Golf Swing Secrets: Analyzing Norman & Scheffler's Footwork
We analyze the swings of legends like Greg Norman and rising star Scottie Scheffler. Discover insights on footwork, impact and the secrets behind their success.
Video Transcript
You mentioned Greg Norman a little bit earlier, talking about his driving ability and how, how great of a driver he was of the ball.
Unbelievable.
You know, Greg, when I watch his swing, and I just look at from the belt down, and I see Scottie Scheffler swing from the belt down, and we always are, are, are talking about Scottie's footwork and how you would never teach it.
But there are some, some tendencies that, that Scottie has in his footwork that reminds me a little bit on how Greg Norman's feet work.
Do you see that at all, or is that just my, just my weird eye looking- Yeah.
Greg- to see in stuff?
In Greg's old swing, before I got in the way, the right foot used to slide out because he'd get the club stuck underneath him and slide through it.
to go back to Scottie for a minute, everybody talks about how bad his footwork is.
Look at him at impact.
It's perfect.
His feet are in perfect position at impact.
This is the momentum of everything that's carrying him through in the path of a club for the shot he's trying to hit.
In Greg's old swing, he had the right foot slide, like Scottie has.
Scottie gets the left foot a little more open and slides.
when I changed Greg's swing, we kind of took that out of that and got it wider, a little shorter, and quieted the, the footwork down a little.
But I, I find it very amusing that everybody talks about, "Boy, he has such terrible footwork, Scottie Scheffler."
He's the number one player in the world.
I mean, his footwork is fine.
The most important part of a golf swing is impact, okay?
That's the most important part.
Get the club on the right path and square at impact.
And if you look at his feet, the right heel is a little bit ahead of the, the toe the way it should be.
The left foot, the, the weights roll over on the outside, and then the momentum takes all this other stuff into effect.
But at impact, which is the most important part, he's perfect.
And wh- what about just, you know, you, you mentioned the impact.
Now, some of us could say, like, it'd be nice to be able to get to that spot consistently, and then I think in my brain, my, my pro- my, my mind would go towards can you get proper sequencing out of the top of the golf swing?
And I was actually talking with Tommy Fleetwood at the range, at the Travelers Championship this week.
And I was like, "Tommy, it all looks pretty good."
He said, "What you working on?"
And he said, "You know, a lot of the same stuff.
You know, Butch just has me, you know, just trying to get this little feel out of the top to get the proper sequencing."
can, can you just talk about that for those that are listening that, you know, most amateurs, I would say, probably go in reverse order out of the top.
Their, their arms, their shoulders go first.
You know, what are you looking for for proper sequencing for, for pros- Well, you know- and that also amateurs can kind of take with them?
You know, Tommy, Tommy was a great player before he came to me four years ago.
I, I, I think he's become even now a more elite player because he's more consistent in his ball striking.
But if you watch him with that practice swing he does where he stops and then he goes to the top and stops, he have a tendency to get quick from the top.
So, he does this on every swing.
You can see him doing it.
You know, the, the downswing has to start from the ground up.
It doesn't start from the top to the bottom.
The average player starts up here 'cause they're swinging as hard as they can in case they hit it.
We don't know what the hell we're doing anyway.
You know, they, they throw this, their arms and hands are way outside, and they get, you know, they hit the ball all over the place.
You watch a tour player, and one of the things I've had to work hard with Tommy on is his change of direction.
He gets a little quick in his change of direction.
He's not a very big guy.
He's only about 5'9".
And, you know, he gets the club in a really good position here, but every now and then he starts down a little quick.
And because he draws the ball his natural shot, his miss then would be a little to the left.
And he knows that, and that's why he does all those practice swings.
He has worked very hard on controlling his ball through the air.
I've tried to really get him short irons to bring the ball flight down.
Mm-hmm.
he hits that nine wood all the time.
My God.
Oh, he's so good at it, too.
Tommy and me, we were, you know, my club and Anthem C- Country Club every Friday, men's day.
We get about 80 or 90 guys, and we get a good game.
So, I was working with Tommy when he was here a couple months ago, and I, and I said, "Hey, you wanna come over and play in the men's golf?"
He said, "I'd love to."
So I d- I told him in the pro shop, "Don't put his name on the thing, okay?
No, don't.
Just, just put a fictitious name in there."
So, we walk out on the range, and the range is packed.
Doesn't mean you can't get a reason.
People are looking, they go, "That Is that Is, is that really Tommy Fleetwood?
Is he gonna play in the game today?"
they said, "What handicap do you want to give him?"
I said, "Plus seven."
Yeah.
Give him plus seven.
Yeah.
That's probably about right.
The reason I'm going back to the nine wood, 'cause it's a funny story.
He hit two nine woods that day on two par fives, both of them from about 240 to 245 to about 12 feet and eagled them both.
And I said, I tell these guys, I see them at the club, I said, "You see Tommy Fleetwood's using a nine, a 7-iron, nine wood.
You need to use one."
He goes, "Mine doesn't go 240."
"And I've got one that goes about 160, but that's okay."
It's, you know, a great- The thing I love about Tommy is he's a very hard worker.
Mm-hmm.
He really works hard, Smylie.
He, he, whether it's his physical fitness, whether it's in short game, he really works very hard
