What pro do you try and swing like?

[roadrunner]

I love how Mike weir swings. His whole set up and swing is something I like to try to emulate.

[golf_junkie27]

Paul Casey and Seve Ballesteros. Two beautiful swings.

[marpr]

  roadrunner said:

I love how Mike weir swings. His whole set up and swing is something I like to try to emulate.

I would have to say Adam Scott and Ernie.

Smooth, powerful.

[Eore]

tommy "two gloves" gainey. just kidding. another newbie on tour this year, roland thatcher, actually. he's a beast-his first tourney he made the money cut but didn't play. grr.

[HartridgeKing]

Charles Barkely, the best swing ever.

[Bowker]

Not really anyone. Just mine.

[roadrunner]

  None said:

Not really anyone. Just mine.

That is really surprising. I have been to a couple of pga events and have walked a with a something each day. One day I followed Jesper Parnivik. He was playing really well and I could tell that he just was envisioning his shot going down the fairway and onto the green and into the cup. It was a new way to look at playing the next time. That is how I see Mike Weir swing. I have never seen him play but I can tell it starts with his swing and how it feels in his set up.

If you have had the chance to see a pga professional play don't pass it up you will take something good away from it.

[lamebums]

No one. My swing is my swing, and trying to alter it majorly just to emulate a pro would cause me to blow a gaskit, go insane, toss my clubs in the lake and quit the game. I have enough problems with this game without having to deal with shanks, duffs, worm burners and banana balls...

[augafan48]

however odd this sounds, aaron baddely. I like his swing. Not the stack and tilt part, but the flatter swing plane like ben hogan i really admire.

[Ben]

Fred Couple's tempo. Vijay Singh's extension through impact. But like Bowker and lamebums say, I try and stick to what feels right to me. Plus, I am a professional. haha

[knuckleballer71]

Harry Vardon................

[flap]

Joe Cocker

[RX Phoenix]

Used to mess around going from one pro swing to another, it's was a lot of fun, but I stopped that and am now playing much, much better using what works for me and not trying to look like or emulate any pro.

Come to think of it, my game has improved so much since I stopped watching golf on TV, because seeing these pros play so well, there is a tendency to try and emulate them and that screws up your swing and game which is not so bad if you're playing easy courses, but if you're on a really tough course you will get destroyed if your swing is messed up.

[Three Putt]

most like the "Big Fijiian". Wish I had a swing like Tiger's for short game and half - 3/4 swing shots...amazing.

[xd3vilx]

For my driver swing, I try to swing like Bubba Watson, did I few modification and seem to be helping my driver to be more consistent. Iron wise, I always like how Ernie Els does his swing, simple yet effective.

[mikelz]

I quit reading golf magazines because of that.
I went several years with no game of my own.
From one round to the next I was trying to play like a different guy.
That was horrible. I never even liked Lanny Wadkins and I sure couldn't duplicate Ray Floyd.

I try to duplicate one thing in practice now:
Fred Couples' tempo and relaxed muscles.

[hawkeye]

i don't try swing like them but i hit it very similar to Geoff Ogilvy. I would watch Retief Goosen as much as possible when he plays in Ireland - effortless rhythm.

i'd love to have a swing like Justin Rose or Rory McIlroy though!

[mikelz]

  flap said:

Joe Cocker

If I had my druthers...Joe had a lot of fun.