Can I Reach PGA Tour Swing Speed | Winter Speed Challenge Ep 1

Welcome to the first episode of my new series: “Can I Reach PGA Tour Swing Speed? Winter Speed Challenge.” 🏌️‍♂️💨

For the past 18 months, I’ve been chasing more swing speed through three key pillars:
1️⃣ Getting physically stronger
2️⃣ Improving technique to unlock more speed
3️⃣ Using dedicated speed training systems

Now that the UK golf season is winding down, I’m diving into a full winter push to see if I can reach PGA Tour ball speed levels. My target? 167 MPH driver ball speed – the same as Tour players like Russell Henley and Major Champion Brian Harman.

In this series, I’ll share:
✔️ Weekly shorts updating my speed training sessions with The Stack System
✔️ Monthly deep-dive videos on whether I’m gaining or losing speed, what’s working, and the setbacks along the way
✔️ Honest insights into how speed training affects my golf and what it takes to get faster

The ultimate question: Can I reach and sustain PGA Tour swing speed… or am I already maxed out?

➡️ Next episode: I’ll break down The Stack System, how it works, and my return to training after a competitive stretch and holiday.

If you’re interested in golf fitness, distance, or just want to follow along with the challenge – make sure you like this video, subscribe, and turn on notifications so you don’t miss the journey.

Let’s see if I can get to PGA Tour speed this winter!

Hi everyone and welcome to the first in what will be a new series I will be running called Can I Reach PGA Tour Swing Speed Winter Speed Challenge. The premise of the series is as simple as the title says. Can I continue to gain speed equivalent to some of the best players in the world or am I as fast as I’ll ever be? For around the last 18 months, I have been trying to gain speed. I’ve attacked this in three general pillars. One, can I get physically stronger? Two, can my technique accommodate more speed? And three, can I use a speed training system to increase my swing speed? Through this season, I’ve tried to maintain speed while playing lots of competitive golf. But as the weather in the United Kingdom gets worse and days get shorter, now’s a great time to try and push on for next season. And I thought there was value in sharing my experience with you. The main area I’ll be feeding back on each week in a short will be how speed training sessions that week using the stack system have been going. What’s the stack system? I hear you say. Well, that will be the next video where I introduce the system fully, how it works, and what I’ve achieved so far with it. So, make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss it. Each month, I will do a fulllength video covering the last month. Have I gained speed, lost speed? Have I committed to doing the work? Have there been any bumps along the road or anything that has stopped me training for speed? Have I done anything different? And am I seeing any results? So, as it stands with the stack system, I’m currently around halfway through a protocol, but haven’t trained for a few weeks due to some major competitive events and a well-deserved holiday. So, when we look at the stack system next time, we will include whereabouts I am mid- protocol. We will do a return to training session that I will show you and we will look at where I have got to in the previous protocols as well as how the system tracks your work and suggests your training. What’s the end goal here? Well, it’s pretty simple. I want to have a driver ball speed that consistently is equal to or above PGA Tour members world number three Russell Henley and mates championship winner Brian Harmon. So, I need to get to 167 mph. This level of speed means that I would be capable of playing any course without being concerned about distance as regularly the PGA Tour players are playing courses well in excess of 7,000 yards. Additionally, keeping fit and keeping speed will only help my longevity and my attempts to get better as there is clear statistical evidence now from companies such as Aros that handicap is very closely related to how far you hit the golf ball. as can be seen here in their latest driver distance report. Don’t be afraid to pause the video for a moment to check it out, but you can clearly see that players with the lowest handicaps hit it the furthest. And this can clearly be seen as even someone in their 70s with a naugh to 4.9 handicap hits it further on average than a 25 to 29.9 handicapper in their 30s, which is wild to think about. Just to confirm, I’m not sponsored by Aros, but I do use their product through choice. So, that’s really it for part one as an introduction to can I reach PGA Tour Swing Speed Winter Speed Challenge. Part two will cover the stack system and my return to speed training. So, don’t forget to like this video if you’re excited to see if I can reach my goal. Subscribe so you don’t miss anything in the series, and check out this video that you might enjoy. I’m Graeme and I’ll catch you on the course soon. [Music]