Time for another TOUR player swing analysis!
Analyzing the move of Davis Riley here, one of the best young golfers on the PGA Tour 👍
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all right guys it’s time for another
Tour player swing analysis here and
we’re going to go through the swing of
Davis Riley obviously one of the great
up incoming golfers on the PJ tour won
last year uh really just a high level
Talent so right off the bat couple
things to notice you know he’s somebody
who sets up with a little bit more knee
Flex than some other golfers you know
the knees actually go past the armpit
line something that’s probably a little
bit less common especially when we’re
dealing with players in a well balanced
position uh it’s not exaggerated by any
means but just a subtle little reference
point when he takes the club back he’s
somebody who does not have a ton of
wrist set early the wrists kind of fold
backwards so the lead wrist tends to
stay on the flatter side which is why
the club face is always going to go back
a little bit more closed so you can see
the club face angle especially relative
to the spine it’s a little bit more tow
down a lot of this has to do with the
fact that he’s not hinging the club
vertically with a ton of wrist set so
here from there as he continues to take
the club back usually when you don’t set
the wrist a ton you’ll see the shaft be
a little bit on the flatter side going
back of course you know you’ll see a lot
of more new school players have a little
bit more vertical hinging and something
that I know for a Davis is working
on as well in his own game but obviously
with his older pattern it tends to get a
little bit more passive a little bit
more of a flatter lead wrist which tends
to get the shaft a little bit flatter
and then from there going up to the top
there will naturally be a change of
direction from that flatter position you
know the trail elbow will separate and
work a little bit more behind them so a
little bit more internal shoulder
rotation which typically when it’s
happening from a little bit of a more
passive wrist hinge in the back swing
that reaction can cause some momentum to
tip the shaft across the line which is
what we’re seeing here so from here he
actually does a good job rerouting the
shaft coming down you know the shaft
byol counts directionally is trying to
work towards a shallow Direction the
only thing is that momentum that tips
the club across the line can sometimes
cause the club to be a little too steep
early in the downswing something that
you’ll see with with Davis and something
that a a lot of highlevel players do is
when the shaft gets a little bit on the
steeper side coming down they will
offset it with a lot of Trail side Bend
so obviously Davis is extremely talented
he’s able to do this at a high level but
what you’ll basically see here is in
order to get this club to shallow out
the appropriate amount he’s somebody who
will deliver a little bit more Trail
side Bend than most which obviously gets
the club looking like it’s in a pretty
good spot here coming down Club face
angle still not getting compromised but
usually at impact when the club’s a
little steeper and there’s a little bit
more Trail side Bend you’ll see a little
bit of a higher handle delivery so
obviously in this case you can see where
a shaft was at setup and then you can
see where a shaft gets to by the time he
gets impact the delivery of the handle
and the Hand path is a little bit more
upright which usually leads to a little
bit more um you know saving with the
hands at the bottom and again really a
highlevel talent you know a lot of
recreational golfers would benefit from
having this much Trail side Bend in his
case it’s necessary in order to offset
the steepness of the club which if you
work Your Way backwards that steepness
of the club can often come in from the
club tipping a little too far across the
line with that separation from the right
arm late in the back swing which again
if we actually work This Way backwards
it can happen you know because he didn’t
hinge the club very uh upright with his
wrists and so that passive pattern gets
the shaft a little bit flat on the way
back Club face a little closed and then
that creates that like kind of up and
across position which leads to some of
that steepness coming down again this is
not to discredit him by by any means one
of the nicest guys on tour one of the
best upand cominging talents on tour
obviously a couple little details here
that can be just slightly more efficient
in my opinion
