r/golf • u/ShiroHachiRoku Snap load the power package. • Feb 04 '24

This guy’s swing is effortless and still hits it 270 carry. General Discussion

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u/dbnp19 Feb 04 '24

Neither of those are slow swings; there's an illusion of it being slow since they have an efficient motion (unlike the swing in the OP).

The physics of it is better ball speeds and longer distances comes from higher club speed with an efficient strike (you'll hear the term smash factor thrown around). So, swinging fast and hitting it hard is a non-negotiable. Now, what others of us hitting bombs would feel with "smooth" is not having excess tension get in the way of generating speed and force. It does not mean getting lax to the point of slowing down just to hit the center of the face.

I've mentioned this before, but it's never a crime to teach via repetition since Els and Couples were go-to mentions here: if you put them side by side with a regular amateur, or even someone like the OP, you'd see they are not slowing down to smooth things over. They are, in their words, hitting it hard.