Seve Ballesteros
 

So quiet.. I guess I ask another question, a little flame might do good.

Anybody have a sequence of Seve Ballesteros short game? What component is he using ?

What makes him one of the very best short game player in the history of golf? Or he is not?

Sensitive hands
 

Not an expert, but I'd say its safe to say he is one of the best SG:ers ever. Probably because he was born with a good sense of RHYTHM and then added many 10's of 10.000 short game practice shots to that. The rest of the formula is being very mentally strong (partly due to confidence from practice) and of course proper execution of components.

I think he used quite a few variations. I believe there was a movie posted here maybe a year ago. Someone followed Seve around while he demonstrated his procedure and variations for different shots. Might have been an Academy Live session. It was Seve talking to someone he considered a friend and not a "formal" demo session.

I had the privilege of happen to stand just 4 feet away as he executed a tricky little chip during the 2006 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. He was probably 10 feet off the green. The hole was cut hard up against a bunker. He had the bunker to his left and a severe hump (on the green) between the ball and the hole.

For a rookie amateur that shot would be quite intimidating and I guess a high handicapper would leave 2 out of 4 in the bunker - should they go for it. The strategic high handicaper would chip away from the hole, eliminate the hump and the bunker by taking two putts.

Seve summarized the situation, walked up and down. Took 5-6 practice swings. His chip was brave - skipping onto the green, losing speed over the bump due to spin and the slope where he landed it. The result was a 2 feet putt for par.

Pretty much "another day at the office".

have this 2 ... but nothing on pitch and chip.. anybody ?

thks metallion.. thats nice info

Check this out
 

mac told me once that at his best seve coud play agaisnt anyway out of a bunker with there sw and his 6 iron and he would win. He had such great feel and control of the loft of his clubs. He also had some very interesting intricacies that you wouldn't notice unless brought out to you that made his contact and loft on the club extremely repeatable. Ive only seen seve's short game on video but mac broke it down and can do it and teach it exactly best short game pattern i have ever seen many advantages to it.

His swing looks fluid, even from the phtographs. I know he didn't drive it straight, why?

the text on the swing sequence is fascinating!!

"the key to a good backswing is to rehearse the hitting position at address, to feel an attack from behind oneself...."

sounds like "El Impacto Fixo" :)

Not enough is made of how great Seve was - where is the video footage of the 1983 bunker shot , 3 wood in Ryder cup to get a half... was it against Wadkins?? Great player!!! lids should know his name more.

When we classify a throwaway cut.

does that mean left bent wrist? .... or flat wrist with a throwaway?

seve bunker
 

I have heard people talk about bending the left elbow to decrease the lever length for softer shots... or something like that...Seve was awesome player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ZeJM1z13A

Head pretty still!


Take this in the spirit it was intended...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SMH5B3EsXM

It is a satire on sports reporters and not Seve!!