Post by Richie3Jack on Jun 18, 2012 14:49:17 GMT -5
Here’s a look at Beau Hossler’s swing
A lot of people kept comparing his swing to Colin Montgomerie’s swing, due to the similar looking finish.
To me, it look more like Nicklaus’ swing. Hossler’s swing instructor is Jim Flick, who became Nicklaus’ swing instructor after Jack Grout.
What's interesting is Hossler really narrows the radius of his swing at p5 compared to Nicklaus. But at p6, there are a ton of similarities going on.
The differences I see in Nicklaus versus Hossler, start at address. Nicklaus turned his head away from the target, Hossler doesn’t. Nicklaus' feet are flared out, Hossler's are not.
What's a little ironic is that Hossler doesn't have that super wide takeaway that is so popular with modern golf instruction, where they got that from Nicklaus, who had a super-wide takeaway with his right arm clearly above his left arm. So the modern day Hossler has more of a traditional swing than Nicklaus, who was often told his 'flying right elbow' would hurt his game.
Nicklaus' pivot looks much more centered. Nicklaus also appears to have more hip turn, probably due to great flexibility and having his feet flared at address. But, both guys have that patented 'reach for the sky' with their hands move.
Then both wind up having a similar looking finish position. From look at Hossler's DTL swing, it appears he hits a sizeable draw while we all know that Nicklaus played a fade.
3JACK
A lot of people kept comparing his swing to Colin Montgomerie’s swing, due to the similar looking finish.
To me, it look more like Nicklaus’ swing. Hossler’s swing instructor is Jim Flick, who became Nicklaus’ swing instructor after Jack Grout.
What's interesting is Hossler really narrows the radius of his swing at p5 compared to Nicklaus. But at p6, there are a ton of similarities going on.
The differences I see in Nicklaus versus Hossler, start at address. Nicklaus turned his head away from the target, Hossler doesn’t. Nicklaus' feet are flared out, Hossler's are not.
What's a little ironic is that Hossler doesn't have that super wide takeaway that is so popular with modern golf instruction, where they got that from Nicklaus, who had a super-wide takeaway with his right arm clearly above his left arm. So the modern day Hossler has more of a traditional swing than Nicklaus, who was often told his 'flying right elbow' would hurt his game.
Nicklaus' pivot looks much more centered. Nicklaus also appears to have more hip turn, probably due to great flexibility and having his feet flared at address. But, both guys have that patented 'reach for the sky' with their hands move.
Then both wind up having a similar looking finish position. From look at Hossler's DTL swing, it appears he hits a sizeable draw while we all know that Nicklaus played a fade.
3JACK
