Kenny Perry
 

Saw a program on the golf channel the other night about Kenny Perry. He was doing a demonstration and discussing how he drives with the right side and really "hits" the ball as opposed to a fluid swing. I thought it was very interesting, especially considering how far he hits the ball and the common believe out there is that you have to swing to hit the ball far. I believe he averaged 323 off the tee last week at the Colonial.

Also many thanks to Yoda'sluke for his comments about Rhythm. I think that's been a huge problem for me as I have a tendency to get to quick with the body and don't let the right forearm pass. I don't have the problem going right, "luckily" for me, I'm quick enough to flip my hands and snaphook left. Lynn and Yodasluke, keep up the good work...

Take that driving distance with a grain of salt.....the temps were really high and the humidity was way up there. So between the high humidity and the ROCK HARD fairways people were getting them out there REALLY LONG.

When David Toms is AVERAGING 306 yards for the tournament, you know the fairways are RUNNING!

BTW i'm not taking anything away from Perry because he really is one o the longer hitters on tour, not many people realize it, but he isn't THAT long. I remember one hole that was 430 yards and he hit a 2 iron that left him 122 yards out! Talk about some roll....LOL

If you want a comparison, he did keep up with VJ and his distances at the last tournament he won. There were many shots of him from the blimp and his ball was ending up right by VJ's and the course was soaked so not much roll. So he is long.

Point taken Jim, everyone's driving distance gets increased in Texas, but as you state, even with that Kenny is one of the longest hitters on tour. Right now he's sixth in driving distance, only four yards behind Tiger. Not bad for a 40 year old guy... The point I was trying to make was that Kenny is one of the longest guys on tour and he's a hitter not a swinger.

Kenny Perry Ron Gring video
 

Kenny is what i like to call.....sneaky long ;)

Our Guys Are Good!
 

Thanks, Doug. Boy, you guys are good!

Thanks also to Ron Gring, TGM G.S.E.D., for his analysis.

Kenny Perry
 

Question. Is his bent left arm at the top a result of a lack of extensor action? Maybe he would be even longer!

Depends...does his arm hang with a natural bend?

I know mine does, therefore i have a small bend in my arm.

ballspeed/clubheadspeed
 

Great vid and analysis. Thanks!

Charlie

check out thhis link this is what he does makes me think

http://www.golfdigest.com/instructio...swingkeys.html

Ted - a question
 

This is a great video and I have a question about it Kenny Perry's downstroke sequence.

I'm curious how does one execute the downstroke sequence where the lower body moves first while the arms and shoulders do almost nothing initially? This is a great move that all great players seem to make. Kind of like a "sit-down" move. It creates a ton of lag and power.

Ted - I was wondering your thoughts on this? When we worked together we didn't talk about this much. Most of our discussion revolved around driving the right arm off the right shoulder-platform. Normally, I don't really think of a sequence when hitting, I just take it to the Top and then drive hard with the right side.

I try to get as much backswing momentum going as possible, then turn the opposite direction (downswing)....the club lags...

I'm a swinger tho :) ...

Not sure what to say about hitting....

I know it has to do with "taking up the slack" and delaying the thrust...but that's pretty damn simplified.