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Great Players Golf Myths
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Tiger Woods

1. Minimal (or no) slide toward target – great players rotate; they don’t slide

Swinging inside barrel/staying within lines on thighs

People who do it well

People who don’t do it well

Left hip inside of left heel (straight line from hip to inside heel)

People who do it well

People who don't do it well

2. Separation of knees – dual abduction. Great players all have some version of the “Snead squat”

People who do it well

People who don’t do it well


3. Rotation – great players rotate (left leg and left glute visible at impact)

People who do it well

People who don’t do it well

4. Spine flexion. People say “maintain your spine angle”, but what does that really mean? Great players rotate while keeping their spine in flexion

People who do it well

People who don’t do it well

5. Release style – stable face release

Great players have a stable face release as opposed to a rolling release. Players with a stable face release will have shaft lean at impact (particularly with irons), a low rate of clubface closure (the hands don’t roll much through impact), and their hands forward at impact. Compare the stable face release to the rolling release where the club passes the hands (the left forearm in a right-handed player) quickly after impact.

People who do it well (have a stable face release with low clubface closure rates)

People who don’t do it well (have a rolling release)