Swing sequence: Phil Mickelson
November 2008
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Golf Instruction / Swing Sequence
AGE: 38 / HEIGHT: 6-feet-3
DRIVER: Callaway FT-5, 8.5 degrees
BALL: Callaway Tour ix
AVG. DRIVING DISTANCE (RANK): 295.8 yards (33rd)
BIRDIES PER ROUND (RANK): 3.76 (4th)'I'M EXCITED ABOUT MY SWING'
I've been working with Butch Harmon since early 2007 to make my swing slightly shorter and tighter. I want to have more control, especially with the driver. To get that without giving up distance, I've spent a lot of time working on my explosiveness: lower-body strength for more stability and upper-body strength for more rotation and speed through impact. My results have been uneven so far, but my driving has completely changed. I'm able to pick my line within the fairway instead of starting the ball outside it, and my misses are a lot smaller. That extra attention to my long game has probably come at the expense of myshort game, but I've been working on my chipping and putting, and they're almost there. But I'm excited about my swing.
DRIVER: Callaway FT-5, 8.5 degrees
BALL: Callaway Tour ix
AVG. DRIVING DISTANCE (RANK): 295.8 yards (33rd)
BIRDIES PER ROUND (RANK): 3.76 (4th)'I'M EXCITED ABOUT MY SWING'
I've been working with Butch Harmon since early 2007 to make my swing slightly shorter and tighter. I want to have more control, especially with the driver. To get that without giving up distance, I've spent a lot of time working on my explosiveness: lower-body strength for more stability and upper-body strength for more rotation and speed through impact. My results have been uneven so far, but my driving has completely changed. I'm able to pick my line within the fairway instead of starting the ball outside it, and my misses are a lot smaller. That extra attention to my long game has probably come at the expense of myshort game, but I've been working on my chipping and putting, and they're almost there. But I'm excited about my swing.
-- Phil Mickelson
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