Gary Player "Who had the Best Golf Swing?"
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Gary is a member of our club in Boca Raton Fl. You could not find a nicer person to be with. He takes time to speak with all of the members and caddies. What a gentleman.
Nearly 85, look at him! Legend. He should talk about food, lifestyle and fitness
We get there! haha
I could listen to Gary Player all day.
He's an absolute legend of the sport, is always so positive, and has a great mind for the game!
He’s simply amazing. He saved my putting. His life advice is so great. 🙏🏻
Mr. Player has a great mind for how to live a successful life. He is an intuitive follower of Marcus Aurelius’ definitive “Meditations”.
What a wonderful interview. Thank you so much Christo. I don’t know if many viewers realize this - Mr. Player is 85 years old! An absolutely amazing man in so many ways. When Gary mentions something you can take it to the bank. This man knows his stuff like few others.
He told me he's shot under his age over 2000 times in a row. LOL
excellent comment 👌🏼😊💎
what's more impressive than anything is in what great shape gary is mentally and physically at that age
Bobby Jones's swing was like butter. And I believe Mr. Hogan mimicked a lot of what Jones did in the swing.
He admired Jones greatly for sure!
Mr. Garcia. I wanted to thank you.
Because of your videos which summarized Ben Hogan's 5 lessons, I went from shooting in the high 90s last fall to shooting in the mid to high 70's now. With your simple explanation of Hogans five lessons and VERY HARD WORK anyone can become better at golf and have more fun!
I'm 57. I hit the ball just as well as when I was 27. Why? Natural Light beer. If you want to play your best and be healthy, start drinking Natural Light. 12-15 per day will make you feel great. Hydration is the key to longevity.
Gary is one of my heroes.
Thank you for your vlogs. We have a lot in common with regards to who we want to emulate as far as the golf swing is concerned. I could watch Ben Hogan’s swing forever. And you are so lucky to be able to interview Gary Player. I think he is one of the best people in golf. I met him in 1987 at Pacific Golf Club in San Clemente Ca. He gave a clinic on bunker play and it helped me a lot. I got an autographed portrait of him which I kept all these years later. He’s one of my all time favorites.
The Bobby Jones comments are really eye opening especially cause not a single teaching pro now would ever teach their students to swing like that. It's almost like all golf teachers nowadays just say the same things sadly.
Yes, it’s sad but true. That’s a big reason why I make MSE videos is to preserve these great swings.
@@MiracleSwingExperience let me know when you do your next teaching seminar I would love to attend!
@@digitaldoc69 That's great. I'm working on some dates. Where are you located? My email is christo@myswingevolution.com.
All facts bobby Jones 💯 GOAT
Bobby Jones is the GOAT, if he didn’t retire he could have easily beat Nicklaus’ record.
When Mr Player lists all the great putters, I seem to recall that Mr Player was quite a useful putter himself.
He'd certainly be on my list.
He was a fantastic pressure putter!!!
For me, the most impressive golf swing is Greg Norman's...he absolutely smashed it with a passion like no-one else.
Great swing!
man o man did Greg have a vicious recoil/backlash after the shot. i ended up ruining my back doin' that recoil in anger at driving ranges.
And his vision has completely revolutionised the game, whether you like it or not.
This gentleman certainly knows what he is talking about.
He's incredible. Thanks, Gary.
Player is a stud, too. The Jack LaLanne of golf.
Haha, right!!!
I got to meet Player once. Wonderful gentleman.
That's so cool, David!
I discovered golf the Summer of my 12th year. I don't remember how I got Power Golf (5 Lessons book later). It must have been TV, but I fell in love with Hogan. I think he is the only man that I truly idolized. I have spent 65 years mining the knowledge he passed on, and the attitude. I deeply appreciate your work and excellent presentation method. I believe you are helping to keep alive this greatest of sports and character building pursuit in a generation much ruined by marxist design.
Love Bobby Jones swing. Yes it was geared towards hickory shafts but it had great flow and tempo.
Super flow!!!
If you think about it, graphite is basically a synthetic graphite shaft.
Bobby could hit steel too, after he retired he helped develop steel clubs through Spalding and he hit them great, as he retired at the age of 28 after the 1930 season, he didn't hit steel in competition.
Impressive that Player connects with you. Sir, You have arrived and its so special...Great work
Wow! Gary Player is a Gentleman's Gentleman.
A buddy and I went to the Players Championship a number of years ago. When we got there, we were like we could either go golfing or visit the Golf Hall of Fame. We chose the GHoF. And who happened to be there? Mr. Player. 👍
I see what Player is saying about the golf swing not really have changed much over time and generally the fundamentals do remain the same so he’s not wrong. But I also agree with the big difference being a swing based in rotation and slight lateral shift to one based on creating elastic tension. I think that is causes either injuries or harder to reproduce on older or smaller players. It seems like the older generation greats remained strong in their older ages where modern players tend to struggle more.
Could be. Seems to me like less shearing forces on the vertabrae.
this vid is a gema 💎👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Thanks greetings Santiago Chile 🇨🇱
Thanks so much!!!
A true gentleman and a great golfer.
Your MSE TV is thought provoking and compels the golfer into discovering the best swing for themselves. I recommend it to everyone who loves golf and enjoy your many discussions around it.
Having said this. I now know that there is no actual backswing or a downswing; but 2 upswings. Think about it.
Although I never read Percy Boomer book, he may have said the above first since I know he was the first to talk about not chasing after the ball and swinging in a barrel. The only way this could happen is as we are swinging our club our right shoulder rotates up 20 degrees range of motion and then our lead shoulder rotates up twenty degrees range of motion with both shoulders leveling off at the end of our 2 upswing. As long as we are in our golf posture the rest of our body must respond automatically. And follow the lead of our shoulders
If golf was only taught more the real and less the feel by the PGA we all would become decent golfers.Cheers
Wonder if Gary Player ever heard that one. Cheers
That's a great quote!
@@MiracleSwingExperience thank you. Feel free to use it. Cheers
Love your passion for the game Christo. It’s a beautiful thing.
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Gary Player may be the best putter of all time. He putted with a closed stance, right foot pointed in slightly, and he would pop the ball, without much follow through. Stab at it slightly, with hands slightly ahead. At his peak, nobody putted better. He kept his head and body perfectly still, rarely looking up early.
Amazing job! Incredible that you are interviewing the Black Knight!
Had no idea you were doing interviews with legends! Nice one man loved it a true legend of a man in many ways
TRUE LEGEND!
when i want to make sure to hit the fairway, i do the Gary Player walk-through follow through. not sure why it works, but it does.
I agree; there is nothing new in golf, other than more sophisticated golf equipment and better manicured golf courses. Hard work and lots of practice is the “secret.”
Well, GP told me he’s played with everyone from Gene Sarazen to Justin Thomas. 😃
have not been here in a while. looking forward to this series!
Thanks, Sam! Nice to hear from you.
Thanks for your excellent interview
#1 Jack Nicklaus, only 5 11 175lbs driving par 4s with a heavy steel shaft Persimmon driver. #2 Ben Hogan, enough said. #3 Eldrick Woods years 2000 to 2002.
Nicklaus @ 5'11", 175lbs? Maybe as a 16 yr. old, but when Jack came out on tour in 1962, he weighed 230-240lbs?, thereabouts, and was called Fat Jack. He lost a good deal of that weight in 1970, and played at 185lbs the rest of his career, as Jack said in an interview.
I like that line up
what Gary fails to mention is the fact that swing coachers make a fortune in teaching old tricks
He's aware, believe me
I can tell Gary something that I bet he's never heard of in his life. Long iron and driver swings have forward shaft bend approaching impact , which means , according to physics , golfers are applying a net negative torque on the grip . That means there's a clockwise torque being applied to the grip from a face one view of a right handed golfer. This normally means that the trail hand is applying a force on the grip that is directed away from the target approaching impact. It's a passive force because the club is actually dragging the trail hand through impact (maybe even the lead hand too).
Here's something else :
The trail forearm is actually supinating from around lead arm horizontal to just before impact during the downswing. This is proven in 3D graphs (on AMM 3D system) of 65 of the best pro golfers (ie. multiple major winners and PGA tour winners).
Basically , feel isn't real.
On learning golf by percy boomer is a must read!
Christo, I'm new to the channel. I absolutely love the content! I do have some advice though...pan your dialog to the center. Some of the interviews have the voice panned either severely to the Left or Right. The voices will be more clear and up front if they're panned Center.
Okay, I'll work on that. Thanks!
MR. PLAYER is correct Bobby jones was phenomenal 4 us opens,3 opens,5 us ams,1 British am all before the age of 28 when he retired. He collected trophies and degrees during this time going MONTHS without touching a club. I have a dvd of his complete set of instructional films with Hollywood stars, in one he is hitting his spoon probably the smaller one which is a 3 or 4 wood into a green from a fairway 265 yards out, every one landed inside a small circle almost holing 3 of them. That was with equipment like Gary said at least 100 yards shorter than today's ball and clubs. He also playef during the stymie years, you couldn't lift clean and place the ball on the green. He could regularly chip over a ball and into the cup. His contemporary players said he could hit his driver 300 or more if he wanted to but always played within himself. Many experts feel Bobby with his swing could hit far more than the 100 yard deficit that Gary said. He built a larger wood club he called the dreadnaught that he hit extremely long but never used it in competition, they didn't have sand wedges in his day and bunkers and rough were truly penalizing but he could stop a niblick on a dime that was his most lofted club, basically a nine iron. He could hit draws, fades,high, low and could back up a 3 wood. He founded the Masters tournament to stay in touch with old friends. He won 45% of every tournament he entered, that is just mystifying.
I've got that Percy bloomer book, just haven't read it yet😀 Also got a 1954 book 'My Swing' by Henry Cotton - he emphasised how important it was to keep the elbows together and thought that he had an advantage because he had long arms (like Hogan and Player) and could keep his forearms touching all the way up to his elbows with his arms straight. Also got another of my dad's old (1953 - Hogans year!) called 'The Way to Golf' by Harry Weetman, who was the longest hitter in Britain at the time. As a kid Harry made his first club himself out of a piece of wood and the professional at the local club saw this and gave him a job in the shop and then later as his assistant, which started his golf career.
Great stuff! Thanks!
Hogans swing mechanics were so simple yet so effective. Kind of like Bob Ross and his painting. Anyone can learn to paint just like anyone can learn to golf.
True. I've been through the Hogan complicated phase and now it's pretty simple again.
Gary Player = an incredible man
I still like the way Milo Lines teaches, which has more of a dip and turn instead of so much activity in the legs, but is maybe less torquey than some of the 'modern' teachings. Has a simplicity of movement plus a stable club face path that may be better for an amatuer to use as there's less moving parts to tune with practise. Plus he's a big baseball swing fan, like Hogan. He does look a bit reverse-pivoty sometimes though, so maybe a touch more weight shift. I also like the Cestone twins as that is very Hoganesque, but maybe too technical for an amatuer that can't spend hours practising. Swing perspectives when you can practise all the time are different than those for people with less practise time - 'feels' are different.
I need to look into Milo Lines I guess. Thanks!
How good to listen to a true great of the game. Like Gary says there's no such thing as the modern swing because there's only one way the human anatomy will allow the body to arrive at impact. Unless evolution the way we humans are built, the golf swing cannot change.
So true!
1:28 LOL@ Jack Nicklaus when he says, "Hogan will never talk to you---well Hogan talked to me a lot". I'm sure Mr. Hogan respected Jack's game, which if anything, is the reason why he talked with Jack a lot, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't very much, lol.
I won $120 off him about 15 years back. Closest to the pin contest. First I won twenty, then $100. He wasn’t going to let me go until he won it back. Next for $1,000. Yeah he won it back but signed my $20 bill and let me keep it! He was incredible.
What an experience!
Gary Player such a good role model
That was a nice tribute
5:21 "there's no such thing as a modern day swing". Byron Nelson would blanche at that, seeing how he wrote a book called Swing the Modern Way lol. He stated that golfers transitioning from wood shaft to steel were all hooking badly and had to make adjustments resulting in the body motions we see now (for the most part). Great interview!
Bobby jones hit steel after he retired in 1930 and didn't have any problems with them.
Here is something for Mr. Player: Dave Pelz says that putting is mostly face angle (and a little path). The tendency to "roll" the hands by twisting the wrists is the major cause of face angle change during the stroke. All methods strive to limit face angle change but if you can hold your putter behind the ball and "roll" your hands (wrists) then you can change the face angle at impact. I use a large grip (stroke saver) face balanced putter with the trail hand low. I rotate the lead (top) hand as far closed as it can go and grip the putter. I rotate the trail (bottom) hand as far closed as it can go and grip the putter. From above, you will see all the knuckles and the backs of both hands. Basically, both hands are trying to open and close the putter face at the same time. Try as you might, you cannot get that putter face to budge off of the face angle that is square to the target. Putting on your selected line becomes really easy as the putter face cannot change its face angle during the stroke. Give it a try, it works for me. :)
Everyone please note: Bobby Jones had a CUPPED left wrist at the top, yes CUPPED CUPPED CUPPED. So did other true greats - including Bobby Locke, Freddie Couples, and yes, even Hogan had a slightly cupped left wrist.
Sam Snead had a great looking swing too.
An amazing swing.
Yes, what about The slammer?
I wonder what Ben Hogan thought, of Trevino, when he first saw him swing??
Hogan had Trevino test his clubs I’ve heard. Rumor is he said, “Bring these to that Mexican kid in Dallas. He’s the only one who hits it solid every time.”
Why does no one talk about Moe Norman and his ball striking ability.
He didn't win on the PGA so I don't think Mr. Player saw him much if at all.
@@MiracleSwingExperience
Hi Christo,
Thanks for the reply much appreciated.
Yes it’s a shame that didn’t work out for Mo.
It would have been some spectacle with his ball striking and scoring ability.
Thanks again
Cheers
Derek
I've heard many say that he, and Trevino , were two of the purest ball strikers
Can you do a video on George Knudson?
I believe I've done it in the past. Did you look it up?
You should check out Wild Bill Melhorn in a book called Golf Secrets Revealed by Robert Shave and Bill Melhorn
Tiger's swing was new. Completely different. It gets harder as you get older because it puts so much stress on your back.
Nothing new about his restricted hip turn
Saying his swing was completely different is ridiculous
It was stressful on his body but he wasn’t doing anything someone else hadn’t done before
Yeah, Gary is correct, there is absolutely nothing new in golf that wasn't done in the past.
Gary is the greatest sand player EVER....
Crazy good from the sand, and I'm not so good myself. LOL
Moe Norman and MORAD are arguably novel approaches to the golf swing.
“Nothing new” completely agree with Mr. Player. The technology in the ball and clubs is the only thing separating todays players from the past, well in addition to lack of personality and passion, that’s a whole other video. Hand Jack or Arnie modern equipment they’d hit the ball just as far if not farther than any players today.
Actually one thing that’s much different today is the ridiculous fitness programs and the associated injuries they’ve caused players. Tiger, Koepka, Speith, Dechambeau…the list is long.
Not a single word on Mike Austin? :-)
Alive legend...
Old doggs tell best first date stories!
Good to hear an old playa tell it like it is about the game!
That's right, Mike! Thanks for watching.
Cristo you are doing golf a great favor. You know Hogan was probably the best ball striker of all time. Where ever Hogan went to play in a tournament he would draw the crowd. People would come from all over too just see Hogan legendary ball striking. Just amazing. Player looking good. Takes good care of himself. Keep it up.
perhaps mentioned before but if you’re not a tour golfer, watch mickey wright. that’s not my advice, thats bens.
Bobby Locke!
GP says Bobby Locke was crazy good!!!!
Great
I think probably the biggest change to teaching in golf is the use of high speed cameras and launch monitors. These things basically just give mathematicians an ability to tell you how to swing at it (launch angles, attack angles, etc.). I don't disagree at all with the fact that the swing hasn't changed all that much, but guys can really zero in on what they need to do to get optimum efficiency at a very detailed level.
Second best....Moe Norman is number 1
Lol
More was pretty good 👍🏻
Yep!
Seriously. Are you on the spectrum?
I'm not but Moe may well have been. No one really knows for sure. He certainly exhibited traits of it.
Even Player would admit that today's equipment requires a different swing. It may not be 'new' in the sense that no one ever tried it, but old equipment simply didn't lend itself to a power game. Jones' swing wouldn't work as well today, and nor would today's work better then. In his day, it was finesse and touch that mattered, and no one had more than Bobby Jones.
Actually no, you are way off...
@@chrisb.4496 actually, no, I'm not.
Jones swing would work extremely well today and very powerful. John daly has a mini version of Bobby's swing.
Best looking swing ever was Tom Weiskoff's.
Moe Norman
Attention Christo Garcia: A gentleman would have removed his cap once he entered the house.
If nothing else, Christo is for sure an absolute gentleman.
Yes, I agree. I did that in my Jack Nicklaus interview and it doesn't seem to work on camera for me. So, at the end of the day this is a TV shoot, not a casual interaction.
I probably could have used a different word. I am of the generation where it is polite to take one’s hat off indoors, including restaurants, no matter how casual.
Go pick on your husband.
@@ahbalone What on earth does that mean?
. 1:10 1:14 3:39 .
Percey Boomer (hey boomer) . . .swing in a barrel. My roommate in college back in the late 70s was the best player on our team. He swore by that book.
I must respectfully disagree with Gary Player. Players of the past were great but mechanically, they had too many moving parts. And the best swings today are seen on the LPGA tour.
And I think the best putters are on the LPGA tour. From 20 feet in, these ladies drain an incredible percentage of putts.
Can't be all bad, had children go to BYU
Nice
Attention Christo Garcia: I wish you would do some interviews and segments on the absolute disgusting trend in golf where music (noise) is allowed on the golf course. I don't care how low the volume is, a golf course is mostly wide open spaces. Sound travels a great distance no matter the volume. The course was supposed to be the last sanctuary of solitude and concentration. You can listen to the birds sing and leaves rustle and all the other beautiful sounds that accompany nature. Having to put up with guys/girls driving golf carts all around you with music blaring, defeats the entire purpose of the golf experience.
That’s an important subject. We don’t have enough silence in our modern lives. That’s why I meditate. I don’t want to hear someone else’s music on the course.
@@MiracleSwingExperience Amen. How do you think we can get golf courses
to ban music on courses?
@Mitch Qumstein Impossible. I have yet to be on a course (public or private), when I haven't heard an electronic device from at least one group or person.
it's actually promoted so they can get more clowns and their money to take up the game. foot golf anyone? that's another new gimmick for people who can't learn the game.
@Shane I am not going to apologize for being a well-mannered, educated gentleman who respects the rules and spirit of the game. I am sorry you were not taught the life lessons of courtesy and civility. In today's world, it is a pandemic just as pervasive as Covid. It is a shame we don't have a vaccine for that.
Ben Hogan was the best putter of time, according to Bobby Locke
It's always been my understanding that Hogan was a great ball-striker but not a great putter.
You can't talk about golf and not mention Seve...
Moe Norman???
Seems like he didn’t rate Byron Nelson although he won 11 tournaments in a row….
Well I thought he meant locke was better. Not that he wasn’t great just not as good as him.
I think he did that during the war so the competition wouldn't have been as good
Byron won 18 tournaments in 1945, 11 in a row and yes he completed against all the great competition including hogan and snead, the next season he won 6 tournaments in a row and retired at age 34
was Hogan like Adam Scott bad at putting or something?
Why are you wearing a hat in the house? Good manners would dictate you remove your hat when entering a house.
Yes, I agree. But, it looks weird when I did it with Jack. It's kind of a costume at this point. I did think about it.
My Swing Evolution I agree, Mr Player is a man of manners and etiquette, I'm sure the wearing of headwear indoor would have annoyed him. He's probably too much of a gentleman to chastise you over it.
Does not matter how you wear your hat...
it's what's inside your head.
Bobby’s was better
Thank goodness there's none of this Moe Norman rubbish. Im sick and tired of nonsense a out him that collapses with just an ouce of critical thinking. But of course, the bs will never stop because people want to believe it.
I would not seek the advice of Gary Player for anything.
Why??
I love Gary but ref the swing he’s limited and a little misslead
Ask Tom Watson about Player. Sick and tired of his constant cheating.
Dave...that's a big accusation.....have you asked Tom about Gary?.....has Tom asked you about what you think you know about Gary?....
@@stevesharp401 Watson has been very public about his feelings but now refuses to discuss Player. Player has zero respect from his peers.
@@mookie449 Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer (peers) greatly respects and greatly respected Gary. So does Lee Trevino. That's just for starters. Can you name one of his peers that does not respect Gary and point me in the direction of them stating that? Leaving out Tom Watson possibly. And this wild allegation about "constant" cheating. And despite your allegation that Tom has been very public about his feelings/lack of respect for Gary's "constant" cheating I have looked and seen nothing of the sort. Please provide a link to Tom Watson saying he is sick and tired of Gary's "constant" cheating.
Ask Jack Nicklaus about Watson. Sick and tired of his constant cheating.
You're all dreaming Moe Norman was the best ball-striker that ever lived
Moe Norman hit six pins second shot in one round, Jones or Hogan couldn't come course neither any other human