Take an enhanced look at the golf swing of 2023 Charles Schwab Cup Champion Steve Stricker, with analysis from CBS Sports and PGA TOUR LIVE commentator Mark Immelman, including a deeper breakdown of the 12-time PGA TOUR winner’s current driver, iron, and wedge swings. The 2012 Payne Stewart Award winner has been a member of the victorious 2023 World Champions Cup team, a five-time member of the United States President Cup team, and a three-time member of the United States Ryder Cup team. He also was the captain of the 2017 United States Presidents Cup team and the 2020 United States Ryder Cup team. The Edgerton, Wisconsin native graduated from the University of Illinois, where he earned All-American honors twice.
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00:00 Intro
01:20 Driver – Back
04:38 Driver – Side
08:21 Iron – Side
10:54 Iron – Back
13:31 Wedge
15:15 Close
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35 Comments
Love Steve’s swing. Consistency
Steve has such a great, seemingly effortless swing. I see at address, for both driver and iron setups, the ball is at the heel of the clubface, almost at the hosel. Somewhere in the swing he has moved the club inward 1-2 inches for a center clubface impact.
My favorite swing in all of golf. So simple and yet I still can't copy it. lol No pretty hinge no bowed wrist, no flattening move just back and through.
What's a telephone booth?
Interesting swing and certainly efficient. Sadly, not enough specifics by instructors so others might copy or adapt method. Notice how discussion on swing but no response to comments or additional support on how to learn more or use techniques.😮 Lot more going on than wrist conditions and elegant swing.
I feel like he covered a variety of things across all of the different swing types that I'm hoping I can focus on to clean up some of my issues. I find myself focusing on so many things after watching some videos that I can't seem to grasp any of them. I kinda like this approach and hope i can streamline my approach a bit. 🤞
Mark,
Great analysis on Strick!
Thanks
I wonder his feel of the clubface at impact….left hand, right hand or both?
Let's not forget he's like 6'3! That's like a larger catapult..
The simplest swing out there, a thing of beauty. A simple forward press then a turn back and turn through with a little weight shift into the lead side. Incredible in depth analysis from Mark.
i love these swing theory videos, so informative.
Lag…is overrated. Amazing he gets so much clubhead speed
Raised hands to hit a draw, and take out a lot of wrist action. Simple and very efficient. None of this hold the angle, shallow the club, lag nonsense, look how the right arm is straight at impact. Fantastic repetitive swing, not much to go wrong.
Saw him at the range in Charlotte at the 2017 PGA and I watched all the big boys Mcilroy Hideki JT Speith DJ Fowler and all the rest. But the one that impressed me the most was Stricker. I watched him hit 15-20 balls to this one green 150-160 out and I swear he was like a machine ball after ball landing almost in the same spot.. Yea I know Mcilroy was one hopping the driver out of the range around 330 but those irons Stricker was hitting was very impressive..
I noticed that he seems to start the forward swing with the arms, the naturally the weight shifts to the left. I’m having arguments with others on YT that argue the shift to the left goes first. Maybe for the Rorys and Scottys, but for average players we must start swinging first. I think Steve’s swing is much better for average players.
The older I get, the more I like the concepts of Mo Norman
Mark Immelman does such a great job with these videos. These swing analysis videos that Mark puts together are phenomenal. Digital Gold.
Overcomplicating .
Take the club up and back down the same line and around then come back up and down without doing to much wrist hinge as all you need is the face closing through the ball , to add pace and accuracy allow your left arm to be the fulcrum and push with the right always allowing the face to close through the ball .
The most important part of the swing, from top of the backswing down to impact, is completely ignored?
His driver swing looks like a wedge back swing and he hits it 15 mph faster than me 😭😭😂😂oh yeah, and he's 5 years older. And man, am I trying… Simple and beautiful.
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Agree that Immelmann’s comments here are clear, free of technical jargon, and very much to the point. Great job Mark. That’s really valuable when analyzing Stricker because players of all levels can benefit from incorporating anywhere from some of it to all of it. This video tells you and then shows what Stricker does and why it works— all of it clear and direct. Of course, simple isn’t the same as easy. The guy spent years figuring it out in that heated hitting bay in Wisconsin!😅
Steve sticker is a super consistent golfer and don’t forget one thing – he is a truly fantastic putter – but I’m surprised how narrow and how square he is with his feet at address ( and he steps out / back of nearly every driver he hits
Beautiful swing.
Single plane swing. Well done
Mark does a great job. Just an observation I had at 10:55 I found it interesting that Steve places his ball near the heal of club head. Could be idiosyncratic or maybe on purpose? My only guess is it may help prevent toe strikes. Anyway, I’ll give it a try because my misses are toe strikes 😊
He really should of won 2-3 majors. Incredible player.
Stricker is one of my favorite players. Love his simple one plane swing. Just wish I could copy it!
One of the best swings of all time. Stoked that Swing Theory covers the Champions Tour so we could see this.
One of my favourite players to watch…Steve, Ernie and Gary Woodland…just love their swings.
I’d put this guy up against Mickelson with the wedge
I really enjoyed watching him at PGA Frisco. I like his simplicity
Steve rotates his set up position back and through! No need to read a 4oo page book on the golf swing, that's all you have to do. Simple and perfect.
Sticker puts all the “expert” instruction to shame. Branden Chamblee’s expertise is a hornet’s nest for amateurs. Stricker has mastered the Asian concept of how much can be taken out to achieve perfection. His lack of hand and wrist action represents a simplicity that amateurs can actually use. John Daly has actually been praised for his gf flexibility. In fact, Daly just breaks down at the top. Anyone can hang his club at the top until it points at the ground. It is as crazy as Daly. Most of the problems amateurs have are due to bad instruction. I teach tennis. It is the same thing.
Reminiscent of Moe i think ..?