Henrik Stenson's Start-of-Backswing Move

[jcjim]

I'm not picking on his swing he's a very good player...but he has this strange move latterly to his right foot THEN he starts his backswing..I haven't seen anything like that before..He has a quick swing....I wonder what this move is doing for him?

[billchao]

I wonder what this move is doing for him?

It starts his backswing.

[BubblesUSMC]

Jim Furyk has a different back swing as well...   But as a famous golfer once said "the only part of the swing that matters is the 6 inches behind the ball and the 6 inches after it."

[jcjim]

Ya I know about Furyk swing...but Stensons swing he moves back then stops then resumes the takeaway...I'm wondering if it's a way to get behind the ball?

[jcjim]

It starts his backswing.

I realize that.. but it's the opposite direction than I ever seen before... people that make a big move as Stenson makes it's toward the hole not away from the hole as Stensons move

[billchao]

I realize that.. but it's the opposite direction than I ever seen before... people that make a big move as Stenson makes it's toward the hole not away from the hole as Stensons move

It's just a trigger. He might not even be aware that he does it.

[taxgolf]

I'm not picking on his swing he's a very good player...but he has this strange move latterly to his right foot THEN he starts his backswing..I haven't seen anything like that before..He has a quick swing....I wonder what this move is doing for him?

I think it's a good question, which makes me stare to the flat screen every time he is on TV. I find his swing very interesting as well. It is like pre setting presurre on his right foot and from there, to blast forward. I am wondering if it would benefit me with the driver/3w, or in a broader sense, would help Joe Avarage. It is like a trigger for setting off. I tend to agree it would be some kind of mental trigger. And being a pro, he is probably trained it so much, that it is part of him. But I would be happy to say that at a certain point he started training for it.

[pdahle]

I'd be very surprised if he's not aware of it. I believe the pros on that level have dissected every part of their swing.

Google has a lot about Stenson's swing.

[jbishop15]

I'd be very surprised if he's not aware of it. I believe the pros on that level have dissected every part of their swing.  Google has a lot about Stenson's swing.

Not always. Some pros don't want to know about their swing, for fear of losing it or screwing it up or whatever.

[kry29]

It is interesting. I move laterally like that too but he pauses. The pause is what gets me, I can't do that. He can really smack a 3 wood though.

[Redhill]

It seems as though he also lowers his body a wee bit too.

Looks like he is going from the" looking at the hole stance" to the" ok now I'm going to pull the trigger stance".  My guess is that he has found  position of his body to be the most successful at producing his best shots and just returns to that stance when he starts to swing the club.

[natureboy]

Probably is a focus to really 'set' his weight to the inside of the R foot.

Move might possibly have been a partial cause of his recent knee surgery, though.