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Dave Phillips uses V1 Pro to analyze Titleist Brand Ambassador Scott Stallings, filmed at TPI Titleist Brand Ambassador Scott Stallings won The Greenbrier Classic with one of the year’s most extraordinary finishes, trusting a Pro V1x golf ball, new Titleist AP2 prototype irons and a bag full of Titleist equipment to his first PGA Tour victory. Stallings, 26, emerged from an all-Titleist playoff with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to cap off a three-win week for Titleist golf ball players around the world, including Pro V1x loyalist Yani Tseng, who won the Ricoh Women’s British Open to become the youngest player across all tours to win a fifth major championship. Stalling’s comeback victory featured eight birdies over his final 11 holes, including consecutive 2′s — one to join the playoff with fellow Titleist Brand Ambassador Bill Haas and Pro V1x loyalist Bob Estes, and one to win the tournament — on the 169-yard par-3 18th hole. He relied on the Pro V1x golf ball, new AP2 prototype 9-iron and Scotty Cameron by Titleist 009 prototype putter for his success. The trio finished regulation at 10-under 270, sitting atop a leaderboard that featured eight Titleist Brand Ambassadors and nine Titleist golf ball players in the top 10, including: Brendon de Jonge (T4, Pro V1x), Cameron Tringale (T4, Pro V1x), Jimmy Walker (T4, Pro V1), Gary Woodland (T4, Pro V1), Webb Simpson (T9, Pro V1x) and Kyle Stanley (T9, Pro V1x). For the week, Stallings finished …
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@cairbnamara Yep! Great athlete to be able to hold that together for 4 rounds.
@drddh1 Poor glute stability-in a way-only because there’s virtually no load through the left glute so it never activates!The reason that foot comes up is he has so much lag that if he didnt keep the weight on the back foot (and move back away from the target on) he would never square up the club in time.The left foot coming up is simply the fact there is very little weight on it at impact (most of weight on right foot).He’s essentially reverse pivoting to be able to avoid a massive block/slice.
Good lag-agree well short of neutral joint alignment into lead leg-how he keeps that swing accurate I don’t know! Classy athlete.
Best way to eliminate a hook-keep rotating the hips all the way through impact independently of the upper body as Scott does.
Might he have limited internal hip rotation of his left? Or poor left glute stability?
Could explain why he doesn’t like to/can’t keep his left foot on the ground.
margin of error is so small for that type of swing surely?