Retief Goosen Driver Swing Vision
Retief Goosen shows us his driver swing.
With the golf news slowing to a trickle, I’ll put up a lot more swing and equipment stuff. Today we’re going to look at the swing of one of my favorite players, Retief Goosen. The Gooseman has done some swing changes but the essence of it is still the same. It’s a very smooth stroke with not a lot of extreme motion or action, in that way it’s very similar to another South African, Ernie Els.
Lets look at his setup. He’s kind of tilted forwards a little, almost like a stack and tilt swing, but not entirely. His weight is a little forward but not that forward. He has a pretty even grip, not very strong or weak.
His takeaway is on the line and smooth, not herky jerky, his head is down on the ball the whole way through and there’s very little movement in his lower body. He takes it a little farther than parallel but it’s still good. David Faherty comments that Retief sometimes has his right elbow too high, which would cause him to be way off the line.
On the downswing, his hands are very close to his body. His head is still in the same position, in fact he keeps his head down for a long time even on his follow through. His left wrist is in a very weak grip on impact, almost like he’s hitting an iron shot. Another odd thing is on the close up of his club impact, you’ll notice that he’s teed up his ball with a forwards slant.
I would imagine that with the way Retief swings it here, the ball is probably pretty low, like a line drive. He really swings his driver here like you would an iron shot. It’s very vertical with not much of a sweeping motion. Obviously it works for him.
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