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Ernie Els - primarily for tempo
Luke Donald - a very neat, tidy and repeatable swing
Tiger Woods - can overpower a course but can also craft his way around a course as well

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Phil Mickelson
Ernie Els
Angel Cabrera

all have silky smooth swings

Driver: FT-3 NVS Stiff
Woods: X- 3 and 5 wood fujikura stiff
irons: X-Forged 4-PW - Flighted Project X 6.0
wedges: X-Tour (52/56/60)
putter: White Hot XG #1 ball: Pro V1/ Callaway HX Tour 56


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Camilo Villegas..yeah im biased..i like how its so short, yet so Fricken powerful.

Driver:10 degree HS9 F speed Stock Regular
FW: 15 degree sasquatch stiff
906F4 18.5 V2 proforce stiff
Hybrid: 21 585H V2 Proforce stiff
Irons: Cobra Fp 4-PW Nippon StiffWedges: CG12 56 degree Wedge Flex Putter: Rossa agsi+ Daytona 1 35"


Camilo Villegas..yeah im biased..i like how its so short, yet so Fricken powerful.

I totally agree with you, short, compact, but boy does he bomb it

Here's what I play:

Titleist 907 D2 10.5* UST ProForce V2 76-S | Titleist 906F4 18.5* Aldila VS Proto "By You" 80-S | Titleist 585H 21* Aldila VS Proto "By You" 80-S | Titleist ZB 4-PW TTDG S300 | Bob Vokey Spin Milled Oil Can 54.10 | Bob Vokey Spin Milled Oil Can 60.08 | Scotty Cameron Red X5 33" |


Paul Casey and David Toms. Both great tempo, easy swing, full, high finish.

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Nike SQ 4W Accra T70 M4 Shaft
HB001 17* Hybrid with Mitsubishi Diamana Thump X Stiff Flex
Baffler Pro 20* Accra Axiv 105 Tour Hybrid Shaft

Taylor Made 24* Burner Accra Axiv 105 Tour Hybrid Shaft

Mizuno MP-32 5-PW Black Oxide Finish Project X 6.0 Shafts

Vokey 52* Oil Can Finish TTDG S400 Shaft

Cleveland 588 60* TTDG S400 Shaft

Rife Bimini Blade Putter

 

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Adam Scott
Luke Donald
Steve Elkington
Davis Love
Ernie Els
Tiger Woods
Justin Rose

Michele Wie

Titleist 910 D2 9.5 Driver
Titleist 910 F15 & 21 degree fairway wood
Titleist 910 hybrid 24 degree
Mizuno Mp33 5 - PW
52/1056/1160/5

"Yonex ADX Blade putter, odyssey two ball blade putter, both  33"

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Fred Couples is by far the smoothest. Am also told it is very similar to my swing so that always put it up there too.
In My Bag:
Driver: r580XD R flex
3 Wood: Mac Burrows 13*
Irons: Apex 2 iron
Irons: Edge 3-E ('89-92)Wedge: rac TP Satin 56*12Wedge: rac TP Black 60*06Putter: CER Milled CP03 (GolfWorks custom head)Ball: Pro V1 or any other found premimum ball

Luke Donald, Jeff Maggert and Steve Elkington have the most beautiful swings. Ernie Els looks incredible smooth in person. Adam Scott has a tremendous game and swing. While competitive, he has a very gentle personality and this probably keeps him from winning as much as you would expect. I wish he would grind out his putts more. If he would, I think he would win more in line with his ball-striking dominance. Tiger's swing is very effective, obviously, but not pretty- its too violent and bouncy; head bobs down too much

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Freddy . No question.

This one should have been a poll!

Pardon the French: check this out

and this

In my TM r7 Stand bag:
Driver- r11 10.5° Reg shaft

Fairway wood - r11 3 wood
Hybrids- r11 3, 4 & 5
Irons- M1 6-AW, xft 50, xft 54.12 , xft 60.08°
Still have / love my r7 CGB Max 6-PW, xft 50, xft 54.12, xft 60.08° which I keep in Myrtle Beach, Tommy Armour 855 Putter


Will someone with a lot more computer skills than me turn this thread into a poll? I'd be interested in a vote by our esteemed readers (and those that aren't can vote too).

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I see now that rrassoc already suggested it. Any takers?

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Fred Couples is by far the smoothest. Am also told it is very similar to my swing so that always put it up there too.

Who can't like Freddy's swing? Impossible. I think every kid growing up watching him tried to emulate his swing. Myself included. Smooth as butter.

That being the case, it's those type swings I like to watch the most. Ernie Els, Reteif Goosen. Vijay is similar, I love watching him hit Driver. I gotta pay attention to Phil more closely in '08. I've never been a big fan, but, I can imagine he's got a silky swing.
Freddy

Whoa! I've never seen those. That's awesome. Thanks for posting.

Ernie Els - primarily for tempo

Yeah, those are pretty solid examples. I'd go Reteif for tempo of players of today.

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Callaway XHot Pro 4/5 irons w/S300
Callaway XForged III 5-PW irons w/S300
Callaway Forged 52*/58* Wedges
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I see now that rrassoc already suggested it. Any takers?

Ugh, I'm newer to this site than you are... I think setting up a poll requires a new thread ?

In my TM r7 Stand bag:
Driver- r11 10.5° Reg shaft

Fairway wood - r11 3 wood
Hybrids- r11 3, 4 & 5
Irons- M1 6-AW, xft 50, xft 54.12 , xft 60.08°
Still have / love my r7 CGB Max 6-PW, xft 50, xft 54.12, xft 60.08° which I keep in Myrtle Beach, Tommy Armour 855 Putter


My favourite swing would have to be Adam Scott's bacause I like thae fact that is it very short and very on plane but he is still an extrememly long hitter. And I also like his swing the best because he's Australian!!!

In the bag:

driver Big Ben CS3 9.5º
3-wood 906F4 15.5º
hybrid rescue mid 19ºirons: MP-60 3-PWwedges vokey spin-milled 54º and 60ºputter tracy IIball Pro V1


Me personally: I like Zach Johnson's swing. I don't know why, but it just seems to work really well and he has great tempo (IMHO).

Tiger's swing is quite fluid along with Freddy's.
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Driver - Taylormade r7 Quad 10.5˚ Fujijura E360 Stiff
Woods - Sonartec SS 2.5 13˚ HST Penley Tour Stiff
Hybrid - Sonartec HB-001 19˚ HST Penley Tour StiffIrons - Mizuno MP-67 Forged 4-PW, DGS300Wedges - Callaway Forged 50˚ and 54˚, Walter Hagen 60˚Putter - Nike T130 O/S Mallet Ctr Shaft 33"B...

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