Phil Mickelson says you can take that modern swing and wrap it in a back brace

[nevets88]

Ironically, Fred Couples is out because of back problems. There's a not restrictive looking swing. If there are more back problems today, would think it's because players are starting out younger, average swing speed is higher and the season is longer.

[Keep It Simple]

It doesn't help so many golfers grew up watching Tiger Woods.  So many different and cool golf swings to watch on tour (past and present) yet when I think THE GOLF SWING my mind pictures the swing of Tiger Woods.  Not surprising considering he got the most air time when I watched golf on TV.

[Lihu]

5 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Ironically, Fred Couples is out because of back problems. There's a not restrictive looking swing. If there are more back problems today, would think it's because players are starting out younger, average swing speed is higher and the season is longer.

Right, they're able to push themselves much farther, but that's not the swing's fault.

[natureboy]

8 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Ironically, Fred Couples is out because of back problems. There's a not restrictive looking swing. If there are more back problems today, would think it's because players are starting out younger, average swing speed is higher and the season is longer.

Yeah, he goes back very far and 'across the line'. But he doesn't raise his lead foot as much as you might expect for a swing as long as his if you went by the 'old school' swing style.

I think golf for pros that have to hit tons of balls to stay sharp and earn their scratch is hard on the back period.

Edited April 7, 2016 by natureboy

[DrvFrShow]

Old school example. Snead was also very flexible.

Another older style swing:

 

[JonMA1]

On April 6, 2016 at 1:45 AM, mvmac said:

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"You can play golf for a lifetime and injury-free if you swing the club like Bobby Jones did, like Ernest Jones used to teach -- where it's a swinging motion rather than a violent movement," Mickelson said from Augusta. "A lot of the young guys get hurt as they create this violent, connected movement, and I don't believe that's the proper way to swing the golf club."

Mickelson said his freer move -- a style championed by commentator Brandel Chamblee in his new book, "The Anatomy of Greatness" -- is why he's been able to play relatively injury-free into his mid-40s, and he worries about a generation of young players copying the aggressive lashes they see on tour telecasts.

You mean Phil Mickelson the PGA pro, or Phil Mickelson the MD?

If Phil has an opinion about how to play golf at the highest level, it's worth listening to. But while he may (or may not) be more knowledgeable about staying healthy than the average guy on the street, he's likely not expert enough to give advice. Maybe the man has avoided injury due as much to genetics as anything else.

I hope he can remain injury-free. I don't wish back pain on anyone.

[mvmac]

On 4/12/2016 at 3:54 PM, JonMA1 said:

You mean Phil Mickelson the PGA pro, or Phil Mickelson the MD?

Well since he's not an MD, it would be Phil the pro 

On 4/12/2016 at 3:54 PM, JonMA1 said:

If Phil has an opinion about how to play golf at the highest level, it's worth listening to.

Just because he's a hall-of-fame golfer doesn't mean he knows a lot about the golf swing. Feel ain't real.

[JonMA1]

19 hours ago, mvmac said:

Well since he's not an MD, it would be Phil the pro 

That was my point. Just like everyone else in the world, he thinks his personal experiences make him an expert in medicine. And just like everyone else that thinks that way, he's wrong. He may or may not be right about this particular opinion, but nobody should take advice from anyone without some level of a medical degree. 

19 hours ago, mvmac said:

Just because he's a hall-of-fame golfer doesn't mean he knows a lot about the golf swing. Feel ain't real.

Relative to his knowledge of neurology or the musculoskeletal system, he knows a lot about the game of golf. At least a lot more than I'll ever know.

But you have a point. I mean, the guy doesn't even know which side of the ball to address.

[Buckeyebowman]

2 hours ago, JonMA1 said:

 

But you have a point. I mean, the guy doesn't even know which side of the ball to address.

Oh! Of course he does! It's the "backside" of the ball!