I feel so lucky to be old enough to have watched Lee Trevino play on the PGA tour because he was and is awesome! All you young people who don't know about him, you missed out big time!!
Alexander - I believe he was the greatest controller of a golf ball EVER - had he not been struck by lightning, and had he not had a blind spot about the Masters, he would have wom twice as many majors. One of my biggest regrets is never seeing him in the flesh - I went to the 76 Open (British) and, because of his injury, he didn't play.
He was a magician. For some he wasn’t taken as serious because he hit a fade. But now we understand how much he actually knew. He hit a fade because he could control it like radar. He could hit draws any time he wanted but he didn’t need the extra distance. His swing adapted to the shot and he had a thousand variations.
And now most pros hit a fade as a draw is considered inferior mostly. If I'm not mistaken, it's the technology of each Era that is responsible for the respective preferences.
Always loved to watch Lee and all the other greats with my Dad when I was a boy. Dad would always tell me when Chi Chi was in the finals though because I used to love when he drew his sword 😊
Trevino once said his wife's credit card was stolen. When asked if that upset him, he replied "hell no, whoever stole it can't possibly spend as much as she can".
I did. He gave a shot clinic in 1981 at a golf course close to Merion just before the US Open that year. He was absolutely amazing, hitting the same trajectory, distance every single time. He wasn't long as compared to the tour average, but his control was jaw dropping. This was also after he got hit by lightening in Chicago in 1975, back surgeries prevented him from practicing as much as he did prior to the lightening strike. It is conceivable he would have won some more majors if not for the injury. Very entertaining too, loved his humor.
But he's so much more than that don't you think? He's a great father now (yes, better late than never) and a good kind hearted man. If he can make a ball dance or not isn't the issue to me, because so many young kids can do that today and some of them are simply thugs like Dustin Johnson for example. Anyhow, we both respect Lee so that's nice to see.
Oh please.....this is a game that has standards and elevates us to higher ground with class and dignity that so many built before us and it seems you k now very little of that aspect and if I'm wrong I apologize. Dustin would go sell the stolen things his friends got from breaking into the neighborhood houses robbing them when he was 19 and he was no CHILD.... bought a gun so his pal could murder another kid....bought bullets for the gun for him....twice kicked off PGA for cocaine abuse, two drunk driving and several pot charges, having sex with his PGA PALS wives and on the list goes. I'll stop here as I'm wasting my time I think. When character means nothing to some people, then I'm wasting my time talking. good luck to you.
You're right. I'm sorry about that but It's been a really poor day and I'm used to people falling down with praise for Johnson when they know nothing about him. I'm totally for men like Palmer, Nicklaus Player, Jordan and Ricky and those type that make me proud to be a golfer. Character means nothing to the vast majority today so I expected an argument and was wrong here. I tip my hat to you and say thanks for correcting me. I've never fallen down three stairs in my whole life, nor has anyone I know, but three steps brings down a world class athlete so they can't play....Pardon me if I'm suspicious of even that story with his background, but I really don't know in this case. and honestly don't care. And this is what seals the bad deal for me. When asked by the media about his sorted background and helping murder someone, he simply smiles a little with that empty blank stare of his and no personality and stutters out..."I ah, ah, I ah really don't ever think about, about it ."
I consider myself a very good wedge player , very instinctive at getting the ball to do what I want it to do. But watching videos like this tell me that I know nothing and I may just be lucky at chipping and pitching. This information is gold. Video saved.
Yeah unfortunately it is not always interpreted right, like he explained some start to cock the wrists to early and hit at the bal with a steep angle. That is not what he means. He means that the ball should be struck just during the descending arc of the swing. There is no intention of the player to hit down. The same applies to hitting up with the driver. There is no intention to hit up. You just position the ball in a way that it is struck during the ascending arc of the swing.
What a GREAT teacher Lee was! being able to explain how to get into positions by feel is not easy,,,,GLAD he mentioned Strick! what a wedge player he is! G>
Great drill! It has really helped me fly the ball pin high. I have set my wrist too early in the backswing for years only to watch shots that appeared straight fall woefully short of the target. I wish I saw this years earlier.
I love this guy! I have red his life story which really moved me! He made it as a pro the hard way -his way! He is a happy go lucky guy who loves to entertain his followers! He is the full package! Mind you - I could not play a round of golf with him, as he just does not stop talking! Yet he was the golfer I followed when he was playing the opens in Scotland!
does lee love this shit. ha. u have to love lee and how much he loves golf. i could listen to lee all day and all night. i followed him once in houston and walking down the fairway he was yelling up to roofers putting a roof on a home close to the fairway. He was just laughing and having a great time with those roofers. There is only one Lee Trevino. He is the best for the gallery and the fan. Number One!
He announced on NBC for a number of years. Did a nice job, that kind of carried him over until he made it big on the senior tour, (50 & over), called that at that time.
"If you can't hit and hear the shape of each ball on the range with a seven iron or less brother.... Just fill up your eski cooler with a beverage and may I just show you a little.." 🙏❤️🙌 #ownedit ❤️
Wedges are tough to know what is the correct grind and bounce and usually pros have softer shafts in their wedges,short game is the most technical part of golf.
2:30 Trevino: "Google Steve Stricker." Tiger: "Just like Stricker." ua-cam.com/video/AtBiajJYU2w/v-deo.html Stricker: "I'm gonna give you a tip." ua-cam.com/video/0NYjM5UkxZQ/v-deo.html
Want Lee says about the subconscious mind is the reason 95% of recreational golfers fall off balance without realizing it. They will start off balance by resting club dead on the ground to grip and not taking any practice swings to check if swing path is balances and hands are turning over like a hinge, not pulling away from body and ball as they turn over which is leads to a slice “you can’t talk to” 😂 Then they start the club back on an unbalanced path, too inside like the kid in the video Lee corrects, which starts to pull them off their feet backwards. The subconscious brain detects the balance problem and intuitively solves it by swinging the club somewhere that won’t pull them off balance by flipping the club mass up closer to the center of rotation (like a figure skater pulling in arms to spin faster in balance) away from the ideal path for the golf shot and putting club head out of position when changing direction at the top of the backswing. The outside the hands takeaway using hip action is the same one Hogan and his contemporaries used. It tries to pull the golfer off balance but in a direction - thanks to the way the feet point- which is easily countered by a bit of leverage by angling back foot on the instep and shifting upper body mass forward of the center of rotation with a lateral shift of the hips backwards in the takeaway move < / hips bump back and turn, front leg bends, pelvis tilts forward to target, upper body mass also tilts forward all with the same subconscious reaction to the unbalancing force but in a way that puts the club head mass at a point in 3D space when it forces the wrists to cock which swings it put on the perfect path to the top setting up the ideal backswing. Jimmy Demaret once quipped, “The golf swing is easy to master once the golfer learns to keep the club head outside the hands and stay in balance.” That’s a riddle because keeping the club head mass outside the hands (as Lee demonstrates) is the key factor for starting and keeping the swing in balance. Lee’s comment “Good backswing if you can’t touch the head, bad backswing if you can.” is equally priceless advice as was his description of how the ball need to be compressed into the ground and climb the face to generate spin. 👍
He rants bc hes a golf addict... one can relate... The only good thing about being a golf addict and not a heroin addict are the obvious health benefits. Other than that it will make u think about doing it constantly day and night from the first solid shot u hit.
Truthful observation. He was totally different when he stepped off the golf course. You have to remember his personality was formed in object poverty for the first couple of decades of his life, dirt floors, no running water growing up, no education to speak of. He admitted that inside he never felt comfortable or as good as the great players, which is interesting given he was one of the best ever. He used humor and an extroverted personality inside the ropes to cope with those feelings. Some who knew have said if he had to play as a serious player all the time he would not have won as much as he did.
MAN YOU ARE A IDIOT YOU KNOW NOTHING LEE TREVINO IS A GREAT MAN AND ONE OF THE BEST GOLFERS IN HISTORY OF GOLF LOOK IT UP YOU MUST NOT BE A GOLFER ARE YOU ARE JUST A RACIEST ''''''
Patrick is right.The best short game player in the world , Phil Michelson, on his pitch shots hinges immediately the wrists and consequently he has a very steep back swing.Exactly the opposite of what Trevino advocates
Yeah cuz he only won 6 majors and 29 total events but knows nothing about how to play a wedge. Get a clue man instead of accusing one of the greatest ambassadors to the game of golf of not having one.
Sorry Lee, the ball does not roll up the club-face, that's what you 'feel' as though it's doing. Today's technology proves this beyond doubt. Same with the 'compress the ball into the ground' thing. The ball compresses upon impact with the club-face, not the ground. Great player and great advice for feel, his explanation is incorrect.
@@chetroberson5760 it has nothing to do with accomplishment, it's simply science. You can find highly accomplished golfers who will give you diametrically opposite advice. Launch monitors and high-speed cameras prove that the ball does *not* roll up the clubface to any significant degree. You can be the GOAT and still be wrong about what's going on with the ball and clubface, they're different things.
Lee is a Marine Corps vet! Thank you for your service.
I feel so lucky to be old enough to have watched Lee Trevino play on the PGA tour because he was and is awesome! All you young people who don't know about him, you missed out big time!!
Alexander - I believe he was the greatest controller of a golf ball EVER - had he not been struck by lightning, and had he not had a blind spot about the Masters, he would have wom twice as many majors.
One of my biggest regrets is never seeing him in the flesh - I went to the 76 Open (British) and, because of his injury, he didn't play.
Will we ever find a pro so happy to tell and share their professional knowledge of a swing or sound of a wedge 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙌
Yeah,but not like Lee..
He was a magician. For some he wasn’t taken as serious because he hit a fade. But now we understand how much he actually knew. He hit a fade because he could control it like radar.
He could hit draws any time he wanted but he didn’t need the extra distance. His swing adapted to the shot and he had a thousand variations.
Its mind boggling how can someone criticize someone who won what 8 majors in era with Nicklaus...
@@outlander234for real.
@@outlander234six majors!
And now most pros hit a fade as a draw is considered inferior mostly. If I'm not mistaken, it's the technology of each Era that is responsible for the respective preferences.
Always loved to watch Lee and all the other greats with my Dad when I was a boy. Dad would always tell me when Chi Chi was in the finals though because I used to love when he drew his sword 😊
Trevino once said his wife's credit card was stolen. When asked if that upset him, he replied "hell no, whoever stole it can't possibly spend as much as she can".
I saw that video. It's on UA-cam somewhere
if you ever seen him hit the ball when he was just a little younger you would understand how great he was
I did. He gave a shot clinic in 1981 at a golf course close to Merion just before the US Open that year. He was absolutely amazing, hitting the same trajectory, distance every single time. He wasn't long as compared to the tour average, but his control was jaw dropping.
This was also after he got hit by lightening in Chicago in 1975, back surgeries prevented him from practicing as much as he did prior to the lightening strike. It is conceivable he would have won some more majors if not for the injury. Very entertaining too, loved his humor.
What a great, wonderful man this Mr. Trevino is. He's turned out to be a good example for all of us with his love and kindness to others.
But he's so much more than that don't you think? He's a great father now (yes, better late than never) and a good kind hearted man. If he can make a ball dance or not isn't the issue to me, because so many young kids can do that today and some of them are simply thugs like Dustin Johnson for example. Anyhow, we both respect Lee so that's nice to see.
how is dustin johnson a thug
Oh please.....this is a game that has standards and elevates us to higher ground with class and dignity that so many built before us and it seems you k now very little of that aspect and if I'm wrong I apologize.
Dustin would go sell the stolen things his friends got from breaking into the neighborhood houses robbing them when he was 19 and he was no CHILD.... bought a gun so his pal could murder another kid....bought bullets for the gun for him....twice kicked off PGA for cocaine abuse, two drunk driving and several pot charges, having sex with his PGA PALS wives and on the list goes. I'll stop here as I'm wasting my time I think. When character means nothing to some people, then I'm wasting my time talking. good luck to you.
You have issues it was a simple question. Does being argumentative make you feel good about yourself
You're right. I'm sorry about that but It's been a really poor day and I'm used to people falling down with praise for Johnson when they know nothing about him. I'm totally for men like Palmer, Nicklaus Player, Jordan and Ricky and those type that make me proud to be a golfer. Character means nothing to the vast majority today so I expected an argument and was wrong here. I tip my hat to you and say thanks for correcting me.
I've never fallen down three stairs in my whole life, nor has anyone I know, but three steps brings down a world class athlete so they can't play....Pardon me if I'm suspicious of even that story with his background, but I really don't know in this case. and honestly don't care. And this is what seals the bad deal for me. When asked by the media about his sorted background and helping murder someone, he simply smiles a little with that empty blank stare of his and no personality and stutters out..."I ah, ah, I ah really don't ever think about, about it ."
Lee Trevino, one of the game's greatest gifts.
Boy if I could take lessons from this genius.
I wish i could learn his technique 18 years ago. Now i follow his technique and principle . Simple golf and more accuracy. What a legend. 💪💪💪
I consider myself a very good wedge player , very instinctive at getting the ball to do what I want it to do. But watching videos like this tell me that I know nothing and I may just be lucky at chipping and pitching. This information is gold. Video saved.
"Hitting down on the ball" greatest tip ever!!
Yeah unfortunately it is not always interpreted right, like he explained some start to cock the wrists to early and hit at the bal with a steep angle. That is not what he means. He means that the ball should be struck just during the descending arc of the swing. There is no intention of the player to hit down. The same applies to hitting up with the driver. There is no intention to hit up. You just position the ball in a way that it is struck during the ascending arc of the swing.
He seems to really enjoy sharing his knowledge with everyone
The ole Clark Griswolds - love it
What a GREAT teacher Lee was! being able to explain how to get into positions by feel is not easy,,,,GLAD he mentioned Strick! what a wedge player he is! G>
Great drill! It has really helped me fly the ball pin high. I have set my wrist too early in the backswing for years only to watch shots that appeared straight fall woefully short of the target. I wish I saw this years earlier.
Saw Lee give a clinic & play in Chino CA, amazing!
He is just a great man even if he is not a golfer. Full of life, humor, and giving person.
Not a golfer? LMAO
Lee Trevino knows what he’s talking about.
I love this guy! I have red his life story which really moved me! He made it as a pro the hard way -his way! He is a happy go lucky guy who loves to entertain his followers! He is the full package!
Mind you - I could not play a round of golf with him, as he just does not stop talking! Yet he was the golfer I followed when he was playing the opens in Scotland!
ALWAYS informative. Love you Lee! You KNOW golf!
Best teacher if you desire to move the ball !!!
does lee love this shit. ha. u have to love lee and how much he loves golf. i could listen to lee all day and all night. i followed him once in houston and walking down the fairway he was yelling up to roofers putting a roof on a home close to the fairway. He was just laughing and having a great time with those roofers. There is only one Lee Trevino. He is the best for the gallery and the fan. Number One!
nowdays the prima donas tell the Quiet Sign guys to go up on roof because they're being distracted.
Wow. I like the old school method lol. He is so right. I like the figure 8 swing is helping me getting into the slot. Wow
Can you tell me what player show's the figure 8 thanks Les from Perth ⛳🏌️👏💯👀
The forgotten art of shotmaking
Craftiest player ever lived. He had 10 options for every stroke.
The master of wedge play...
Trevino loved to teach
I heard Trevino once hit a golf ball over the Grand Canyon of Arizona and the ball traveled to a truck stop in New Mexico I believe the Pilot !!
When he mentioned how there were no cart paths... "cause the ground was that hard I lost it 😂
Preach it Mr. Trevino, Mr Hogan is smiling wide!
🙏🏻😎🙏🏻
This guy controlled a golf ball better than ANYONE, EVER. Hogan included.
Trevino was a great ball striker, but those who saw each of them in their prime rate Hogan the best ever!
CBS needs to offer him a TV contract...so entertaining and interesting!...like Gary McCord.
He announced on NBC for a number of years. Did a nice job, that kind of carried him over until he made it big on the senior tour, (50 & over), called that at that time.
McCord is a communist
@@eggsmann594 TRUMP 2024 BUMPER STICKER SEEN ON HIS CAR YOU DUMMY!!!
Lee took savage divots!
MrKydaman divots!!! More like parcels of land to build yourself a home on lol
How was that possible to hit that much ground and make great contact?
Bonham House he always hit the small ball before the big ball
@@bonhamhouse1169 Well he hit the ball first and then the turf.
I forgot who said it about Trevino: he always knows where his club head is during the swing. And that club head KNOWS he knows.
Yes indeed. We need remember 'down and thru.'
A great human being!
He likes sharing...just like his contemporary Gary Player. Both great players and personalities.
Gospel from the man himself!
Thumbs up thanks for showing this
I wonder, whether Trevino would have been a great Engineer -- with tons of Aerodynamic knowledge... Kudos Sir.
"If you can't hit and hear the shape of each ball on the range with a seven iron or less brother.... Just fill up your eski cooler with a beverage and may I just show you a little.." 🙏❤️🙌
#ownedit ❤️
The amazing thing of the video is Trevino wearing shorts! Never seen Supermex ever wear shorts
Man id love to get lessons from this guy
Yep, there is nothing he ever says that I cannot easily understand.
Wedges are tough to know what is the correct grind and bounce and usually pros have softer shafts in their wedges,short game is the most technical part of golf.
I definitely don't miss those long ass sleeves at the end of the video lol😂
Great show Lee Les from Perth WA ⛳🏌️💯👍👀
Excellent bunker player.
Nice video! Looks kind of familiar... 😉
Trevino in turbo mode.. :O)
I think that’s just second gear for him. Lol
The great one. Tex Mex!!!!!
Now I'm hungry for Tex Mex
The sound of angle, lie and atmosphere 🙏
The divot at 2:02 registered on the richter scale.
Randy Bailin looked like a beaver pelt
🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
One contributor says that Trump would never of left Trevino into the country. Trevino was born and grew up in Dallas Texas.
The little boy grew up fast!
👏👍
Film the swing, watch it at slow motion and you will see what you are really doing, there is a big difference between feel and real.
His backswing is narrow?
What happened to the sound?
2:30 Trevino: "Google Steve Stricker."
Tiger: "Just like Stricker." ua-cam.com/video/AtBiajJYU2w/v-deo.html
Stricker: "I'm gonna give you a tip." ua-cam.com/video/0NYjM5UkxZQ/v-deo.html
I wonder what kind of person gave this a thumbs down?
Want Lee says about the subconscious mind is the reason 95% of recreational golfers fall off balance without realizing it. They will start off balance by resting club dead on the ground to grip and not taking any practice swings to check if swing path is balances and hands are turning over like a hinge, not pulling away from body and ball as they turn over which is leads to a slice “you can’t talk to” 😂 Then they start the club back on an unbalanced path, too inside like the kid in the video Lee corrects, which starts to pull them off their feet backwards. The subconscious brain detects the balance problem and intuitively solves it by swinging the club somewhere that won’t pull them off balance by flipping the club mass up closer to the center of rotation (like a figure skater pulling in arms to spin faster in balance) away from the ideal path for the golf shot and putting club head out of position when changing direction at the top of the backswing.
The outside the hands takeaway using hip action is the same one Hogan and his contemporaries used. It tries to pull the golfer off balance but in a direction - thanks to the way the feet point- which is easily countered by a bit of leverage by angling back foot on the instep and shifting upper body mass forward of the center of rotation with a lateral shift of the hips backwards in the takeaway move < / hips bump back and turn, front leg bends, pelvis tilts forward to target, upper body mass also tilts forward all with the same subconscious reaction to the unbalancing force but in a way that puts the club head mass at a point in 3D space when it forces the wrists to cock which swings it put on the perfect path to the top setting up the ideal backswing.
Jimmy Demaret once quipped, “The golf swing is easy to master once the golfer learns to keep the club head outside the hands and stay in balance.” That’s a riddle because keeping the club head mass outside the hands (as Lee demonstrates) is the key factor for starting and keeping the swing in balance. Lee’s comment “Good backswing if you can’t touch the head, bad backswing if you can.” is equally priceless advice as was his description of how the ball need to be compressed into the ground and climb the face to generate spin. 👍
Don't try this in winter or after 2 weeks of rain 🤣
Sa wedge sa wedge
He rants bc hes a golf addict... one can relate... The only good thing about being a golf addict and not a heroin addict are the obvious health benefits. Other than that it will make u think about doing it constantly day and night from the first solid shot u hit.
You people obviously never met this man “off” camera.....
Truthful observation. He was totally different when he stepped off the golf course. You have to remember his personality was formed in object poverty for the first couple of decades of his life, dirt floors, no running water growing up, no education to speak of. He admitted that inside he never felt comfortable or as good as the great players, which is interesting given he was one of the best ever. He used humor and an extroverted personality inside the ropes to cope with those feelings. Some who knew have said if he had to play as a serious player all the time he would not have won as much as he did.
Compressing the golf ball into the ground? Nah. Those that cannot teach play!
Is he on amphetamines ?
Nope Lee's High on life and the game of golf. Has been for 60 years.
One of the AllTime greats
The Merry Mix 🤣
You do drugs danny?
Everyday
😂
Fire watcher
Too blurry to be useful.
I love you Lee but go talk to Steve Stricker you are right and wrong
trump would have never let him in the country.
MAN YOU ARE A IDIOT YOU KNOW NOTHING LEE TREVINO IS A GREAT MAN AND ONE OF THE BEST GOLFERS IN HISTORY OF GOLF LOOK IT UP YOU MUST NOT BE A GOLFER ARE YOU ARE JUST A RACIEST ''''''
I before e except after c.
Moron! Leave politics out...go to CNBC or MSNBC to post
Bryon Hayes Are you over 60? Old people tend to type in capital letters.
Lee Trevino was born in Dallas Texas.
This guy realy had no clue what he was talking about.
Patrick O Beirne thats a joke right?
I know! It shows you can't teach greatness.
Patrick is right.The best short game player in the world , Phil Michelson, on his pitch shots hinges immediately the wrists and consequently he has a very steep back swing.Exactly the opposite of what Trevino advocates
Gastone Ciucci Neri What part of this video makes you think you’re watching pitching??
Yeah cuz he only won 6 majors and 29 total events but knows nothing about how to play a wedge. Get a clue man instead of accusing one of the greatest ambassadors to the game of golf of not having one.
Sorry Lee, the ball does not roll up the club-face, that's what you 'feel' as though it's doing. Today's technology proves this beyond doubt. Same with the 'compress the ball into the ground' thing. The ball compresses upon impact with the club-face, not the ground. Great player and great advice for feel, his explanation is incorrect.
EH! Wrong!
Thanks for that. An yet none of this is true at all.
He won 6 majors and Nicklaus called him the smartest player he ever met. I would take his word over yours, no offense.
@@chetroberson5760 it has nothing to do with accomplishment, it's simply science. You can find highly accomplished golfers who will give you diametrically opposite advice. Launch monitors and high-speed cameras prove that the ball does *not* roll up the clubface to any significant degree. You can be the GOAT and still be wrong about what's going on with the ball and clubface, they're different things.
@@GreenDistantStar It has everything to do with his accomplishments. Self taught genius golf shot maker.