Grant waite driver swing weight

He used to practice under a low ceiling, and you can see how that affected his golf swing progression. When feel is the deal, tour pros are quick to check swingweights. In the video, you can see that even a fully conformed stack and tilt player has 65% of his weight on the back foot at the top of the swing. Making a full turn back and shifting your weight will promote a natural swing. The term swingweight or swing weight is well established in many sports which use a bat, club or racquet. The reality is, how your weight is positioned in the swing is related to, but isnt the same as, how. We talked swing a bit, and grant iswas a class act. My opinion would be somewhat different, more along the order of swing weight not related to swing speed. The difference between two swing weights, d0 and d1 for example. The guide to escaping bunker shots, both fairway and greenside. Halfway across the world, tragic news from new zealand arrives with its native sons on tour behind trackman maestro. Combining grant s technically perfect golf swing and pga tour experience with josephs in depth knowledge of the golf swing and ball flight, the two offer a unique coaching experience. Pga tour stats, video, photos, results, and career highlights. Dave wedsyk clearly states that grant waite feels like he keeps his weight forward, but actually increases his weight under his back during his backswing.

Notice his right foot way off the ground demonstrating a big weight load into his right side. If you swing very quickly, then you need a club with less swing weight so that the club can rotate around your pivot point as fast as your body is rotating. Graeme mcdowell this should make you feel better when you watch your swing on video. Swing weights range from a0 at the lightest to g10 at the heaviest, with most mens clubs coming in around d0d2 and womens clubs weighing c5c7. Tilt, turn, extend foundations of an amazing golf swing tom saguto, pga sagutogolf duration. This article will help you understand the why and how and hopefully answer any questions you have about getting your weight forward at impact. Grant waite pga tour profile news, stats, and videos.

Swing catalyst is the most powerful technology i have found for getting immediate feedback in order to help a player develop these fundamentals in a way that fits their own unique swing. Phil rodgers would hang out, and preached the swing left methodology daily. Waite would have lost his card the following season if it wasnt for the exemption he had received from winning the kemper open. Until getting jimmy ballards book and dvd recently, the impact zone was the book that had the biggest impact pun intended on my golf swing. As i start the downswing move, i apply pressure toward the ball of my left foot. I have not replicated the distance on course from my first effort and i attribute that to swing change. Kiwi grant waite is at a crossroads in his career and the worlds most famous golfer might choose which path he takes. Dec 03, 2008 if aldila says their shafts are 46 and i ask the club maker to make my driver with the new shaft 45, does that mean i took 1 off the length. Ive got him at p7 on video back from that time, and he had very good forward lean on the shaft, probably close to 10 degrees toward the target.

The west coast swing was defined by players who opted not to go for it and failed to win. Heres a little more about how i came to this conclusion. Thus, you could have one driver weighing 330 grams and another driver weighing 660 gramsboth with the same swingweight. This brought him to the attention of grant waite, the longtime tour pro. He put my swing along side grant waite and compared positions. Grant waite heres grant with a driver frontal view. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Advances in technology have made driver optimization a realistic goal for amateurs. Ive cut the swing off so the focus is on the pressure but ive noted the positions in the swing when it occurs. Swing weights are expressed according to an arbitrary scale that was created in the 1920s by robert adams. Born 11 august 1964 age 55 palmerston north, new zealand. So were going to have the weight forward, were going to have the handle forward. The stack and tilt system, founded by golf pros andy plummer and michael bennett has been around for quite.

Assuming lead tape is typically available in 12 wide strips. Join chris como for full episodes of swing expedition on. One of the biggest causes to slicing the ball is failure to get your weight shifted to the left side at impact and followthrough. This is grant waite golf swing by patrice dionne on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The shortest golf swings of all time golf club guru. What many people struggle with understanding is how to ensure the weight is on the front side at impact. A club with a heavier swing weight will feel heavier to a golfer than one with a lighter swing weight, because its balance point is closer to the club head. Grant waite video 4 grant waite iron, downline view. The end result is my shafts swing weighting 1 point roughly less then what they would without build up tape. I could not believe how different the key positions were i was amazed that i could. Golf components and custom golf clubs are our specialty at. Where tour pros distribute their weight at address golfwrx.

As with the fitting of the shaft weight, the club fitter also has to evaluate the golfers transition force, tempo. We are the premier online suppliers of golf club components, including iron heads, driver heads, shafts, grips, clubmaking supplies and other parts for sale. I could not believe how different the key positions were i was amazed that i could even hit the ball never mind the fact i was a 10 handicap. And a great teachers tool is the rest of the title to this post.

The recently turned 50yearold from palmerston north has been suggested as. In fact, mayo has helped reinvent modern golf swing theory with his. Weight transfer drill cure a slice golf swing tips to. Cliff notes for the yellow book some say, his book was and still is very valuable to me. We use the term swingweight to mean the moment of inertia of a single handed flyrod around an axis at the butt of the rod. Shortening the length of your driver swing weight and shaft flex you go into the pro shop or to your favorite club maker wanting to get your driver cut down one 1 inch what happens to the swing weight and the shaft flex. Get the latest news, stats, videos, and more about golfer grant waite on. This was part 2 of a 3part series on building a powerful and consistent golf swing. This brought him to the attention of grant waite, the longtime tour pro whod transitioned into a highly respected swing coach. The most misunderstood swing in golf the diy golfer. May, 2012 regardless i have added roughly 3grams of tape under my grips so about 1. Weight forward 5545 for irons, 6040 for driver and woods.

Kiwi grant waite tipped to be tigers new coach golf grinder. Hes been shown in the model section as 67% left at a4. He went on to have a further three top 10 finishes that season and finished the year 35th on the money list. Swing analysis and questions lynn blake concepts and golfing machine if this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Look at the weight distribution at the top of his backswing. In those sports, swingweight means the moment of inertia around a predetermined axis. Its accurate and extremely dependable for inside and outside applications. It just so happens that grant waite, the golfer you see in the video below, is an all. In the video, you can see that even a fully conformed stack and tilt player has 65% of his weight on the back foot at the top of the swing in transition. You can change the swing weight of the club by adding weight to either the club head or the grip end of the club. Sep 15, 2011 rory mcilroy shares tips to improve your drive golfpass. This swingweight calculator is useful for estimating what the swingweight of an assembled club will be before assembly. Waite mayo golf is an instruction team formed by grant waite, pga tour winner and touring golf professional, and joseph mayo, professional instructor and one of.

Grant osten waite born 11 august 1964 is a new zealand professional golfer. Apr, 2009 the weight of the shaft and swing weight of the club dont have much of a correlation. The weight of the shaft didnt create the difference in swing weight. Grant waite heres grant with an iron shot down line, good swing. With its ability to integrate video analysis, radar data and ground reaction force measurements, swing catalyst is the complete tool to aid a coach in the. Shortening the length of your driver swing weight and shaft. Grant waites swing is used during the checkpoint detail 31. Waite would have lost his card the following season if it wasnt for the exemption he had received from winning the. Hes cofounder of waite mayo golf with pga tour veteran grant waite. He has one pga tour victory, the kemper open in 1993, and finished second to tiger woods at the 2000 bell canadian open. As you probably know, swing weight is a measurement of balance point on the club, not static or total weight. Images from the tour and from regular golfers page 2. Either that, or you think you just need to figure out how to swing the club faster.

How to ensure your weight is forward at impact james parker. If you struggle with weight shift in your golf swing, and this is one of the reasons you slice the ball, give this a shot. It includes one of my favorite swings to watch and learn from, grant waite. They help quantify a students feelings, and communicate truth to the student when their feelings dont match reality. Grant waite video 1 grant waite driver, downline view. After the harsh reality of seeing a slim athlete and a slightly over weight bald hacker me it only got worse. On the swingcatalyst, grant was 53% right with his weight at the top of the backswing, and 6065% right with his pressure. We all know that the weight has to be forwardon the front leg at impact. As with the fitting of the shaft weight, the club fitter also has. Pga tour winner grant waite shares his experience with golf instruction legend mac ogrady. When feel is the deal, tour pros are quick to check swingweights a recent tweak by dustin johnson underscores the importance of weight distribution throughout the set by. Yes, the kiwi who won the kemper open in 1993 is now a highlyrespected golf coach. A panel of 1,200 leading golf instructors nationwide has voted butch harmon the no.

The goal of the golf backswing video by peter finch the cause of. Fundamentals of the swing demonstrated by grant waite. Youll spend a halfhour at the range with a driver in hand trying to hit the 300yard sign, but probably wont drop two balls in a bunker. Why things happen the way they do in the golf swing published august 6, 20. Grant osten waite born 11 august 1964 is a new zealand professional golfer waite was born in palmerston north, new zealand. Dana dahlquist has taught the golf swing to everyone from pga tour players, grant waite and eric axley, to the lpgas anna rawson, actor michael pena, and some of the top junior players in southern california. We keep the cost low, and our service is legendary. How to ensure your weight is forward at impact james. Joseph mayo and grant waite explain wonderfully these bunker shots in the video below. At the top of my swing, i can feel my weight over my right leg. At no time is the weight moving towards the back foot on the swing causing a reverse pivot. Boditrak data has been able to confirm that many elite players in the game start their golf swings with more pressure on their.

At the time, waite was working with mike weir, charles howell. Grant waite heres grant with an iron shot front view, good swing. Butch harmons best driver tips will get you hitting it straight and long. Trackman, a radar device developed by denmarkbased trackman as, was introduced on tour about seven years ago initially as a way to pair players with the proper golf ball and club, but it has. A hockey fanatic turned golfer, allen doyle had one of the shortest golf swings of all time. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Using you can explore all about sports in one website, watch sport videos, and expand your knowledge in a variety of sport topics. Join facebook to connect with grant waite and others you may know.

Anthony powter and while the former caddy to tiger woods has since moved on to caddy for adam scott, grant waite is the new kiwi ready to step into a different hot seat for woods. Originally posted by thefuture37 what happend to the impact position u have in the trevino angled hinge video. Let me first say that the trackman launch monitor is the best launch monitor on the market today. Swing weight is the measurement of the head weight feel of a club. Rory mcilroy shares tips to improve your drive golfpass. Swing weight is measured on a swing weight scale and is referenced with an alphanumeric code. Fundamentals of the swing demonstrated by grant waite youtube. I just think at some point long ago grant had as good a move as anybody. Grant waite video 3 grant waite wedge, downline view. Johnny miller golf, slow motion golf swing, pga tour players, golf now, golf putting tips, golf videos, golf player, golf tips for beginners, golf channel. Oct 31, 2016 here are some screenshots from the grant waite video. Here are some screenshots from the grant waite video. Weight forward left foot, and equally toeheel on the left, but favoring the toes on the right foot. Grant waite stats, news, pictures, bio, videos espn.

And if so i would need to add 6 swing weight points to the head. Toe up to toe up drill although it is much quicker to create new movement patterns without the distraction of hitting a ball and swinging a club, at some point you must begin transitioning to the real world and this is an extremely effective drill to guide you to a correct impact position. Grant waite video 2 grant waite driver, faceon view. Note tiger woods said that grant waite has one of the best swings in the game. Percentage of weight on both legs at given points in the swing. Swingweight calculator tool custom golf clubs value golf. Jerrys epic driver adventure point and shoot and looooong more time with my epic and with the new swing has come increased swing speed its up from 8890, to 9396. So i took screen shots from justin rose and grant waite, and before anyone says they dont swing the same, grant s tgm and rose is foleyleadbetter.

Swing weight is the measurement of the headweight feel of a club. Aug 28, 2014 kiwi grant waite is at a crossroads in his career and the worlds most famous golfer might choose which path he takes. Why things happen the way they do in the golf swing. A familiar name sits atop golf digest s 50 best teachers ranking for 2014, and a new star has joined him. The video was made for a beginner or high handicap golfer audience and discusses grip, stance and weight shift. If you have an easygoing, graceful swing, a heavier swing weight is called for. Today world renowned pga tour coaches such as sean foley, kevin weeks, matt killen, scott hamilton and grant waite are all using various golf swing video analysis tools from swing catalyst to ensure their pga tour players receive a precise and detailed feedback on their golf swings. Ive been having some great results with drivers coming in at d5d7 of late, playing length between 4545. Oct 09, 2015 weight measurement devices, like boditrak, can truly simplify the learning environment when used properly.