SwingTRU™

Golf Swing Big Data

The most comprehensive fact-based swing study ever conducted

Having collected data from over 90 million golf swings during this time, our mission was to make sense of that powerful information and provide a fact-based analysis of how body positions within the swing correlate to skill level.

We sampled 48 different body motions from over 13,000 golfers of all abilities to create the GOLFTEC SwingTRU Motion Study.

Through our findings we have identified key body positions within the swing that directly correlate to a player’s handicap – conclusive evidence providing further insight into the golf swing and a golfer's most efficient methods to improve.

We’ve highlighted six body positions in this study that most highly correlated to skill level, ranging from a professional golfer to 30 handicap.  

The Key Positions of the SwingTRU Study

Selected for their relation to skill level

The GOLFTEC SwingTRU Motion Study found a large number of correlations relating skill level to body positions within the swing. From the professional golfer to 30 handicap, we've highlighted six of these positions that most directly relate to skill level.

Description:

Hip Sway:The lateral movement of the hips toward or away from the target.

Conclusion: The lower the handicap, the more the hips have moved toward the target at the top of the backswing, closer to the professional golfer at 3.9 inches toward the target.

Key Benefits: Accuracy, Distance

Recommended Drill:

Description:

Shoulder Tilt:The angle of the shoulders measured against a level (upright) position. 

Conclusion:The lower the handicap, the more the shoulders have tilted at the top of the backswing, closer the professional golfer at 36 degrees.

Key Benefits: Accuracy, Contact

Recommended Drill:

Description:

Hip Sway:The lateral movement of the hips toward or away from the target. 

Conclusion:The lower the handicap, the more the hips have swayed toward the target at impact, closer to the professional golfer average of 1.6 inches toward the target.

Key Benefits: Accuracy, Contact

Recommended Drill:

Description:

Hip Turn:The angle (rotation) of the hips in relation to the target line. 

Conclusion:The lower the handicap, the more the hips have rotated open to the target at impact, closer to the professional golfer at 36 degrees open.

Key Benefits: Distance, Contact  

Recommended Drill:

Description:

Shoulder Tilt:The angle of the shoulders measured against a level (upright) position. 

Conclusion:The lower the handicap, the more the shoulders have tilted at impact, closer to the professional golfer at 39 degrees.

Key Benefits: Accuracy, Contact

Recommended Drill:

Description:

Shoulder Bend:The backward or forward movement of the shoulders.

Conclusion:The lower the handicap, the more the shoulders have bent back (away) from the target at the finish position, closer to the professional golfer at 32 degrees back.

Key Benefits: Distance, Contact  

Recommended Drill:

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