Cameron Smith displayed the unbelievable expertise that the PGA Tour is lacking out on throughout a apply session forward of his newest LIV occasion in Chicago.
The 2022 Open Championship winner was actually zeroed in after discovering the cart path.
Golf coach Ryan Moque was readily available at Bolingbrook Golf Membership on Wednesday, and grabbed his cellphone simply in time to document the 31-year-old hitting what can solely be described as perhaps essentially the most flush shot ever struck off the cart path.
Cam off the cart path… sounded so flush you wouldn’t even suppose it was off the trail
25ft pic.twitter.com/VeIzNez1vc
— Ryan Mouque (@ryanmouquegolf) September 11, 2024
There was even an image of the iron to indicate what little contact was made.
He did scrap it however not a lot… right here’s the 6 iron after pic.twitter.com/tvU4wgzsaz
— Ryan Mouque (@ryanmouquegolf) September 12, 2024
Smith has at all times been considered a placing skilled, with the Australian golfer adept at navigating all sorts of difficult greens.
He understands the significance of sticking to what works greatest for him, which is why he doesn’t even use a apply stroke and as an alternative visualises his putt earlier than addressing his ball.
“I wouldn’t say I actually work on my tempo a lot,” he as soon as stated. “I don’t take a apply stroke, so I prefer to form of visualize and really feel so much, moderately than feeling it via physique movement. I assume I similar to to visualise it.”
Smith admits that he ignores the favored placing fable of utilizing mushy fingers within the stroke.
“Most likely the perfect recommendation I’ve ever acquired, you understand, I used to carry the putter fairly softly, and that led to some [bad] activation and set-up stuff,” Smith stated. “So I truly obtained informed to carry the putter a bit bit tighter.
“As foolish because it sounds [doing this] truly prompts the precise muscle tissues, and from there, the putter simply form of swings on itself,” he provides. “So cease holding the putter so mushy — it’s a fable.
“I attempt to reduce wrist motion, and I believe it occurs fairly naturally with a little bit of a stronger grip. I don’t prefer to let the putter circulate an excessive amount of. I don’t like mushy fingers, and really choose to carry the putter fairly agency and suppose that pure wrist hinge form of simply occurs within the stroke.
“I’m not attempting to bend [my wrist] an excessive amount of, or be a robotic right here and don’t have any wrist hinge.
“I’m not attempting to actively interact the wrist. I nearly need to really feel like my physique’s shifting off the ball — which occurs naturally, particularly with the precise wrist setting properly [on the grip] should you get the physique shifting off the ball.”
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