Question #1: How do we measure this difference? When working with tempo the way you measure things is with time. So, we can easily measure the elapsed time of different elements of the swing. You can measure it in the standard seconds….or you can look at in a different way, we use FPS, Frames per […]
“No one ever swung a golf club too slowly” wrote the great Bobby Jones….unfortunately, he was wrong. Take a look at these swings (hint, one of them is the current #1 player in the world and pound for pound one of the longest hitters to ever play) Tell me which swing is slow. (hint #2, […]
Here are some photos of a Power Whip user from the Chicago area. The darker photos with the Power Whip show the difference in his lag as he has a much better angle when using the Power Whip. Over time, I think John will really see a huge difference in distance with his increased lag. […]
Just did a great interview with Christof Appel: http://birdiebank.com/013-john-novosel-jr-the-top-players-in-the-world-share-this-tempo-trait/ His questions were great and I highly recommend checking out some of his other interviews!
Here is my unofficial end of year Tempo report on the Top 25 players in the world. top25
24/8 seemed to be the tempo of choice from the WCG event at Doral. Winner Patrick Reed was 25/8. Donaldson was 26/8. Bubba was 24/8. also, the other winner at 24/8 last week was Chesson Hadley. The quick swinging Jason Dufner was 18/6….he gets to impact as those 4 guys get to the top of […]
3 of the 4 players in the playoff had the same tempo! Can you guess who was the slow one? The 3 that are the same: Rory McIlroy, Russell Henley and Russell Knox were all very quick at 20/7. Ryan Palmer was ‘slow’ by tour standards at 25/8. But, if you compare that to your […]
Tempo report from the Accenture World Match Play: Jason Day – 22/7 Victor Dubuisson – 20-7 Ernie Els – 24/9 Rickie Fowler – 22/7 They all lined up with the 3:1 ratio of Tour Tempo, that’s 3 parts backswing to 1 part downswing. The ‘old man’ Ernie Els was the only one who took more […]
The size on this thing is amazing, practically fits in your bag and very lightweight! Not much larger than a dozen balls! Fore more info check out: http://flightscope.com/products/flightscope-xi/
Looks like I’m being replaced as the Tour Tempo model!! Check out this article: http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-instruction/2014-02/rob-akins-swing-tempo
