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Watching her swing I saw nothing "A" about it, maybe (hopefully) she dumped it realizing if it ain't broke...

But maybe I didn't see it and she's just getting the hang of it, or never really adopted the A swing and just struggled like everyone does, but it sure seemed strange.

I don't know, this looks pretty "A Swing" to me. Hands in, not much forearm rotation, standing the shaft up going back. Agree with @jbishop15 that it's less across the line than some swings from earlier in the year.

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iacas
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How about we rename this thread to something a bit less contentious?

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Clearly he cost her a 59...

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I kid, Phil, I kid...

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I thought the demise of Lydia Ko was premature and the OP's post was unfair.   Ko was on an unsustainable pace before she lost her #1 ranking.   I thought she ran into "slump" (if one can call it at that) isn't anything unusual.   Other #1 ranked players men and women went through similar cycle, Tiger, Rory, In Bee Park included.   I felt the OP used the downturn to call out her swing coach without really understanding what is going on with Ko.   She is, what, just 18 years old?  One can't expect her to continue to win at her pace, maintain #1 ranking no matter who her swing coach happens to be.

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I gotta agree with that, looks " A Swing" to me. Clubface keeping at the ball which varies the lack of forearm rotation on bs.

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I don't know, this looks pretty "A Swing" to me. Hands in, not much forearm rotation, standing the shaft up going back. Agree with @jbishop15 that it's less across the line than some swings from earlier in the year.

I'm looking at the shadow of her head on the ground.  She has a really steady head.  "A swing" or not, I imagine she has all 5 keys.

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I'm looking at the shadow of her head on the ground.  She has a really steady head.  "A swing" or not, I imagine she has all 5 keys.

Yes, she certainly does.

OT: You can have all 5 Keys with an A Swing, Jim Hardy swing, Stack and Tilt swing, Mike Bender swing, etc.

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When I saw the telecast on Sunday, Ko's backswing looked A Swing, did I not remember the "A" downswing -- only as a baseball type swing. Looking at the above, Ko does not look stuck with the right elbow as I saw in a video earlier in the spring.

On Sunday, late in the round, I heard the commentators call it a fade, and I saw a fade flight - perhaps under pressure, something broke down late in the round. Someone on another forum said he followed her for 3 days and Ko was hitting it straight or with a baby draw.

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When I saw the telecast on Sunday, Ko's backswing looked A Swing, did I not remember the "A" downswing -- only as a baseball type swing. Looking at the above, Ko does not look stuck with the right elbow as I saw in a video earlier in the spring. On Sunday, late in the round, I heard the commentators call it a fade, and I saw a fade flight - perhaps under pressure, something broke down late in the round. Someone on another forum said he followed her for 3 days and Ko was hitting it straight or with a baby draw.

Seems to me that she was trying to hit a draw as her stock shot. Her last shot on eighteen (and the one in the playoff) were both straight pushes.

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Seems to me that she was trying to hit a draw as her stock shot. Her last shot on eighteen (and the one in the playoff) were both straight pushes.


Guess it was the fairway slope that moved the ball left to right.................

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Saw a piece on Golf Central that she's changing her swing--less vertical, they said.  They didn't mention swing coach at all.  Anyone hear any details?

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26 minutes ago, Missouri Swede said:

Saw a piece on Golf Central that she's changing her swing--less vertical, they said.  They didn't mention swing coach at all.  Anyone hear any details?

Should still be Leadbetter unless she switched again.

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19 minutes ago, iacas said:

Should still be Leadbetter unless she switched again.

Last I heard Leadbetter was trying to get her to drink more of the A-Swing Kool Aid.  

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14 minutes ago, Valleygolfer said:

Lydia's downward slide is looking pretty good right now....

Lol. Just have to wait out her run of form for a few years and then it will come true!

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13 minutes ago, acerimusdux said:

If she had only fired Leadbetter, I'm sure she would have shot better than a 62 today.

Clearly he cost her a 59...

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"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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Who are you guys talking to? The OP with two posts, both in this thread, who hasn't been here in over a year?

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On 6/12/2015 at 11:45 PM, Yukari said:

I have to agree. I think Leadbetter is not a good coach. I don't know why he's so popular with some of the pros. I hope someone in Ko's camp have a sense to say "enough" and have her go back to her previous coach.

I don't follow this stuff as closely as you guys do but this case is interesting and this is exactly my question.

It seems we are blaming Leadbetter for screwing up both Ko and Wie.

What's his selling point?

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