What can you learn from the best players in the world? When you’re sitting down on a Sunday, watching the cream of the crop battle it out for the game’s biggest prizes under the most intense pressure, what little nuggets can you take to the range?
Sure, we’d all like to model our swings on Justin Rose’s or Adam Scott’s.
With the winter months upon us – the ideal time of year to put in some work on your technique – we’ve asked one of our Top 50 Coaches, Norman Marshall, to analyse some of the best swings in the game and offer a few helpful pointers.
Come the spring, we’re confident you will have picked up a useful tip or two towards improving your ball striking.
Build The Perfect Golf Swing: 6 Components To Study
Below, Norman analyses key components of the golf swing that every amateur should study, with specific reference to six of the world’s best golfers and the incredible example they set in each area.
1. Scottie Scheffler – Set-up
Scheffler’s athletic posture is one for amateur golfers to aspire to
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Scheffler’s golf swing gets a lot of attention because of his rather unique foot slide but, like most tour professionals, he demonstrates solid fundamentals.
The World No.1 led in strokes gained off the tee in 2025, which you can’t do if you’re hitting the ball everywhere.
One of his greatest assets is how he’s comfortable shaping the ball both ways, often riding the wind and using it to his advantage, as opposed to fighting it.
I like to see big, powerful players like Scheffler hitting fades – it’s more fixable and easier to control. He keeps things simple. If he wants to shape the ball a certain way, he’ll adjust his set-up instead of altering his swing.
When he sets up for a left-to-right drive, you’ll see him stand slightly open with his feet and shoulders.
He’ll sometimes position the ball position slightly further forward than just inside the left heel – more towards the toe – to help raise the angle of attack.
He also ‘bumps’ his lead hip towards the target side to create a slight tilt away from the…
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