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www.purplegolf.com In this video the purplegolf Academy takes a look at the swing of Tiger Woods in practice for the 1997 Masters where he won his first major and compares it to the swing of Rory McIlroy at the US Open, when he won his first major. There are some remarkable similarities.
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Their legmotion is not similiar Tiger does not drive his knees towards the ball like Rory does Tiger clears his left side much better than rory does. Tiger’s left knee is pretty high though but that is because his right foot comes off the ground so quickly in the downswing. And to compare swings you need almost identical camera angles and the camera has to be stationary too.
Rory drives his knees towards the ball and his right arm is way behind him with that legmotion driving your knees towards the ball you will get surverly stuck behind your body but this happens to rory sometimes but he makes great moves to counter affect his unique legmotion.
Tiger is the greatest of all time… Doesnt anyone remember how revolutionary Tigers swing was at the time? No one swung the club like he did then… We don’t think about it now but all these new guys on tour grew up trying to swing like Tiger
Creep, that’s a stupid comment…there are loads of excellent Asian and Hispanic players
Rory’s swing is better currently than what Tiger’s was in 97 but a better swing doesnt make a better champion. Rory will prob have 8-10 majors of his own though.
I like Rory but Tiger Woods is the goat.
very cool comparison! Interesting indeed
i still like tiger more than rory cuz even though he isnt #1 any more, he’s like the only minority thats really really really good.
tiger all day