her butt back and then posted up on her lead leg. She didn't have much lateral move of the left hip past the left knee position at setup. She posted up and back at impact as today's players do. She was well ahead of her time in terms of a body friendly athletic golf swing.ua-cam.com/video/bEhKyMLwPMw/v-deo.html
@@MiracleSwingExperience I thought we were talking about great swings here, not amount of tour victories....? Mike Austin was a terrible putter, by all accounts. If we are talking victories, why isn't Niklaus's swing at the top of your list? There are some pretty ugly swings on tour whose owners do/did very well, better than Austin for example Furyk, Eamonn Darcy. So, your logic does not compute, does it? How far and at the same time how accurately could Hogan hit the ball with his 'greatest ever' swing? By all accounts, Mike Austin regularly exceeded 400 yards, was highly accurate, and yet had a beautiful controlled swing. So definitely no contest, in my book.
Stefan Coetzee I get that you are a Mike Austin fan and that’s great. I think Hogan has the best swing I’ve studied. Long drives are great and I’ve studied lot of Mike Austin. I put Nicklaus at number 2 on my list.
Understand the tribute and all but compared to the zillion guys in the world on the PGA Tour etc that is just ok from a technique standpoint. Nothing that makes you go wow. Have to compare against golfers not just one subset of golfers.
Most dominant golfers:
1. Mickey (LPGA: 1954-69)
2. Tiger
3. Jack
Tiger Woods (15 majors) is the next Mickey Wright (13 majors in 15 years)
Both are from SoCal (Tiger/Cypress, Mickey/San Diego)
Both played at Stanford
Both have 82 tour titles (Tiger has 82 as of 2/20/20, Mickey won 82 titles in 15 years)
Both won a title in 14 consecutive years
Only 2 players have held every major title at once (the "Mickey Slam" came before the "Tiger Slam")
Both consider their greatest win to be the U.S. Open played in San Diego. Mickey Wright won the 1964 U.S. Open at the San Diego Country Club by forcing OT on the final hole of regulation and winning the following day. ua-cam.com/video/2ZiuCpDs3nc/v-deo.html
Tiger Woods did the same at Torrey Pines in 2008
Both were trailblazers, Mickey Wright made women's golf more popular, some sponsors threatened not to sponsor a tournament if Mickey was not playing
Mickey Wright retired at age 34, due in part to a foot injury. Tiger's first injury that required substantial time off happened at the age of 33 (2008)
Tiger and Jack are close in dominance, no woman was close to Mickey's dominance on the LPGA
SportsOnTheSide Wow!!! 🙌🏻 Fantastic contribution to this post. Thank you 🙏🏻!!!
Different eras but it's all relative. Crazy numbers.
Jack is the goat not tiger. Jack Played against much better competition. Played against legends and many hall of famers. Tons of second place finishes.
T-Rump Jack was the man. Until Tiger has 18 majors, he’ll always be 2nd to me.
Kathy Withworth had 88 wins and Patty Berg had 15 majors
The key to her swing, like all the great players, is her transition - she keeps the club at the top and her back to the target as her weight shifts back to the left leg, and that shift then initiates the downswing. Both Tiger and Rory's transitions also look like this when you play them from the front in slow motion. This is something I've just started putting into my swing with great effect so far.
Mark Randall Good stuff!
Gorgeous swing, nice tribute to one of the great golfers of all time.
Really pretty swing!!! Thank you!
One of the most beautiful swings ever.
T-Rump Absolutely!!!
Christo, "in driving the lower body through the hips" to be more specific, I noticed Mr. Hogan and Ms. Wright from the backswing, start the downswing with their left knee. This is also evidenced in Ms. Wright's book "Play Golf The Wright Way" I incorporated that move in my swing several years ago and found it helps with consistency and power. Great commentary - thank you!
Frozen Tundra That’s a great move and I teach a lot of knee movements!
She IS the greatest female golfer of all time. Period. Thirteen tournament wins in one season? Will never be broken. Had she been able to play longer she'd own the most wins, too. It took Kathy Whitworth 24 years to win her 83rd tourney and pass Mickey Wright's 82 tourney wins. Mickey won her 82 in 14 years. From 1961 through 1964 NO one dominated a sport like she did.
Incredible 💪🏻
Wow, that lady sure had a great golf swing. I try to think of her motion before I hit the ball. Thank you Christo. Really good stuff.
Ray Ray My pleasure, Ray. She was amazing.
Thanks for the video man. I like that you shine a light on content / opinion like this.
I never saw her swing before --- boy she has one of the most beautiful swings ever - amazing.
kathleen smith Yes, Grace and Power!
Wow what a beautiful swing.
Mike Perez It’s good, so good!
Thanks for this Christo. I realize I have been forgetting to keep weight on the heels, and my range workouts the last few weeks have been only fair to middling - good to watch your videos as we are on the same page. This is my favorite golf video channel because your analyses are excellent. You should have a million subscribers.
Billy Graham Thank you so much, Billy. I’m one of the few out there that had to start over from scratch and those lessons I had to learn make my story much different than those who were naturally good at golf. 🙏🏻
Mickey Wright competed in an era when women's golf wasn't as deep in talent as now. The influx of the fabulous korean players has raised the game to a higher level. That being said, Wright accomplished what she did in such a short time span. Mickey Wright had a combination of tremendous athleticism combined with perfect fundamentals. Tall with extremely long arms, coupled with a huge lateral shift, her swing was probably the most athletic ever. It really was a combination of Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus. Mickey Wright loaded with her legs like Jack Nicklaus, with a follow through that mirrored Hogan! Without a doubt the greatest rotation and extension in the golf swing ever. Your video bears this out. Her flawless fundamentals stemmed from two people, a teaching pro named Harry Pressler, and her work with the great Harvey Penick. Her contemporary Kathy Whitworth, said nobody had as deep an obsession with the golf swing as Mickey Wright. There have been many great swings in the game up to Annika Sorenstam and the great Koreans now. Yet nobody had a swing to equal Mickey Wright. When Ben Hogan says you're the best, you're the best
Great video of a superb swing-many thanks Christo. After studying Ben Hogan's swing for hour after hour and putting into practice his (and Mickey Wright's) initiation of the downswing by a lateral shift left of the left hip before the club begins its downswing, I feel there are three distinct benefits obtained. One is the shallowing of the club to allow it to drop into the correct hitting position allowing for the club head to travel on an inside path to impact; secondly, it seems to permit the hands to passively arrive into the correct position for impact and thirdly, it means that it is virtually impossible for early extension (standing up through
impact) to occur.
I order this swing for Xmas !
Going to save this and watch it everytime I forget my own swing mechanics. Awesome, wish I had the same understanding 20 years ago that I have now.
Rajen Panikkar You and me both!
@@MiracleSwingExperience Am 62 and mainly play at Gulf Harbour Country Club in Auckland NZ, amongst others in the area. Ran into a young English touring pro a few weeks ago and played most of the front nine with him..I was at least 5 shots better at -2. Brilliant golf was all he could sat at the 9th green as we parted. Playing better than I ever have..Though my driving distances have fallen off understandably. Never had a lesson but learnt mainly from youtube over the years and able to self correct.
superb
Christo nice tribute to one the greatest of all time.i also thought of Hogan , Wright., Nicklaus. Miracle of Utube to see these great players in action. RIP Mickey Wright
Gerry Bennett Thank you 🙏🏻
awesome swing great video
Tom Smith Thanks, Tom!
That wide take away and left knee hitch with a confident lag just produced what we all strive for... perfection.
Looks alot like Mike Austin to my eye. Beautiful!
I see some of that in the hips.
No, she has way more turn in her hips than Mike had. Mike's right hip was most posted over his right angle, her right hip is more turned back.
What a flawless , and powerful swing by any standard. I think she probably had the best swing - male or female. Great lady too..
It's pretty much flawless! Amazing indeed. Cheers!
0:43 - Just look at that impact position. The pinnacle of a great golf swing. Her arm plane higher than shoulder plane, great hip rotation, kept the butt back (pelvis deep) to give plenty of space to let arms swing, and the trail arm bent at elbow was more in front of the hips, instead of at the side of. All hallmarks of a GREAT swing. Not like many pros today who have straight arms at impact.
Zero2Hero Golf Yep, it’s as good as it gets!
Hello- I must disagree with one of your statements. In an audio interview available on UA-cam (with Rich Lerner) she directly states that women's golf grips were too weak with today's players- and therefore promoted blocked shots. You stated that a stronger grip promoted the block.
In any event, she was 5'9" and yes, her arc was very wide. She also stated in another interview/source that the grip you adopt on your target side should directly reflect how that arm hangs! Many thanks for your contributions, Cristo.
www.golfchannel.com/video/mickey-wright-talks-about-her-golf-swing
What makes this swing great? Everything… it’s perfect
To emulate, Mickey Wright is the best swing ever.
My Great-Grandfather was her first golf teacher, Johnny Bellante.
Interesting bit of golf trivia. The common denominator with Wright, Hogan and Nicklaus was a golf coach named Alex Morrison. He taught the rolling of the ankles and the chin back behind the ball. All very evident in these great swings.
Bruce Roberts That’s a great piece of trivia!!! 🙌🏻
Mickeys favourite pass time was to watch hogan practice. Quoted by Harvey penick.
Great video as always!!
White Collar Advice Thank you, kindly! 🙏🏻
A bone doc has a video saying the lateral shift is what kills the lumbar area and causes bad backs. What do you think? I'm old ,and I have a bad back from playing squares. What kind of swing can I use?
Smooth but fast / powerful but effortless (looking) doesn't get any better than that!
MrKydaman Yep, so good!!!
I think that the perfect golf swing is in men Mr Ben Hogan and in women miss Micky Right, no doubt and we golfer get luckier and luckier the more we practice.
Another golfer who swung this way was Mike Austin, owner of the longest drive ever in competition. That loading up and then hip shift move created a lot of power!
She was the greatest. Her right toe slide is almost a copy of Billy Casper's. To me, this was the subtle nuance to both of their swings. Note: The main reason she stopped playing was her aversion to flying.🐈
Fantastic swing wish I had that amazing extension of the arms after the hit
Joakim Fredriksson It’s cool for sure!
it's not bit it's good !!
Lower body motions are perfect
Thomas Soue Right??? Wow!
Right foot slips a little back like Normon but keeps the heel close to the ground.
Is this a play off Rick Beato's "What makes this song great?" series?
She was 5.9 tall at the age of 85, so given age factor I will say close to 6 ft. tall, that is tall for a woman, back in her day. She never married, never had Children. Judy Rankin knew her and said she was great. Not an LPGA founder, but close, came out on tour in 1955. Kathy Whitworth was almost as affective. According to Judy Rankin.
I love how she just uses her legs to rotate the body vs torquing her back. She uses the ball and socket joints of her hips and femur to turn into the backswing instead of the modern day instruction of keeping your legs steady and your feet on the ground and turning your shoulders around your spine. Definitely a better way to generate a full powerful backswing and to prevent back pain.
Kourtney Also, I like it’s more powerful! Long drivers don’t restrict the backswing, right?
@@MiracleSwingExperience nope. Bubba Watson is a good example. Scrawny but used his legs to create power.
Kourtney Bubba lifts his lead heel and has a big hip turn. I don’t know why it’s practically disappeared!
@@MiracleSwingExperience yeah he does. About the only left that does that. I remember seeing a clip someone did where the did a mirror image video of bubba compared to jack Nicklaus so it made bubba appear to be right handed and they compared the two. Bubba looked almost identical to jack.
Kourtney Phil Mickelson lifts the heel, although Butch tried to change that! And, Matt Wolff.
Its all in the feet, and that's what allows the big turn
Certainly helps. Jack says it starts with the feet.
BTW... where does the power for that 'massive acceleration' come from ?
You should watch Sav Clement!! Very similar!
Dangerous highlighting and measuring the lateral shift from that camera angle - there is a lot more rotation going on than is apparent!
Chris Hoggart Yes, plenty of rotation but I’d say “dangerous” is a bit of an exaggeration. She has a big lateral move like all great classic swingers.
Didn't most of the classic swingers end up with hip replacement surgeries? The equipment of that era dictated that type of swing. But IMHO Mickey's swing is very similar to today's modern swing. From an actual face-on angle she rotated around her spine without restricting the hips on the backswing. She didn't shift her weight, she put pressure into her right heel while fully rotating her shouldersand hips on the BS, then she squatted to transition, keeping her butt back and then posted up on her lead leg. She didn't have much lateral move of the left hip past the left knee position at setup. She posted up and back at impact as today's players do. She was well ahead of her time in terms of a body friendly athletic golf swing.ua-cam.com/video/bEhKyMLwPMw/v-deo.html
Her swing was a little flat but she had a one plane swing, same back and thru. Great swing!
It's silky!
The shift to the modern swing is because the classic swing has so much going on it therefore has so much that can go slightly wrong with inconsistent ball striking as the result.
I went to Eaton canyon last week looking for you....I won't be going back
slappy0077 That’s too bad. It’s not fancy but it’s where I rebuilt my swing and have made many friends.
Great video and I agree with you almost 100%, if you look into the mysterious man they called, "moe norman" single plane type swing closely, you'll see that he had it down even better than these greats you share here. At least you did mention moe, which surprised me. Todd Graves channel on here goes in deep on moes swing. Backed by science and so much validity into what the late moe norman had found in how he was able to hit it long & straight, yet put the ball anywhere he wanted to, though he says many times, he prefers "straight up the middle, every time". Todd got with one of the worlds leading bio-mechanic analyzers and what that shows is, the moe norman single plane type swing is by far the most natural and accurate there is.....moe swung like a machine, like tiger said, "moe was a living byron iron"! Such a shame the PGA was what it was back then and good to see their finally coming around to accept people easier, for what they can do, instead of what they look or dress like. Moe was a brilliant if not genius, man in many aspects! I binged on all I could find of his on here! We highly recommend any & all who read these words to do the same, if you're serious about your golf game and being able to do so easily and effortlessly well into ones 'golden years'. Grateful to been led to your channel & we're now subscribed too. What I originally meant to comment simply put was, I see a lot of moe norman in all these greats you shared/mentioned here! Only moe was never known by most here on the States, he was well known on the Canadian tour, set many records and won many, many tournaments!
Todd, we get it, okay!? - Geez...
I believe she modeled her swing after none other than Bobby Jones, although her stance is much wider than Jones'. That hip turn is exactly like Jones', and very difficult to emulate.
sam snead and hogan lifted their right foot at impact. 2 pretty decent swings id say
island boy 100%
Is her move to the left a counter fall?
Jon Campisi I see it more in some swings here than others. But, I believe so.
No one slung their arms thru the downswing more than Knicklaus.
Especially in the 60's!!!
How do you get the weight in the heels without sacrificing balance? I’ve always been told weight in balls of feet but I struggle with getting too much in my toes on downswing
Cole Connor My weight was in my toes and I struggled with balance. Play around with it and start to feel your weight planted in the ground with heavy feet. At the top of the backswing feel the weight in the back heel. It took me a long time to get it but it’s a big deal.
Ed Kirby a local guy (Rhode Island) and former Tour player for a bit once told me that "golf was played more off the heels than people think". He ran an indoor range years ago and offered that tip to me.
Bob T That’s fantastic. Like the hammer throw
Its a very nice golf swing, love the power and rhythm. Still like more the swings nowadays with much more rotation and less hipslide. Hogans swing is great too but prefer the swings of the best swingers from the current players. Athleticwise on a different level.
oh you mean the back breaker swings taught in the last 10 years or so, great.
Well, they’re playing for big money and they choose to swing that way. It’s a preference.
@@MiracleSwingExperience Doesn't look like Cameron Champ is going to last too long as he's already having back problems, along with the many other tour pros who choose to swing that way. Well Bubba is playing for big money but I doubt his back will ever go out just because of the way he swings. Are you saying that the guys with the back breaker styles need to swing that way to be the best and to win on tour?
@@wally6193 Most top players have zero back problems. Sliding the hip half a meter forward on your downswing, well if something is hard for your back that is. Every game evolves, so does golf.
@@peterhammer6915 okay...…...
I see some hang on for a control like Gary Woodland now or Arnie back then.
O. G. Good observation!
No muscling the swing just pure motion!
rick petryk Exactly!!!
Looks just like Jack nicklaus!
Collar sneakage out of the sweater!
Man, I don't know how I didn't notice that until I was editing it. Hahaha
Thought it was a young Mike Austin for a moment ... without the shuffle :)
OMFG!
Thee Queen of golf.!
82 wins. 13 majors with early retirement at 35 cause she didn't like celebrity. Incredible.
555Trout Incredible, indeed.
No, the major factor was foot problems. In fact, the last (I think it was the last) tournament she won she played in tennis shoes (not athletic shoes, tennis shoes).
Maybe a story on how good the LPGA players are. Can a male scratch golfer hang with a LPGA player (nooooo), but it might be interesting.
Her swing seems more similar the Sam Snead than Hogan
PV They have many similarities but I see more Hogan 😂
From face on (what you mentioned "she makes a nice K shape) her swing reminds of the great Vijay Singh.
Jack Johnson One of the last great classic swings!
Her swing looks a lot like Jack. Very similar.
ilumin zarza It sure does the way she uses her legs!!!
You don’t see these kind swings today. Also thinking of Johnny Miller and even Seve
Gerry Bennett I wish we did!
I’m not sure the camera is the best to show her lateral move. It might make it look more than it is.
DJP You agree that’s happening, correct?
My Swing Evolution I think it might be because the camera is on an angle. But still a great video.
DJP I agree ☝️
I don't think she's moved as far laterally as your line indicates. The camera angle is ahead of her and not straight on. Rotation would account for part of the past the line appearance. However, she definitely moves laterally and simple stated.... has the most beautiful swing I've seen in ages.
brucenoneyabusness Yes, not the best angle but she really uses the legs which is what I’m highlighting!
@@MiracleSwingExperience so true
Didn't most of the classic swingers end up with hip replacement surgeries? The equipment of that era dictated that type of swing. But IMHO Mickey's swing is very similar to today's modern swing. From an actual face-on angle she rotated around her spine without restricting the hips on the backswing. She didn't shift her weight, she put pressure into her right heel while fully rotating her shouldersand hips on the BS, then she squatted to transition, keeping her butt back and then posted up on her lead leg. She didn't have much lateral move of the left hip past the left knee position at setup. She posted up and back at impact as today's players do. She was well ahead of her time in terms of a body friendly athletic golf swing.ua-cam.com/video/bEhKyMLwPMw/v-deo.html
Mike Austin had a more efficient and powerful swing than Hogan, in my opinion.
Stefan Coetzee Maybe, but Hogan won 9 majors and 64 PGA Tour events. How many did Mike Austin win?
@@MiracleSwingExperience I thought we were talking about great swings here, not amount of tour victories....? Mike Austin was a terrible putter, by all accounts. If we are talking victories, why isn't Niklaus's swing at the top of your list? There are some pretty ugly swings on tour whose owners do/did very well, better than Austin for example Furyk, Eamonn Darcy. So, your logic does not compute, does it? How far and at the same time how accurately could Hogan hit the ball with his 'greatest ever' swing? By all accounts, Mike Austin regularly exceeded 400 yards, was highly accurate, and yet had a beautiful controlled swing. So definitely no contest, in my book.
Stefan Coetzee I get that you are a Mike Austin fan and that’s great. I think Hogan has the best swing I’ve studied. Long drives are great and I’ve studied lot of Mike Austin. I put Nicklaus at number 2 on my list.
Understand the tribute and all but compared to the zillion guys in the world on the PGA Tour etc that is just ok from a technique standpoint. Nothing that makes you go wow. Have to compare against golfers not just one subset of golfers.
Jessie DiVincenzo That’s fine if you don’t get what I see. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
ONE of the things Mickey Wright said in her interview was that she "TRIED TO KEEP her right elbow in front of her right hip on the down swing!!
JohnD Yes, her right elbow was a key in her swing!
Sorry, but your swing at the end of the vidoe looks nothing like Mickey Wright's, keep practicing, maybe some day.
walter You’re right! I don’t look like Mickey Wright 🤔
@@MiracleSwingExperience Lol.