With your trail foot dropped back, you’re so far away from the ball on the backswing that the only way to get back to the ball is to shift aggressively into your lead foot on the downswing.
The range is their office. And with some potentialy lucrative pay cheques on offer as part of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, they’ve been busy at the FedEx St Jude Championship this week. Here’s a few things I learned observing them at work.
Finishing in the top 50 opens up a different world, one that guarantees access to bigger purses, smaller fields, and more points in the FedEx Cup and world rankings.
A pattern is emerging for Max Homa. Similar to Tiger Woods, he’s got his favoured tracks, and he’s got a great affinity for the tournaments in his home state.
Beer cans and miscellaneous pieces of garbage flew from all angles as fans jumped and shouted in celebration of the first ace on the 16th hole since Francesco Molinari’s in 2015.
The win is the fifth of DeChambeau’s career, and his fourth in the past five months, a remarkable stretch that began with a win in a playoff at the Memorial Tournament in June.