An Instant Golf® Special Report Nick Watney Golf Swing Analysis
Nick Watney has the lead heading into the final round of the Wyndham Championship in NC. Next week he is off to The Barclays event in NJ, an event he won in 2012.
At 6'2", Nick has that prototypical "athletic" golfer's body. He has also filled out over the past few years, thus becoming more powerful and consistent on the course. He is a fairly long and straight hitter off the tee as indicated his 2014 #10 ranking out of 190 players in "total driving" (distance and accuracy). But by his own admission, Watney had been held back by an average approach and short game in recent times. Over the past year, he has worked hard on improving his short irons and wedges into the greens. That way, he could take advantage of shorter eagle and birdie opportunities with his smooth putting stoke. With his coach, Nick has improved his iron accuracy and is hitting greens more frequently. Sticking those greens with the irons is vital for scoring, for both pros and recreational golfers. Iron accuracy translates directly into more birdies and eagles. Hence, Nick hits more greens on approach these days than most of his peers. Hard work pays off! Here is Nick working on the Short Irons and Wedges... I took these photos of Nick practicing before a round at the World Golf Championships:
You can see he is working hard on developing a precise, "on plane" takeaway... one he can repeat on the course with all his clubs. This allows him to "pull the trigger" on his back swing the same way everytime!
The 2 shafts combine to form a perfect wedge swing plane, just like the slant on a roof. All Nick has to do is take the club back and up with the club shaft just in front of the angled stick ( a perfect guide). The angled shaft prevents the golfer from pulling the club behind resulting in a laid off or "flat" back swing position. Also, having the angled shaft as a guide prevents Nick from lifting the club too vertically (off plane) in the takeaway. Nick is not alone. Vijay Singh also practices in this manner, most notably back in 2004 when he won 9 tournaments and was the #1 golfer in the world. The drill must work. The big Fijian was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame with 34 PGA Tour wins. These days the 51 year old plays on both the regular and Champions Tour. Iron play is all about precision. Imagine hitting 15 balls with each of your clubs from sand wedge to 7 iron using this practice station. It's a sure way to hit more greens, hole more putts, and lower your scores. Nick's drill taken even further... I love the angled shaft drill, and perform it often whenever I can practice on real grass. My angled stick is an old driver shaft (maybe you too have one you can use). I take this drill further with the following imagery. Imagine a set of railroad tracks that diminishes in the distance at your target. The ball sits on the outer rail and you stand on the inner rail. Now imagine the ball rail is about 2" wide (about the same size of the useable area of an iron face). This means the club shaft down by the club head is pointing to the inner edge of the rail during the takeaway (and first part of the back swing). Take a look below:
It's a very powerful image and coincides with Nick Watney's practice station. Hence, the inner edge of my rail is the same as Nick's stick on the ground. Nick is tracing his stick line back and up on an angled plane, just like myself in the drawings. Perform this drill in practice and use the visualization. In doing so, you have begun the process of building a precise, repeating golf swing. In the illustration above, the back swing is 1/2 complete. The top of the back swing also has a few critical elements I have defined and simplified over the years. However, the Down Swing is a totally Different Animal! The forces created are tremendous, even for the senior or slower swing speed player. Different muscles are engaged and dynamic balance must be maintained by calling on specific parts of the body. And it all takes place in 1/3 second! Incredible! From the top of the back swing, Watney and his peers can initiate the down swing with what I call The Key To A Repeating Golf Swing and ride the motion right to the finish position. He and all great players, past and present, male and female, are performing The Key whether they are consciously aware of it or not. When The Key is performed correctly, the down swing will be on auto pilot. You will be held captive by your own great swing.
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The
33 year old California born golfer has 5 wins on Tour
and has also been battle tested in team play, having beaten K.J.
Choi (the
International teams best player) in his final day singles match
at the 2011
Presidents
Cup. This cinched the Cup for the American squad.
The
angled shaft essentially mirrors the angle of Nick's wedge shaft
at address. If you look closely, you'll notice that the target
line shaft on the ground coincides with the where the angled
shaft enters the ground.
Impact
sounds like a gunshot (especially off the driver)
and the golf ball is compressed as efficiently as possible.
You will use all of your available swing speed with
no power leaks or slop, just like Nick.
My
Story - From the 100's to the 70's after a lengthy,
bitter struggle with this great game.
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