The “Flying Elbow” Golfer Who Beat The Best In The World
Discover the incredible story of Miller Barber, the man with the most unconventional swing in golf history. Despite his famous flying elbow, Miller Barber defied every coaching rule to defeat legends like Jack Nicklaus. Watch how the mysterious Miller Barber became a dominant force and the most durable player ever.
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Shreveport grows good golfers.
From the top of the backswing to the finish, it was textbook.
Swing your swing, it was true then and still is!
Tremendous video. Thanks Peter. 🇺🇸🍀🇺🇸
It's ugly on the way back, but beautifully in the slot on the way down.
ahhh, Golf is how many not how!
They said Jack's flying elbow meant he wouldn't last.
Mr. X. One of my all time favorites. Jimmy Ballard told me Miller was always "connected" and maintained the triangle.
He shallows the club beautifully.
GREAT STUFF!!!!!!
Because on the way down, it was right.
I think this guy wears dark prescription glasses, but I can't be sure.
Simple. He could repeat it and deliver the club face on target. As long as you can do those two things, your swing can look like anything.
Is that Peter Kessler?!
My grandfather was brought up on the links of Ayrshire. He taught himself to play golf as a boy. Nobody else in the family played. He had hickory clubs. Rubbish golf balls. Nobody to copy as there was no television then.
I saw cine film of him playing round Gleneagles maybe sometime in the 1950s. His swing was disgusting by what we see these days. But it must have been repeatable and it clearly worked as he played off +5 with the old handicap system. He gave five strokes to the golf course effectively.
A lot of the older golf swings didn’t look like the smoother things we know today.
This particular guy does have a strange backswing, but it doesn’t matter as the club is coming down and hitting the ball repeatedly in perfect timing.
Even the older putting strokes and stances would look weird now.
A repeatable sei g action hat lets you time the hitting of the ball is all the really matters
My natural self taught swing: disaster (my own words).
Calvin Peete had a unorthodox swing to say the least, but I believe his came from a broken arm as a child that was never treated. Calvin was an exceptional golfer with one of the best short games of all time, checkout the 1985 Players Championship to witness a masterclass performance.
The simple answer…. He did the same thing over and over again.
That's one ugly golf swing.
That was so good. Brought a tear to my eyes as well . Rip Mr X
I used to know an old fellow from Texarkana who came up through Texas amateur golf with Miller Barber. His name was "Bob." He was a fine golfer. Said Barber was a goof back when he was young, they used to call him "Icky."
It’s all about impact. How you get there, what the hell!
I miss watching and hearing Peter Kessler, Golf channel should have never let him go!
The precursor to Jim Furyk.
The arms and the chest form a triangle at address. When you swing back, you shorten the right arm portion of the triangle to move it up, back, and around to a 90° bend at the elbow at the top. You rotate the upper arm at the shoulder joint. Most golfers let it rotate to the right. Miller rotated his upper arm to the left. That made the elbow fly out. What made it work was that from there, he brought the triangle straight down. This pulled his elbow into his side and gave him extra rotation to shallow the club. He did it very smoothly and seemed to be in control of the arc he produced down into the ball. His swing was repeatable and very effective.
It doesn’t matter if you have a perfect swing. What matters is that you swing the club the exact same way every time, so you know where the ball is going.
Who was it that said the only judge of your golf swing is the ball.
Same can be said about Jim Furyk.
Yeah, weird takeaway but if you watch from halfway through his downswing and most importantly, impact position, he's doing everything right 🤷♂️. If it's 'stupid' but it works, it isn't stupid.
Jim Furyk. What matters is impact – Period.