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COVER STORY
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LIKE RORY
WITH MICHAEL BANNON
Rory’s swing is based on rock solid
fundamentals that we’ve been working
on since he was seven years old. The
good news is that anyone can copy them
WORDS MICHAEL BANNON, WITH CHRIS BERTRAM PICTURES WARREN LITTLE, GETTY
henever people ask me about Rory’s swing,
W I always emphasise that it has been a joint
effort right from the beginning. The role
I have played is to engrain the fundamentals within
Rory’s own particular physical attributes. Now, Rory
has more natural talent than most people in the
world, but many of the things we work on can be
transferred into anyone’s technique.
Over the next eight pages, I’ve picked out four
checkpoints to focus on, four crucial stages in the
swing that mould together into a technically
proficient action. I don’t want you to start thinking of
the swing as a stuttering, jerky, robotic series of
unnatural moves. It is the exact opposite – a flowing
motion that should feel as natural to you as pulling
out a chair to sit down. It’s a subconscious action that
you certainly do not over-analyse as you stand over
the ball. But that doesn’t mean that on the driving
range or the practice ground you can’t spend some
time grooving positions into your swing that are more
conducive to consistently better ball striking.
I’m not promising you will hit it as purely as
Rory if you work on the principles in this article
– I don’t think you’d believe me if I did! But
I can promise you if you tighten up your
technique in these key areas, you
will hit better shots more often,
and have more fun as
a result.
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