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The Sequence

What to look for when you analyze your own swing

This Article Features Photo Zoom

With the advent of swing-analysis apps for laptops, smartphones and tablets, it's now easier than ever to record and analyze your golf swing. Unfortunately though, sometimes seeing what your patented "magic move" looks like can be a little humbling. While it may be a reality check to see your swing in pictures and video, don't let it discourage you. Rather, look at it with a critical eye and determine where you need to improve.

But what exactly should you look for? A lot. So over the next few pages, I've written a handful of tips that break the swing down into five sections: the backswing, transition, halfway down, impact and followthrough. With each component, I've included specific tips and positions that you should try to emulate. Study my swing, compare it to your swing and improve!

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It's fair to say that some of the game's best players have unorthodox backswings—think Jim Furyk and Sergio García—but I don't recommend emulating them. (Despite their unusual backswings, both men still get back to great impact positions.) A proper golf swing should be one that delivers the club back to the ball on the right path, and to do that, it's best to start off on the right track.


In these eight photos, the Golf Tips photographers captured my swing at four different points. As you look at the photos and read the corresponding commentary, keep one thing in mind: economy of motion. Notice how compact my swing is and how few moving parts there are. Take that philosophy with you to the practice tee. Focus on one area and isolate it. Then record your swing and see how your positions start to hopefully mimic mine.

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