Bubba Watson & Paul Casey Swing Analysis

We are back again with this week’s tour analysis. We are going to be focusing in on Bubba Watson and Paul Casey who ended up getting into a playoff this past weekend at The Travelers Championship where Bubba ultimately prevailed. We’re going to be focusing in on some driver swings from both Paul and Bubba. I’m going to show you guys the differences between some swing speed and control, and then, also talk to you a little bit about why at Rotary Swing, we want to stay down the middle of things so we can protect and preserve the body so you can play this game for a lot of years to come.

                                Let’s go ahead and get started. All right, guys, so as I said in the opener we’re going to be focusing in on a couple of driver swings here from Paul Casey and Bubba Watson. I’ll talk to you a little bit about swing speed and control and how we can have a good balance of both and still be able to protect and preserve the body, which is really becoming a very big issue within modern day golf. We see a lot of players sustaining golf-related injuries and one of the things that we want to be able to do is, we want to be able to identify the areas that can cause a lot of harm to the body. That’s really kind of the MO with what we do at Rotary Swing is, we want to have a good balance of everything. We want to have a lot of speed. We want to have a lot of control, but at the same time, we want to be able to protect and preserve the body so we can play this game for lots of years to come.

                                I’m going to show you guys a couple of the differences here. We’re going to talk to you about some of the related videos that are going to help you out, get you into a really good spot with your golf swing mechanics, so ultimately you can play some great golf here. All right, so both players here, I’ve got them into a setup position. Both players setup very well. Okay, spine angle here. Bubba’s going to look a little bit more upright. He’s six-three, where Paul is actually only five-ten, but both players weigh 180 pounds. Paul’s actually hitting the golf ball 295 yards, on average, in the PGA Tour right now, so he’s got a golf swing that’s a little bit more under control with a little less timing involved than Bubba’s is.

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                                Where Bubba’s averaging 309, so there’s 14 to 15 yards of difference between players here, but one’s hitting more fairways, which in turn Paul’s actually hitting more greens. Paul’s sixth on the PGA Tour in greens in regulation. So, you can just see that the effects of hitting more fairways in regulation makes it much easier to hit those greens in regulation. If you want to see how your own swing mechanics compare to elite players, an AI swing analyzer can break down your driver swing and show you exactly where speed and control are being gained or lost.

                                Let’s get Paul into a takeaway position here. Okay, you’re going to see the clubhead stays out in front of the hands here. Very similar look with Bubba Watson here. You’re going to see his clubhead stay out in front of his hands into a takeaway position. Okay, see the club shaft parallel to the ground. See both players trying to maintain spine angle here, staying very wide with both arms into their turn. Really focusing on shoulder rotation first.

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