Happy Gilmore Swing...

[Incognito]

we've all done this before at the range...


watch Padraig Harrington do it.


http://blogs.golf.com/presstent/2009...morestyle.html

[Big_M]

I would pay money to see him bust that out when he's two back playing 18 in the final round of a major with a par 5 finisher. 1st it would be all... ... then if all does not go well...

[ryohazuki222]

thanks for the link. id actually seen him do that before.....

but this version with the show blows that other clip i saw out of the water. really interesting stuff.

[shortstop20]

Haha, Paddy's the man!

[laxbballgolf]

Haha that's awesome. Paddy crushes that shot in the video!

[colin007]

i'd like to see tim herron try that...

[David in FL]

What's really amazing is the virtually identical position at impact between the "normal" swing and the "Happy" swing. That's pure athletic ability!

[wrathletik]

Great vid!

[Cody]

Wow...That was really amazing. The fact that his position while running and standing still were almost the same is just unbelievable. I guess pro's really have their swing ingrained into their head!

[iacas]

[Mr3Putt]

Like Paddy sez: "Don't tink too much about it, just give it a good hit".

LOVE IT!

[rjfan91]

Wow...That was really amazing. The fact that his position while running and standing still were almost the same is just unbelievable. I guess pro's really have their swing ingrained into their head!

Their mental image of them probably doesn't differ a whole lot from my mental image of me. However, in reality, they can implement it as opposed to me looking like I'm trying to smack bees off my left calf.

[Brent]

Would it be allowed on the golf course? I went to the range today, and I was killing the ball like this, and hitting it straight. It probably went atleast 250 yards, which at 15 is my best driving distance... Not trying to lie about distance, * I think* it went that far... It went 100%, and I mean 100% straight. I would take the laughs just to get the reward if it would be allowed in a tournament... So is it?

[opie]

Would it be allowed on the golf course? I went to the range today, and I was killing the ball like this, and hitting it straight. It probably went atleast 250 yards, which at 15 is my best driving distance... Not trying to lie about distance, * I think* it went that far... It went 100%, and I mean 100% straight. I would take the laughs just to get the reward if it would be allowed in a tournament... So is it?

No rule against it. Break it out. Let us know how it goes

[HSip]

Sometimes my "real" swing feels like it has that many moving parts. Unfortunately the result is usually teeing up a provisional. Love to see Paddy launch one during a round.

[microcrayfish]

That's really cool. I've seen the little 3 second clip on youtube before but it's way cooler getting to see him do it like that. Gotta love how he was the only one who would do it (or maybe just the first one who said yes).

[MI Rob]

That clip was great. Really amazing that his swing at the top with both swings was identical.