Best swing to copy/emulate?

[Roy McAvoy]

For me it's got to be Maggert's. So simple and balanced. Great use of his right elbow, effortless.

[prutkows]

  Roy McAvoy said:

For me it's got to be Maggert's. So simple and balanced. Great use of his right elbow, effortless.

my swing looks a lot like tiger's. just not nearly as much power :D

[flap]

Freddie Couples hands down

[Roy McAvoy]

  flap said:

Freddie Couples hands down

Maybe his tempo, but his outside/inside move is unique to him. Trying to swing like that wouldn't work for 99.9% of the population.

[niblick]

  flap said:

Freddie Couples hands down

I couldn't copy that monster shoulder turn if you held a gun to my head.

I really like David Tom's swing.

[Guest]

The Big Easy, Ernie Els. That's who I try to emulate.

[cantputt]

i like adam scotts swing. so simple and it looks good. but of course ernie els also has a superior swing :). i like tigers swing though. very aggressive :) SHABLAM

[DBake]

I have read and strongly believe one should only emulate a pro swing if you have the same body type (height, weight) and grip type.

[cdriver]

I've got to go with Fred Couples... When I am swinging my best, that is what I visualize my swing looks like. In reality, it probably looks like a cat caught in flypaper, but in my mind, I look goooodddd...

[MPS67]

I think I'll go with Ben Hogan, but with maybe a touch more of forward shoulder action. Els' swing is a smooth, powerful swing that I also admire.

[NCGolfer]

For some reason, I always come back to Tom Watson. It's not someone you think of immediately, but the guy has such a repeatable swing. Very little spine movement through the swing. It looks like someone drilled a stake through the top of his head and it came out his rear end and into the ground...and he just swings around it.

I think I like to emulate him because a lot of my problems related to not swinging around the spine.

Another guy people should look at more, even though he's sort of fell off the radar, is Steve Elkington. In his prime, that swing was perfect.

To those of you that said Couples, I wish you luck. You might as well try and copy Furyk's swing.

[SuaSponteMn]

Adam Scott, to me he has by far the most technically sound swing in the game...

[Wood]

I would love to have Luke Donald's swing. It NEVER breaks plane, or seems hurried. If I were 8'6" like Els, I'd want his swing.

[muskegman]

  cdriver said:

I've got to go with Fred Couples... When I am swinging my best, that is what I visualize my swing looks like. In reality, it probably looks like a cat caught in flypaper, but in my mind, I look goooodddd...

Freddie would be a nightmare to copy technically but his tempo is butter. There are few swings that look as fluid and easy as Couples. His transition looks so effortless.

[Lbob]

I'd love to have Stewart Appleby's swing. I think it's probably the simplest one on tour. But of course I'm not nearly as strong or flexible as Stewie so it probably wouldn't work for me. But you know if you're talking about a pretty swing, I think that Michelle Wie's is about as good as it gets. Wish I could swing like that. All I lack is the flexibility, timing, and hand-eye coordination. Plus she get a heck of lot of power from her legs that I'll never have.

[cmarkmyers]

Good call on Appleby, but I gotta go with Ernie.

[TurtleWoods]

I like Ernie's. Smoooooooooth. I try to copy it but I just can't get the same number of o's in Smoothness ;)

[nlowplacez]

kenny perry, jim furyk, or charles barkley id have to say