Golf Winner: Can You Swing Like A Girl?

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There is a similarity between a mans golf swing and a womens’ golf swing and I am referring to the professional and the amateur alike. First of all, because men are physically stronger and to pinpoint just where I am inferring here, arm strength. Having studied the golf swing, it’s easy to see the difference at full speed. When you slow down a video, it becomes clearer that a man can delay the club head from releasing until the last millisecond. Women, on the other hand will release the club head when their arms have traveled to about waist level. The top womens’ long hitters can hold it just a little more than this, although not as much as a man. Besides the accuracy the girls have with their full shots, I believe it’s their putting that shows to be their strength. Woman have more sensitivity in their finger tips.

Yes, there are exceptions to every rule and a select few ladies can hit the ball fairly long distances. The main reason for this however is perfect timing and being able to move their hips very rapidly to accelerate the club as fast as they do. Laura Davies, the talent English Golfer is pretty strong and takes a healthy cut at the ball. Michelle Wie is very gifted and also extremely subtle. Able to generate great speed because of her athletic attributes. These are a couple of the longer hitting ladies but when it comes to being able to delay the force of the upcoming hit of the golf ball, most women will have to release the club head when their arms are close to waist high on the down or forward swing.

If Ms Wie ever learns to get her total power harnessed to the point of not going full bore on all her shots, she could start making records that no one has ever seen. She does have a long way to go, however.

Regarding some very talented female players today. With all the focus on Lorena Ochoa and of course the great Annika Sorenstam, many may have never heard of Mickey Wright, that is unless you are over fifty years old.

If you ever get a chance to watch movies or videos of one of, if not the greatest woman golfer of all time, check out the most powerful and graceful swing of Mickey Wright. There are many comparisons with her swing and many of todays’ top male golfers.

Just a note for many younger golfers who may not have heard of the lean gal from California. The Associated Press voted her The Greatest Female Golfer of the 20th Century. I’ll take her on my team any day.

See you on the green ~

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