Seve Ballesteros Golf Swing Analysis
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If you were around in the late 70's and 80's and you liked golf at all you were probably familiar with Seve Ballesteros. He was wild and powerful, yet possessed a magician's touch to extract himself from self-inflicted trouble, usually off the tee.
One Wayne Defrancesco swing analysis a day keeps the bogies away
One of my all-time favorites. Thanks
Poetry in motion. RIP Seve.
1986 Masters, six-iron to the 13th (his brother caddying said "FANTASTICA!" following the shot) He eagled the 13th, then dumped it into the water with a "fat" four-iron on the 15th. Jack went on that birdie feast in the closing holes to win. Seve ended up 2 back
Seve also 3 putted the 17th, which was also probably resulted from bogie on 15.
Jack really charged to win, but Seve and Norman sort of gave it to him.
he said years later , he regretted hitting that 4 iron easy on 15, and should have hit a hard 5 iron; who knows what might have happened
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As much as I was rooting for Seve that year during the tournament Jack's fairytale win capped off his illustrious career just perfectly.
Yes seemed everyone was rooting for jack fown the stretch. I was rooting for norman
I think if Norman could have got that first one, he would have won 2 or 3 more.
Seve always suffered with back pain, but it got so bad in the late 80/early 90's he changed his swing... he was never the same again. RIP Seve, a one of a kind, complete legend.
Awesome golf swing, get through the ball bigtime
RIP Seve. He's the only pro i've noticed that had his feet square or slightly open to the target line, but knees, hips and shoulders were definitely closed. His right arm was 2" longer than his left so maybe there were a lot of obstacles keeping him from even more constancy. This world lost a great soul.
Seve had a young mans swing. Tremendous athleticism, flexibility and timing. Problem is that everyone ages. As Seve got older and less flexible, I would guess he tried to use the arms and hands more to compensate.
Interesting comparison to Ricky Fowler, who also has a young mans swing. I wonder about Fowler's longevity.
Rickie is working with Butch Harmon to make changes. Already paying dividends for him.
i used to love his , helicopter type finish, when he hit his driver
He had serious back problems all his life and they eventually overwhelmed his swing sadly. Greatest shotmaker ever though.
he lost his edge... and the equipment started to change...i loved watching him.. no one had better rhythm.. and in his prime.. the putter was deadly
Not so much losing his edge as his back getting in the way. Since pretty early on his career he had chronic back pains. Those didn't get exactly better as years passed by. By the early 90s, still in his 30s, he was a shadow of his former shelf due to those problems. Is not that he lost his edge, is that his body took it away from him.
It's sad that those issues cut his prime short far earlier than in most players, but even at that stage he produced some of the most memorable stuff one could dream of. Specially in unbelievable recoveries and obviously with his short game you could be sure that if you were watching Seve you wouldn't be dissapointed because he always would make some ridiculous stuff happen.
He just couldn't play top flight anymore, but he remained as amazing to watch as always. I mean, one has only to rewatch the 1995 Ryder Cup matchup vs Lehman. He was a cripple by that stage because of his back issues, and he wouldn't hit the fairway at all. Each drive was either to the rough, to the trees...wherever but the fairway. And you felt bad because you knew it was not because he was playing bad, but because he just couldn't drive any better.
But still, at the turn of the course he was only one behind Lehman. And that even while Lehman was playing clockwork perfect golf. After 9 holes of not hitting the fairway even by accident, playing against a top flight dude on his prime who's hitting perfect shots....still just one down. Let it sink. It's utter nonsense...but it was exactly what happened.
It was just ridiculous to watch, his recoveries were just jaw dropping, his shots from the rough or the trees, the stuff of legend. And he was doing it hole after hole after hole and again as if if was the most natural thing in the world. I dont know what must've crossed Lehman's mind at that point, but it sure must be interesting to know.
This guy was something else. Really was.
@@ramjb Gran comentario el suyo, señor. Gracias por el magnífico recuerdo a nuestro paisano. Y tiene usted toda la razón. Aquel match contra Lehman representa para mí todo lo que fue Seve. Un talento natural fuera de lo común, y una determinación igual de sobrehumana.
Un saludo desde Santander.
Sounds like “stuck and flip”?🤔
Is it just me Wayne or does Geoff Ogilvy have a similar move? Your analysis shows that a swing built on timing and hand motion can't last; perhaps the only player I know of that can repudiate that comment is Phil.
Wayne, I am going to have to disagree with your analysis of Seve. I do not feel that Seve's declining golf was due to swing changes. I believe he lost his mental focus which caused him to be inconsistent. It was caused by his brain cancer, which he eventually died from. His cancer effected his reflexes before it ever showed up in his physiology. There have been a great many great players who have "lost" their golf abilities. Dave Duval, Chip Beck, Ben Crenshaw, Ralph Guldahl, Ian baker-Finch, the list is endless. "Golf is played on a six inch course, the distance between the ears"- Bobby Jones. Your mental acuity can effect your reflexes, much the same as being sick can effect your golf. I believe there has been too much blame placed strictly on mechanics being the end all for why players decline. While it does boil down to impact with the golf ball, mental focus and reflexes play a major part. This is especially true when we are talking about the decline of elite professionals. I have a hard time believing elite pros with golf instructors, years of practice and video can suddenly forget how to swing and are unable to figure it out. There is a mental aspect that changes with these elite players which causes the decline.
+Mark Ingram I do actually agree with you there. I saw Seve a few times before and after his decline and he still seemed to be swinging well but something was seriously wrong and sure enough the brain tumour was later diagnosed.
Mark Ingram: This post is old, but it's exactly right. I'll never forget my experience with Chip Beck. Five or six years after he lost his game and was only on tour because of exemptions I watched him hit balls (in Memphis, iirc) for two hours one afternoon. I've never in my life seen better ball striking. In fact it was astonishing. I'm such a swing geek I spend all my time at tournaments on the practice range, so I've seen pretty much all the greats hit balls. Chip Beck was special that late Summer afternoon. He got in a groove, and everything he hit was a spitting image of the previous and next. He was hitting 9 irons to a 150 yd flag and several balls bounced into the flagstick and none wavered more than 2-3 yards offline. His 3-wood and driver were as accurate. I told my Dad "Chip Beck is back!" The next day he slammed his trunk. Missed the cut by 5 I think. Ball striking is but one aspect of an endlessly complex game.
@@60march En el momento de su detección, el tumor de Severiano en el cerebro alcanzaba el tamaño de dos pelotas de golf. Desgraciadamente está usted en lo cierto.
Muy Triste.
@@60march la figura de Seve se asemeja a la del héroe de una tragedia griega. Como usted bien indicaba en su primer comentario, es muy probable que el juego y la vida personal de Severiano se viese afectada por ese monstruo en su cerebro desde mucho antes de su detección. Y a eso debemos añadir sus constantes problemas de espalda, presentes desde su adolescencia.
Un Seve sin esos hándicaps físicos, hubiera ganado una docena de mayors. Pero es inútil conjeturar. Mucho mejor recordarle y disfrutar.
Un saludo desde Santander.
Elements of Nicklaus all over the place, big leg drive and across the line a bit with a huge follow through, typical 70's swing probably from one of Jack's books...
El swing de Seve era absolutamente natural, instintivo. Fruto de miles de horas entrenando en solitario, de madrugada, a la luz de la luna en la playa de Somo o en el campo de Pedreña. No tuvo entrenadores, ni acudió a libros de Nicklaus o cualquier otro. Ni siquiera sabía que existían esos libros, ni le hubiesen interesado. Él mismo se hacía los hoyos, los palos, y fue su propio talento e ingenio lo que le llevó a la cima.
Créame, no ha habido nunca un swing menos "trabajado", en el sentido de incluir partes de otros jugadores o profesionales. Era todo suyo...
looks like bubba in the left frame
His back was bad that's what happens
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Everybody swings it differently, swing analysis is pointless, Seve only had problems when coaches put "words" or swing thoughts into his head. Seve, like Tiger, as a young man, pre the effects of Swing Gurus, was as good as it gets. How many good pros have been buggered up by swing coaches, most of them, probably.
Couldn’t agree more. Just hit the sweet spot and you’ll be fine. Plus, the lies and conditions change so much on the course, your swing isn’t going to be the same every shot no matter how hard you practice. Golf is a feel game, not a technical one.