LEE TREVINO SWING ANALYSIS
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I’ve watched a lot of Lee swing vids and I’ve noticed he started taking it a little more outside on the backswing in his later years. It’s interesting. Why do you think that is?
@@Jsizzle6809 Not sure. Gary Player told me he was the only elite player that did it that way. Everyone else was inside.
Lee really cleared his hips and got all that torque through the ball.
It is a biological impossibility to produce torque in muscles. By "clearing his hips" he moved his weight onto his left side. an essential in golf.
Trevino was GREAT. Grew up Dirt poor, served in the Marines, was a caddy for years, self taught, just a great story. A great champion, tells a hilarious story how he beat Ray Floyd who was a pro, when he was working as a cart boy. Fierce player and actually a quiet man off the course.
Great comment and description of this great man.
When you grow up dirt poor...Confidence is all you can count on.
Can you imagine a PGA tour player today stopping at a club in Dallas to play an unknown player for their own cash? It would never happen as the guys today make so much money.
Thank You...
at 827 the wind was no doubt howing
Not a swing I would ever attempt to emulate.
Christo - This is some of your best work. The great Carl Lohren teaches this. You'll also find similarities in Couples and Duval if you look carefully. Over 40 years ago Mr Hogan commented upon reading Carl's book "This is the way I play".
Trevino's book Swing My Way written with Dick Altman & published in 1976 explains his reasoning for why he did what he did. It's a very interesting read.
I think his set up with hips a little open was a big key, I know for me (almost 70) there is no way for 18 holes I can count on the hips turning back and coming around leading the swing, but setting up open (not shoulders just hips and feet) I feel I have a clear path back to the ball every time...
Gorden Scottfan And more torque. I am also seventy, player that way, and have more power and accuracy than my traditional swing of five years ago. The sound of clean shots is amazing.
@@127notout It's NOT torque---you cannot produce torque in a biological entity, i.e. a human body.
I have a Trevino type swing. Now keep in mind I’m like a 7 but the philosophy took me from 12 to 7. I literally block it down the fairway like he does but a few go WAY left. I’ll take it.
Yeah but this is a form of gaming the swing and is not quite cheating, but definitely gives you a super competitive advantage. I would be careful about making the game too easy, for mastering it too quickly will cause great boredom to creep in with no where else to take it. So you gotta make the game hard, so you keep chasing after the elusive rabbit lest you quench your thirst for the secret with no new novelty on the horizon you seem to hit every shot so pure and on demand the luster of the game could wain and you feel left out in the rain. This is why I'm now working on mastering the shank, and learning how to play a deliberate shank, akin to Trevino's playing of a push fade. If you can break 80 with a minimum of 36 full shanks per round, then I feel like I will have conquered the unconquerable.
This is how I swing. There's so much talk about dropping the arms into the 'slot'. Trevino just dropped into the slot with his body too. Yes his hips are very open at impact but they are open at address - maybe that is the key to super-open and super solid impact. I think that Trevino's swing rhythm is often neglected. It was fantastic and .... similar to Hogan's.
He dropped his shaft in the slot! You can see his hands /forearms rotating clockwise/right elbow going internal at the start of the downswing. I think he has the best looking move through impact of any golfer!
Yes...incredible rhythm,,, pausing and looping at the top.
Look at his spine angle. Trevino actually gets lower into and through the hitting area...so tough to do and why he was so pure. He stayed in the ideal position longer than anyone else.
Brian Fantana I have little range of motion in lateral side bend. I can’t do that. Could be why he had back trouble.
Other than Moe Norman....Trevino said Moe stayed through impact longer than him.
The swing positions he goes through on the downswing, in my opinion, is why he had back problems. I know about the lightening strike, but i do not believe anyone can swing down and through like that and not eventually have back problems. He is not alone in that either. The golf swing is not what humans evolved to do. i believe anyone hitting hundreds of balls a day over many years is setting themselves up for back problems. Just look at his and any other really good player through the hitting area in slow motion while watching their back and I think you will see what I am talking about.
Of course i love hitting balls, and trying to emulate great players like everyone else, and watching and studying videos, reading golf books, etc.
And the real secret to a great swing.....digging it out of the dirt like Hogan said......there is NO substitute. LOl
One thing one can do is build up strong back and stomach muscles by lifting heavy weights, i. e. squats, deadlifts, straight leg deadlifts, bent over rows, etc., various types of trunk exercises, sit ups, etc. Remember to build gradually, and be careful, get proper coaching on lifting safely.
Still, hit enough golf balls and eventually.....hell, we are still gonna do it. Have fun!
Great analysis! I’ve been studying the basic components that make up the golf swing for a few years now. Recently (April 2018) I decided to work with a golf coach, in order to understand and build the necessary foundation for achieving an effective golf swing.
As a former college athlete and now strength coach, I believe that each individual’s biomechanics play an important role within achieving their natural swing plain.
I have been watching your videos for years and I’ve enjoyed your take on breaking down legendary swings like Lee’s and Ben Hogan’s. These guys were natural athletes! And they moved the club according to how they loaded their bodies.
Definitely seems like a forgotten art within today’s golfing world. As amateur golfers we can all learn a thing or two about the past and blend those principles to the present, in order to improve our games.
Keep the videos coming! Well done.
By having a very very straight left arm, this forced Lee to turn the shoulders. The key to Trevino is that ram rod straight left arm.. his left side controls the entire swing... the right hand is completely passive... it does nothing...Lee learned the left hand , arm , shoulder hir the ball accurately. His strong left hand grip allowed him to dominate the entire swing with the left. His rhythm was incredible, as his loop allowed him time ( like a pause) at the top of the swing.
He said i back hand it through impact.. I wasnt a releaser of the club.. I would block it on purpose... Such a great way to hit solid shots.
This is great. Insane the amount of room he creates.
Yes, The Man creates room!!!!!! It's INSANE!!!!
Aim your feet and hips left with shoulders and club face square. Put the ball back 1 inch and swing on the inside. See how pure you strike it and be prepared to be amazed
This so works for me, always been more comfortable playing from an open stance. I love how Trevino shallows the club on the downswing👍
I learned to copy Lee's swing 20 years ago and continue to bring it back out when whatever else I'm doing isn't working. Did it again this morning playing a round with another single, and really striping the ball off the tee. My playing partner was impressed at the solid contact and trajectory. Mostly well struck irons and then came short pitch shots on par 5's from 40-80 yards, and using Lee's motion for these shots REALLY shines. Now my playing partner is stunned, asking how to hit shots like this. Alas, many birdie putts barely missed before making a few near the end. So why don't I swing this way all the time? Don't know!
I have a similar situation with my game. The reason we don’t do it all the time is we aren’t Lee Trevino LOL
I like to imitate Lee for fade shots...and love the lag he gets...similar to Sergio.
just rewatched this video,super good 1 here,great content and my favorite golfer of all time,nice job bud
It is almost as if Lee Trevino decided that he would hit balls off to the right -- and we've all done that at one point, and we work on squaring the clubhead a the range... -- but not Lee Trevino. No, it seems he decided that he was going to keep on "pushing" the ball to the right -- straight right or right with a fade -- and he just set up left so that his "push" was "pushed straight down the fairway." I have often thought to myself why I don't just do that too. Lord knows I can push it off to the right with the best of them. Long, straight (right), and very predictable! Why not just "go with it?"
Just to be thorough; note how Lee Trevino had his right shoulder stay on the swing plane, chasing his left arm bicep, and with his right elbow very "tucked," and his hands ahead of the clubhead, so his turning is just dragging the clubhead around the swing plane -- you can't overlook how bent over at the waist he is through the downswing and into the hitting area. As I always point out to my friends at the driving range, job number one is to keep the clubhead on the swingplane. As soon as you start hitting the ball uncontrollably, you are getting off plane somehow.
To be even more thorough, you can check out this video, by another swing analyst guy, analyzing Fred Couples's swing, which is, in my opinion, another such "block it down the fairway" swing, but from a more upright position. Here's the link:
ua-cam.com/video/nymZnYSNSNo/v-deo.html
Maybe Lee Trevino was a more winning/successful pro than Fred Couples? Maybe because Lee Trevino was more acutely aware of the swing plane than Fred Couples. Not that Fred Couples was not aware of the swing plane as an important point of focus, but, Lee Trevino was way into keeping the swing on the plane.
few golfers understand the movement of the lower body...it takes decades to perfect it
I say "learn to hit the ball with your legs." I still get lazy and forget and that's when my ball goes sideways!
Tom Watson: I sat there at Torrey as a senior in High School and watched the man hit wedge after wedge from the same spot on the ground. He then proceeded to hit cut 3 woods from the same spot. Lee Buck was hitting balls next to Faldo a bit further down the line. Man, Lee, Faldo, Watson... they all hit ALL BALL. It was total back of the ball, solid contact time and time again through solid fundamentals and a right head. The confidence just ooozed from each one of them. I met and shook hands with Arnie that day too. It was a world-class day man! Keep the passion you have because nothing works without that fuel.
My God what a ball striker .... one of the greatest
sapper made He was incredible. Gary Player said second to Hogan!
Open you feet left of the target and swing at the target, it's the easiest way to swing a golf club. Freddie Couples and Jack Nicklaus did it too.
Freddie was smooth
Bruce Lietzke was another, aim left, swing hard.
Did you ever get to talk to Lee Trevino? I always hit the ball more solid when I swing like Trevino, the problem is I haven't been able to learn to control it consistently. Probably because I don't have time to practice enough.
Ray Bowles No. I have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Trevino. Would love to one day!
@@MiracleSwingExperience Trevino seems like he would be really fun to me with. He has lots of funny stories.
Lee Trevino says here he would "...lay it back off...". So was he talking about "shallowing" the club (i.e. "laying it back off" the swing plane), and so he could (as he says) "let it go." Just an observation. On this channel (MSE) we learned about Ben Hogan's move to "shallow" the club.
Remember put the ball in the back of your stance and hit down on it ~ Lee Trevino
Ryan Horenci haha u watched that vid
I make a similar swing and it works great when my lower back allows it .Unfortunately at 194cm and old football injuries my golf game only lasts 9holes .I studied Ben Hogans swing for years .Great way of hitting a ball with a bowed left wrist in the backswing .
Great video clips, but 15 minutes of analysis and no mention of Trevino's hands and left-wrist flexion? This is a big miss. Everything he did with his stance, take away, transition and open body at impact was to deliver a shallow club with a square clubface through impact as long as possible. Anyone who tries to mimic any of the body motions you mention without first understanding Trevino's hands and wrists, will fail at hitting the ball.
Right after studying these golf swing techniques , Jοmtοnο Naha (Go ogle it) and rehearsing the drills as I read, I went out and also shot a 73. Another achievement I have done is reaching 13 of 18 greens in regulation. On the other 5 holes, I got close to hitting 5-10 yards with the green. 73s is not a normal thing for me because I have a handicap of 9. It has been actually a very long time since I made an excellent round..
I've always loved Lee's swing, it truly is poetry in motion! IMHO
Michael Sparks he really cracked it!
Mr Hogan won a shitload of $ during the war. He joined the army late 1943 and was stationed in Texas, so the war did not disturb his golf "career". Won a shitload after too. Of course, there was not a lot of veterans who had had the same practice and training opportunities to challenge Mr Hogan after the war.
... you CAN'T turn, you gotta break your knees first to get the club into the money slot.
Lee was a true genius, never tire of watching him
If he copied somebody's swing I don't know who he found a swing that worked for him
Great analysis! Waiting for that speed! So difficult for amateurs.
Every golfer who's ever played swings the club. Except Hogan n Trevino. The club swings them. No guiding. Total freedom. Pure reaction. Only 2 guys ever.
Interesting thought. 🤔 When the club is swinging me, it tends to move me out of position and I hit a bad shot.
Me too. It takes freakish ability to make it work. Have to be so loose yet so strong. Stability I believe is the key ingredient. When I've watched Hogan n Trevino, their swings stood out to me in 2 ways: 1) they looked the coolest 2) they looked like the most fun and exhilarating. I think if you asked lots of golfers to pick any swing they could have many would pick one of these two for those reasons. And they were the most dependable swings.
The secret was in the ability to cherish the grind, the relentless, obsessive pursuit of the unattainable. I bet if you had a count of the number of golf swings every person has ever made, these two would be at the top of the list by far and away. Maybe Moe Norman. That made their golf muscles the strongest and most limber, allowing them to reach positions noone else could. Point of note, how stocky all three guys are from the waist down. True of all great players, but these three stand out -- Nicklaus, too. This keeps them at the ball, allowing for the action I'm referring to, the "no help" swing, where the body never acts, only reacts.
Finally, think of the lives both these guys had. Hard scrabble roots. Hogan's father, Trevino's ex wives. Hogan smoked, Trevino drank. Both had injuries, both in the military. How much would they have won if they had Nicklaus' privileges, or lived Player's lifestyle, or had Tiger's rearing, or Snead's athletic ability? Not only do I think they were the best, I don't think it's really close.
When I try to swing like this, my driver becomes a big fade. Wonder what component I’m missing? I love how the outside takeaway makes the hips activate on their own.
Are his shoulders aimed left as well?
Everything is left, yes. It definitely encourages outside to inside, but it is easy to get open!
Lee Buck Trevino is an American treasure.
The flattening of the shaft is the key to these great ballstrikers' success. Garcia flattens the shaft on the downswing and he is regarded as a superb striker. It's probably the key to low handicap golf for the amateur player.
I believe it reduces face rotation at impact
High left shoulder low right… Peter Thomson all over
I thought it was Mr. Plinkett's living room at the end there with that song 🤣
I’ve seen videos of Hogan from earlier in his career with as much side-bend as Trevino.
Yup. I can't bend like that!
That lateral slide, instead of turning in a barrel, is why Lee had so many problems with his lower back, which ultimately required surgery.
To be fair getting struck by lightning probably didn’t help.
Greg McHatton is a very strange man...just sayin
Christo do you think Lee Trevino pulled with his left arm on the downswing as well as throwing with his right arm or would his left arm have been passive and all right arm in the downswing? I've adopted an open stance and my ball striking has greatly improved. Thanks for this video :)
Paul Gallagher I’ve heard him talk a lot about his left. I suspect he pulled with his left into Shangi-LA and then fired the right side.
In his book Groove your Golf Swing My Way (shameful that its out of print) he swing with the left arm only. Right arm is there for support.
IG: Livenearpar_golf for more on Lee!
O. G. Very interesting!
Thank You! A unique looking swing, with fundamentally sound physics when you explain it. The golf swing is not natural to most of us IMO.
Agreed, my natural swing was very flawed and I had to search high and low to figure it out.
It always looks like his shooting off to the right, like there is no way its going to find the fairway:)
Kevin Braden I always think that too which shows he’s even more open than you think!
Lee probably never hit a hook in his life.
His hip moves laterally left almost a foot then rotates. We are taught not to do that.
Angus Joe Johnson I’m making a video about that move now!!! We are “taught” a lot of BS.
Amazing video!!! Awesome work. Best teaching video on UA-cam. Do a Bryson one if you have not. I want to see it asap :)
Lance Silver Hi Lance! I just made one. It should be up in about an hour. Bryson vs Rose!!!
So funny I just ask for that. I can not wait to see it. Rose is way over my comprehension but Bryson I can relate to. Maybe your video will change my mind. Come play at the Ford Plantation in Georgia sometime!
Trevino cured my slice with advice from his teaching article by Guy Yocum in June 1992 Golf Digest magazine after winning his second U.S. Open. The critical advice for me was in the title "Aim Left, Swing Right, Walk Straight". He said "For accuracy, strengthen your grip and aim left...while swing out to the target"... (to the right and down the target line). This instills a thought and feel that keeps the club going inside to out and down the line. Avoid a block slice with a stronger grip that helps turn the club over. So, Trevino is actually aiming left and swing right in the swing clips.
Kent Bernard Hi Kent, thanks for the great comment and amazing articles! This has helped my game so much, just like yours.
A lot of Seymour Dunn in that swing 👍
I'll have to look up Seymour Dunn!
cristo-i would like to see you do a video on on bruce lietzke.swing. he was a execellent ball striker with an unorthodox swing
Trevino was "outside" to "inside" while Lietzke was "inside" to "outside"
Trevino was "outside" to "inside".....Not that I can see. All the best players swing the club around their bodies. If you look at Lee's club head you can see it go back up high (but it's still going around his body) but then it drops down and then back around as he swings down and through. His right elbow is tucked in close to his body. This is where the power comes from for all the best, Hogan especially.
Paraphrase from Trevino:
"I took it a little outside, a little shut, and had to reroute it.............".
or
"I aimed to left field, swung to right field and hit it to center field"
I haven't a clue why you think you know what you're talking about.
In fact the video you're watching Lee states the very thing that he was outside , shut and had to reroute in order to slot the club. You idiots don't even watch the video
HIs feet are open a lot to promote hip turn. At ball contact his shoulders are still aligned with the target. Proper shoulder turn is more important with aim than feet alignment, wouldn't you say?
Bingo! I'm one of the last of the old school PGA professionals who are still trying to find something or some kind of a swing to keep me in the game a little longer. I've taught thousands of players on all levels over a 60 year career so I realize there are a "lot of ways" to hit a golf ball. Personally I'm 78 years old, a 9 year pancreatic cancer survivor, and am afflicted with severe arthritis in every joint. I show up though thanks to the Great Scorekeeper. ***When I was young and still able to scrape it around pretty good in competition, my swing looked somewhat like Tommy Bolt's did in his heyday. However, as the ageing process subtly progressed I lost flexibility and fluid in my knees, spine, hips and left shoulder. Guess what happened to my big powerful Tommy Bolt swing! It seemed on almost a monthly basis I was adjusting my swing just to mainly find something that didn't hurt and still make good contact with the ball.***I still teach some of my former students but also practice and play several holes six days a week. No stamina for long grinding rounds anymore however. (Just wait it can happen when you approach that 80 YO milestone.)***What I have done is develop what I call my modified Trevino swing which is studied in the video and what you've mentioned above.*** Naturally I cannot completely copy Lee's swing but I try to incorporate some of his action into what remains of my old swing. I'm not Lee, and he's not me." I've found since my spine and hips cannot clear on my forward swing without pain, by widening and opening my stance I can make a decent move through the ball without flinching and locking up my hips and going over the top. I try to keep a consistent spine angle throughout with my shoulders aligned normally, and the wider open stance keeps me behind the ball through impact. I take the club back slightly outside and without rushing start the forward swing with a coordinated move with my left knee and right ribcage moving under and down the line. (Hard to explain.) The right elbow is tucked in, but relaxed not forced or jammed in. To keep my mental "vision" of what I'm "trying" to do I watch the You Tube video In The Dirt of Lee's repetitive swing with his driver whenever I need a fix. Outstanding video. That's all from the old windbag and PLEASE remember, we are all different individuals and there is no cookie cutter swing theory that works for everyone. As Manuel DeLaTorre once said "We don't teach golf, we teach people!"
Thank you for this inspiring and informational comment. It is greatly appreciated and we appreciate your contributions to this great game, sir. Thank you!
KYIRISH1 I appreciate your insight as a Trevino fan who wandered here, and congratulations on beating-nay, taking out back and kicking the s*** out of the odds!
Wow! Great stuff Christo!
ua-cam.com/video/gXiZHemvqVM/v-deo.html
Now Christo...here is Paige Spiranac... aside from looking at her and as every guy says "She's totally hot" ... what a golf swing... she's trying for the LPGA tour. Anyway...the use of ground forces...
Check out:
1) The early wrist set
2) The athletic knee bend
3) The increased knee bend on the downswing and
4) The straightening of the knees to push up from the ground up... totally athletic!!!
And I hear.. I could be wrong.. I think she hits it about 275-280.
He looks like he's throwing a hammer for Pete's sake. I grew up watching the greats play during the 60s and 70s. They were always fun and funny too. All the great golfers of that era hit the pee-pee out of the ball. They were animals. A guy joked with me about my having a ""Hubert Green" Sand Wedge." I love that wedge in all but three states. lol Hubert Green was a genius player. It's how he won.
It's a punch cut.
0:44 - 0:52
Niemann?
Much Lag pressure
"...Ya know, a lot of people today talk about keeping the hips level at impact..." says Christo, and, indeed, they say things like that. But Trevino knew very well what he was doing for HIS swing, and with his deep waist bend AND his very open configuration with his hips at the point of contact -- resulting in a very big side bend too -- the right hip would naturally be dipped below the left hip. We might think that Mr. T was pulling from his left side. Note Mr. T's right elbow, shoved under his left elbow and even forward under his left elbow at the point of contact.
I have spent a lifetime trying to stop rolling my wrists on the backswing - now I accept it and I’m nearly identical to Trevino takeaway but readjust and get under to shallow using my legs - I,m 70 and playing off 9
the right arm bend at impact is a result of a very strong grip... his head dip and right arm extension are the anti-left move...he really holds off the club face from turning over....hitting the ball to the right would obviously have everything to do with the clubface and ball position at set up. So where is it?
HMU for beats
Hogan, Moe Norman, Trevino all EZ if you know how. Let's include a few others. Should be able to go from each model within seconds. No 30 days, no weeks, no hours, no warm ups at all. Just seconds, switch between 'em all at will.
Reminds me of reading Tony Jacklin saying he spent hours practicing what he called Hogan's 'legs first' move.
Coincidentally Trevino pipped Jacklin to an Open title back in the day.
When I taught ASP tactical baton strikes in law enforcement and later in the military, the baton strike to the knee is exactly as Trevino hit with his right arm bend. For this reason I purposely incorporated a type of baton practice into my driving sessions, shown here: ua-cam.com/video/aAbYlMi1eXo/v-deo.html
Moe Norman.....
O-o-o-o 0:08 side and rerouted it .... Similar style to12:49 Paul Azinger ?
Christo-- if you havent been able to reach Lee Trevino, why not try comedian George Lopez, who is on friendly terms with Trevino. Trevino has said he doesnt use a cell phone, no email, no twitter and he is a recluse off the golf course.
One of the things that I've learned about good players is that you want to be tall like you said on the right side and then squat while turning then back up straight to a solid left side.
Thanks for the cool video
Is this everything but the address from the Mo Norman Single Plane swing?
Moe Norman
Witnessed Lee at Birkdale 40 years ago. Fantastic. . & with that equipment!! Ain't seen the likes of since... & I've seen them all..
unicorn
Awesome vid analysis! of Mr. Trevino. 🏌🏽Thanks for the vid.
I request you make another on Mr. Trevino covering putting and chipping. I've seen his videos but would like to see one yours. - Martin
So many people cannot lay their left hand off that way or move their legs that way and be consistent
Hi Christo, great analysis. Recently I discovered the importance of my left knee moving lateral approx 3 to 4 inches towards the target at the beginning of the downswing to the end. This seems to put everything in proper motion for me to complete my downswing to a great finish. Perhaps I see you are doing the same? Your videos are great. Wishing you continued success.
Love this!! Could you do Tony Finau?
Do we know if Lee T played a draw or fade?
fade
More of a block, than a fade.
You can talk to a fade, but a hook won't listen. -Lee Trevino.
Bread and butter off the tee was a push or block with a touch of fade. He could work the ball either way though. Lots of his wedges could be described as a push draw. He had a baby draw from an open stance that he could go right at the pin with it. You'll notice often the draw spin when it lands. He draws the ball much more now in his later years with all clubs as well.
Do a side by side of Trevino and Joaquin Niemann!
Thanks for the video! Nice work!
Picasso of the golf swing. A true artist.
His swing is legendary. Trevino really knew how to flush it. Dig it out of the dirt baby
ANCER is also quite bent at impact
You are Hogan. I could be Trevino!
Great video. Seems that his left hip ges to 10 o'clock to start.
Groove Your Swing My Way - 1976. Check it out.... While Lee's swing made him one of the best strikers of the ball ever, he admitted his swing was not conducive for good long iron play. Just imagine if he had access to hybrids in his day...
Ooh, that's a heck of a point. He did use a 7 wood that he loved.
The idea of the "level hips" is that the higher you can get the trailing hip at impact, the more trail lateral bend you can achieve. (right lateral side bend for a righty, Left lateral side bend for a lefty) The more you can minimize the distance between your trail shoulder and your trail hip, the more you can achieve the true lateral side bend + the famous and hard to achieve bent right arm. :) hope that helps a bit. although I don't really think anyone had true "level" hips. It's just the idea that you want to try and get that idea through in your transition of leveling them.
That's an interesting thought about the hips. What I find more important is that the trail hip leads the trailing shoulder. I believe that's the way you create the most side bend.
At 10:19 you point out that Trevino started the swing with an inward RIGHT side knee kick. Charlie Sifford did this even more so than Lee did. I saw both of them at senior tour events do this.
Sam Snead too.
Nobody can swing like that, especially leaning his knees forward. He's one of a kind. Many have a "one of a kind" swing, ha ha ha but you need score good. Then you have to learn to play in front of people or you will kill someone in the gallery.
They said that about Moe Norman, too. You're wrong. The problem is dead accurate modelling plus dedication. People who are nay sayers can't, that's true.
if you just look at Lees outward personality you would think he would be a totally "intuitive" golfer so it is interesting how he is very technical. He wasnt doing anything by accident
Agreed
Great video of a great golfer.
Lee Trevino was the best ball striker of all time. There's no doubt about it. Forget about Moe Norman, and Hogan was the second best.
Awe-some-ness at a whole nother level!
Great video!
Tatyaha golf
That lateral side bend also destroyed his back. When I was younger I had a similar late delivery into the ball. Players that do this typically have alot of lateral side bend. But it's hell on your lower back. It puts so much pressure on your lower vertebrae. By the time I was 30 I had done serious damage to my back and had to completely change my swing. I had a more round, flatter swing and now it's more vertical. But now I don't hit the ball as well as I did before