Padraig Spent The Winter Adding Less Than Fifteen New Swing and Pre-Shot Routine Elements!

Thanks to reader Patrick for Brian Keogh's rundown…and I do mean rundown of Padraig Harrington's new swing elements. Young children and those aspiring to take the club away without the burden of multiple swing thoughts would be wise not hit the link.

Outlining the biggest changes, Harrington explained:

    •    “I changed the actual grips on my golf club. Most people would think ‘well, what’s that’. I have a reminder in my grip – I’ve taken it out. I’ve gone to round grips. That’s a big, big change.

    •    “I’ve knocked all the clubs a degree flat – that’s a little change.

    •    “I have weakened my grip, lowered my hands a bit and pushed them a bit further forward … small things.

    •    “Probably the biggest one (and this is partly why I’ve changed these other things), I’ve changed my trigger to take the club away in my routine. I used take the club away from a moving position. I now take the club away from a static position.

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    •    “Part of that, I used to have a big squat to take the club away, so that’s gone. There’s a little one. I’d love to get it all gone but it’s hard to change your trigger, full stop.

    •    “I’m taking the club away without my hips so there’s a much smaller hip turn – a much bigger coil but a smaller hip turn.

That's enough. If you want to read the other ten bullet points, hit the link.

In this week's Pond Scrum, Steve Elling and John Huggan discuss (in entertaining fashion) the latest swing revamping by Padraig.