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  On 1/11/2016 at 6:10 PM, Club Rat said:

This is a common problem among amateur golfers that has been affectionately named a “chicken wing.” Some pros have managed to play well in spite of it (as Lee Westwood can attest) but because hitting the ball well consistently is so reliant on impeccable timing, that same move usually fails them under pressure (as Lee Westwood can attest).

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Spieth’s left arm is bent that way because Spieth is working hard to keep his golf club’s clubface from rotating through impact. Spieth has figured out that the less the clubface rotates through the ball, the less he has to rely on timing, so the more repeatable it is. Spieth is essentially hitting a glorified block all the time, which is pretty hard to mess up, in any sport.

 
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  On 1/11/2016 at 8:03 PM, Golfingdad said:

I like the write up and the explanation of the hows and whys of Speiths somewhat unorthodox swing, but I don't understand.  Aren't the two paragraphs up above completely at odds with each other?  I mean, is his move more or less reliant on timing than an "orthodox" swing?  It surely can't be both. :-P

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I think I understand.  Maybe I don't, but here is my best shot.  The first statement is correct, it usually fails them under pressure (the second statement is incorrect).  It also should or ought to result is some loss of power.  Jordan then compensates for both of these in 2 ways:

(1) Slow play.  Lots of practice swings, backing off, etc.  Why?  Because he knows he can't trust his swing.

(2) To compensate for power, one would have to get more weight forward.  A lot more.  He is the only player that rolls up on his left foot after impact.


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I said he should take a vacation, no golf no nothing, I guess I'm showing I'm old fashioned. If you follow Rickie Fowler's Snapchat (Spieth is on vacation with him), there's lots of video of them on the course, tooling around, in the gym, at the beach, it's like you're there with them. I guess these are the times we live in, everything's public, which is fine, ymmv, I'd want to totally immerse myself in something totally different for a bit.

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  On 4/22/2016 at 12:56 PM, nevets88 said:
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Fun read, good to see that even Jack and Player like to play Monday morning quarterback.  A game or B game, if Spieth doesn't screw up on 12 he's likely winning his second Masters.  I'm not taking anything away from Willett but at the turn Willett could not have won without Spieth screwing up.  

I also don't agree with Jack about Spieth getting a big head, he seems like a pretty grounded kid with a support team that would ensure his head fits in his hat.  

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His David Feherty is not bad.

 

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Spieth impersonates Feherty,

 

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  On 5/3/2016 at 11:39 AM, boogielicious said:

Ouch.

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HAHA!

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You knew this was going to happen sooner or later. Johnny Miller on Spieth's bent lead arm at impact. Don't listen to him, Spieth.

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“He has a tendency with that bent left elbow to come down with the face open,” Miller said in a teleconference call in advance of the Players Championship next week. “He has been doing it quite a bit this year. He really did it [at the Masters]. That was an amazing miss in the water and an amazing fat shot in the water.

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http://www.golfdigest.com/story/johnny-miller-picks-at-jordan-spieth-swing-idiosyncrasy-as-instructor-once-predicted

If this isn't agent-marketing-hype speak, I dunno what is.

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“Our ultimate goal is for the brand and the foundation to transcend the sport," Spieth's agent Jay Danzi told D Magazine.

Whoa.

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http://www.cbssports.com/golf/eye-on-golf/25578188/jordan-spieths-agent-wants-his-clients-brand-to-transcend-the-sport

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Funny, Spieth-based commercial...

 

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A win changes the perspective at least a bit, though Day & Rory weren't in this field.

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The victory is Spieth’s eighth of his burgeoning pro career, and he now joins Jason Day and Adam Scott as the only players with multiple wins this season on the PGA Tour, having won the Hyundai Tournament of Champions in January.

“Actually at this point last year we had two wins, so we’re kind of right on track,” he said. “Obviously we had a major last year and almost one this year, but things seem to be kind of back on track, in contention three of the last four events, and that’s the way we’ve tried to keep on looking at it.”

 

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  On 6/14/2016 at 2:00 PM, nevets88 said:
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Player has never lacked for confidence, he is always the first to tell you how great he is.  Player just trying to stay relevant and in the news.  

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