Sam Snead REVEALS The Secret to The Best Golf Swing Of All Time
In this golf lesson, Sam Snead and Golf Secrets bring you the best senior golf lesson and swing on YouTube. Why is it the best swing for Senior Golf? Sam’s swing was oily smooth with effortless power, using simple body mechanics that will not harm your body. Sam used every ounce of his body weight effeciently and effectively for max power and distance with zero strain on the body, making it the perfect swing to learn and enjoy well into your 80s. Sam’s swing has no torqing or twisting of the hips (this damages the lower lumbar spine in other swing methods). This was how Sam was able to play competivly for so long. Sam still holds the record for the oldest senior golfer to make the cut at a US Open Championship at the age of 61. His golf swing isn’t just the best for senior golf. It’s the best swing to learn at any age. Sams swing is still being taught on tour today: The Worlds BEST Golf Coach Pete Cowen still teaches Sams swing fundamentals. If you study Pete Cowens swing for any length of time, you’ll see Sams swing method being taught (especially seen in the lead knee during the squat). If you want to play into your 80s without any body damage to your spine, hips, arms, or hands… than you have found the right swing to learn. I have studied multiple swing methods over my 30 years of teaching, and I can honestly say that Sam’s swing method is by far the easiest on the body and the easiest to learn.
Sam Snead:
Full name:
Samuel Jackson Snead
Nickname:
The Slammer
Slammin’ Sammy
Born May 27, 1912
Ashwood, Virginia, U.S.
Died May 23, 2002 (aged 89)
Hot Springs, Virginia, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
Turned professional 1934
Former tour(s)
PGA Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins 142
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 82 (Tied 1st all time)
LPGA Tour 1
Other
45 (regular)
14 (senior)
Best results in major championships
(wins: 7)
Masters Tournament Won: 1949, 1952, 1954
PGA Championship Won: 1942, 1949, 1951
U.S. Open 2nd/T2: 1937, 1947, 1949, 1953
The Open Championship Won: 1946
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 1974 (member page)
PGA Tour
leading money winner 1938, 1949, 1950
PGA Golfer of the Year 1949
Vardon Trophy 1938, 1949, 1950, 1955
PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award 1998
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I came for Sams favorite drill and left with one of the best golf lessons I've ever had! 👏 👏 👏 Thank you! I'll report my results when I get some range time 👍
Nice. Thanks, simple and good video.
tks for your sharing
Great example of squat. Sam made it look so easy.
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Th e truly great ones make it look so easy ! Thanks
“I’ll have to try that sometime” LOL Love it
Sam's drill at 17 seconds is amazing, the arms simply raise up in front of the chin then slight body turn and swish. Effortless gravity inspired power. As Jim Flick would say "let the air out of your arms".
Love Sam…im gonna watch this
Imagine being not only a professional golfer, but one of the legends of the game.
These guys are so ffin good!
did anyone ever make golf look so effortless? BUT he worked as hard as anyone to improve his game, even putting at night via his cars headlights, the only thing he lacked according to Hogan was what we would call course management, Hogan said he Snead would have won more majors than him "if he had a brain" Snead was as strong as a bull, in that Snead v Hogan world of golf Shell series look ar Sneads back, thick and powerful as were his legs, he was a PT in the second world war. , Many legends of golf say his was the best golf swing,
Like Trevino said , " you lift the club actually " .you lift the whole club and not swing the clubhead on the backswing.
Swinging the clubhead back, will store to much energy, to much momentum, which the shaft and head, will release at transition, in order to escape, from the rotating mass !!!!
Learn how to float load and hit the ball, with the unweighted hip, just like Millar Barber!!!!
Seems a great cure for early extension.
It's hilarious to have Seve in this, he was notorious for NOT HAVING ANY CONTROL of his ball because his grip was so loose that he would hit it all over the planet and never in the fairway LMAO
But because he was so relaxed with his hands, his pitching and chipping feel were spectacular.
Don't listen to these guys, they are all LYING about the grip pressure, they gripped so tight, but due to their natural strengths, it felt light to them
So effortless, yet the club whips through making a great sound every time. Great video!
Snead's swing is the best. Effortless, balanced, the same every time. I'll take Snead's swing over Hogan's any time.
Snead had a great swing for a long driver of his time, but his swing could not win any US Opens. The sitting position with both heels on the ground at the start of the downswing may be the flaw of him mis-hitting the ball when the chips are down in US Open conditions. For someone who got to play 24/7, mis-hitting the ball like duffers in tight situations implies there is some kind of swing flaw. Theoretically and ideally, at no time should both feet heels be on the ground during the downswing like in his sitting-position. The right foot heel should be rolled off the ground early in the downswing to enable the right knee to bend left early to make room for the right shoulder to swing downwards instead to outwards to prevent coming over the top during the downswing.
Super bad advice, and he didn't do it…Maybe he felt like that, but he didn't do it.
Beatiful swing and simple advice.
no nonsence
And it’s just that easy boys and girls. Love these old timers.
Sam Snead had a great swing, very long and was competitive in his 60s. He won many majors didn't win the us open although he had many chances it was his putter that hurt him if he was a better putter he'd won more majors and over a hundred pga tournaments.
This is a freaking joke. Not made by Sam Snead. Snead said himself weight shift "happens" when he swung. Period. Plus Snead PULLED with his LEFT hand.
Left arm