What Does a Good Golf Swing Look Like?
We’ve all seen what we believe to be a “good golf swing.” When we say the phrase, each of us have a swing in our minds that fit that description. But what does that actually look like, and do we all see it the same way?
Most of us may picture a Tour professional when thinking about the perfect golf swing. You can probably jump to YouTube right now, search for that player’s name, and find numerous examples of what you believe to be a good golf swing.
Popular names include Tiger Woods (of course), Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Steve Elkington, Louis Oosthuizen, Michelle Wie, Annika Sorenstam… the list goes on and on. In fact, some of you reading that list may roll your eyes at the names mentioned.
What characteristics does a good golf swing include? We’d all likely agree that qualities like good balance, swing tempo, and perhaps overall speed are consistent across the board. After all, professional players that have successful careers often display those characteristics.
Naturally, the best resource for on-demand reaction these days is Twitter. The question was pretty straightforward to the Golf Unfiltered account followers:
The responses to this question were varied and plentiful, but not too surprising in their content. What was interesting to see, at least for me, was how likeminded many were.
