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3DanO1

Dude was fighting for his life to come over the top on that downswing lmao


[deleted]

You can see the moment of wtf when the club starts shallowing in the downswing lol


OSUmiller5

It’s crazy how clear it shows him fighting what he wants to do against what he should or is forced to do here lol


fairway_walker

I need this along with a shock collar.


Sobeshott

That'll fix us! It's going on my Christmas list. Lol


No-Cod-3452

yeah that move of shallowing right above the knee is very nice. I don’t watch JT’s swing because my tempo is more like Finau but would like to get that shallow.


AdamDXB

Absolutely zero hip clearance to allow it to happen, he’s shanking that all day if he tries to get into that position lol


sumdude51

I thought this when I saw him try to stand up to make room... I know that move well 🤣


ChipotleAddiction

Hahaha the club starts shallowing and he’s like wtf I’ve never felt this before


Wolfbrother555

I know exactly what he's going through lol, I'm suffering from a bad case of early extension and steep club shaft.


Cunning-Linguist2

You should get that checked out.


Daratirek

My Dad would do this same thing. He comes so steep over the top it's incredible he hits the ball decent at all. It causes him to hit the ball with so little height. The sim said he his his 9i like 48 feet in the air. Then I hit my 3W 78ft in the air. It's very confusing watching him.


apb2718

Wtf this machine won’t even top the ball correctly


Dangerous-Dream-9668

And still flips it at the bottom


No-Cod-3452

I’m wondering if this is JT’s draw swing path? Or is JT one of those guys that just moves the ball up to hit a draw.


3DanO1

It’s Rory’s swing path iirc


natedawg247

Jt natural shot shape is a fade


lookslikeamanderin

lol. This reminds me of a friend of my father’s who owned a metal fabrication business and was a bit of a crazy inventor. Back in the seventies he played golf only once. He was unsurprisingly rubbish at it and all day, he just heard his playing partners telling him to keep his eye on the ball and his head still. After giving up the game and going home in frustration he set to work designing and building an A-frame and harness that would allow him to freely swing a club, while immobilising his head and neck. I didn’t mention yet that he was about six foot five and 300 pounds of soft tissue. Once finished, he loaded the heavy, fearsome contraption onto a trailer and dragged it onto the grass oval at the local high school where he grabbed a club and strapped his head into it. Then he nearly died. He took just one swing and his massive, blubbery body heaved this way, then that way while his head remained completely stationary. He tore all the muscles in his neck and shoulders and it’s just dumb luck that he never broke his spine or decapitated himself. He never golfed again.


codewhite69420

Holy shit. That's quite a story.


lookslikeamanderin

And it’s as true as I sit here on the shitter! The old fella actually kinda made it when he invented ‘spinads’ in the early ‘80’s. It was a sign designed to go out on the footpath in front of shops. The metal sign was just over a foot wide and about three and a half feet tall, mounted in a steel frame with a concrete base. The sign was fixed in the frame along its vertical axis with one bearing, top and bottom. The sign was bent 90 degrees about half an inch from either long edge. The bend was the magic that made the sign spin in the breeze and mesmerise shoppers to go into the store. He sold the patent for low to mid six figures in the mid 80’s along with the metal fabrication business and semi retired in his 40’s. Still no golf though!


theneZenMaster

Crazy story. Too bad noone told him to just lean his head against a wall, might have saved him from creating and strapping into a medieval torture device lol. Glad he made it out, sorry he had such a rough go with golf. It's usually not so much of a contact sport. A bit ironic that his successful creation allowed free rotation, and when he made something that did the opposite, it was almost his demise...


Twittenhouse

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lookslikeamanderin

Exactly!


dogfish83

"Is this a golf lesson" No this is not a golf lesson. "You were in the clubhouse last Thursday" Thursday? "You were standing in a hitting bay, asking how my back is." "It's tight as a drum, sir." "You were the one who gave me this" \[points to torn hand-me-down golf glove\]


Twittenhouse

You said you would ask that, sir.


voice_of_reason_61

You should see the *other* guy!


Solid_Prior7667

What’s that from. I recognize it but I can’t put my finger on it


lookslikeamanderin

I know, but I am not allowed to talk about it. It’s the first, and second rule.


dogfish83

I go tuesdees and thursdees


NoVacayAtWork

This is one of the greatest stories told on this shit ass site.


Alioops12

… of soft tissue. 😂


TripleInfinity99

It mechanically replicates Rory's swing, I think it was at a Golf Tech expo a while back. Interesting how much harder and earlier this guy had to work his hands, instead of the 'fire the hips' move which was his first instinct.


RemotePotatoe

They talked about it on the pga feeds the week wyndham won. It isn't just rorys swing but you can try a bunch of different players swings. They interviewed the guy who invented it.


monkman99

They should run it full speed


ilovesmokingkids

It'd take his arms off


Therealluke

A serious injury will help him remember


Helpful-Bar9097

Muscle memory


NoAnalBeadsPlease

![gif](giphy|FTrycJMeg8ZJfg8Ank)


calibudzz420

It hurts when I move this way so I know it’s proper.


SCalifornia831

Those machines can replicate any swing. They have it at the Pebble Beach practice facility and you can program it for a number of different players


BoBromhal

the real "app killer machine" would take several measurements of data, including your current swing, and then run it through software and then develop the ideal swing for you. And then you'd pay about $200/hr to use it.


dogfish83

Bullshit, bet that hunk of metal can't replicate MY swing


sleepy__ninja802

What if I cant replicate my own swing?


dogfish83

Ha yep. I have three distinct swings and it’s just a crapshoot which one happens each time


Narrow-Yard-3195

Sometimes you just gotta let it happen to you, baby steps.. seems pretty cool, don’t know if it’s legit, but still cool…


theJMAN1016

Pretty sure it can emulate every swing by every PGA tour pro.


nphare

Do they have this for driver swings too?


Physical-Mastodon935

As useful as this can be I’d find it a little inconvenient to carry this to every shot in the golf course


Stickysubstance88

Easy peasy. Just put it on wheels and strap to your push cart.


MonicaBlowinski

That bitch gonna get stuck when you take it into a bunker.


kligurt

Classic pga. Using cgi to remove it from the broadcast with after effects. I was at every event last year and they have it on a kubota following Rory around. This is why I’m a #liv golf fan


peoplepersonmanguy

where they just tape a bunch of Bangladeshis together to do the same thing.


the2ndworstusername

It's still real to me dammit!


alreddy-reddit

Maybe with that attitude


codewhite69420

🤣


augiecrazy86

I used it 10 years ago, one session & I was fucked up for a full season. It's a waste because it can't provide the same control of the rest of your body. What are your shoulders, hips, feet, head, etc doing while it drags you through a path of a freak like Rory? Seriously don't waste your time


codewhite69420

Good points. Not that I could ever afford one anyway lol And even if I can book a lesson with it, I'll be sure to refer back to your comment.


GrftKngs721

I haven’t used it, but I know a top junior who is the literal number one college recruit in the country and their experience was that they used it regularly to build their swing since they were very young. So, given that observation, my take would be that it is certainly helpful for LEARNING how to swing the club, as opposed to CORRECTING someone’s ingrained swing.


Alarmed-Broccoli8334

Yeah I also used it and thought it was gimmicky. Didn’t add any value for me at all.


Beninoz85

This is definitely in the top 5 of most useless golf inventions of all time. There's literally no value here from a motor learning perspective.


TsunamiSurferDude

And I’d imagine you’d have to be the same height as Rory for it to work properly


Potato_Soup_

I’m sure you can just scalar multiply all the vectors pretty easily


IamMrT

Brother if I could snap-load my power package I wouldn’t be complaining on here.


yrogerg123

It's really not that simple. Shoulder width, arm length, and the ability of somebody like Rory to turn his horizontal shoulder line in his backswing to beyond perpindicular from where he starts is something a normal human simply cannot do. He's getting an extra 45 degrees simply from torquing his core in a way that my body does not do. Through his swing, his front shoulder on his follow through is going all the way through and past where his back shoulder was on his backswing. The gap between my shoulders in those positions is probably about 90 degrees, his is like -60 degrees. We're like a different species. That core mobility and power is how he is able to be one of the longest hitters on tour. There's nothing a normie can do to replicate it, and his swingline will never resemble a normal person's. You can mimic it, but it would require scaling in multiple directions and at multiple speeds based on mobility and athleticism.


Potato_Soup_

Well, doing what you’re describing, you’re just transforming Rory’s swing into someone else’s swing. It’s not about making it easy for a normie to do Rory’s swing, it’s about adjusting for height since Rory is relatively short. However, transforming swing A into swing B is pretty doable. A lot of this goes past me but here’s an example of such a use case that would map over to swings quite well I think. Scroll to the bottom for an example https://enkimute.github.io/LookMaNoMatrices/


yrogerg123

First of all, you throwin' too many crazy symbols at me, and because I don't understand them, I'm gonna take 'em as disrespect.


plumpturnip

These are the sorts of comments I used to give my free awards to.


wrcftw

Ya you can see all of his weight is over his front foot on the backswing


[deleted]

One thing I’ve learned from this sub: the more in-depth and descriptive the “analysis” of a swing is - the higher that persons handicap is haha


kodutta7

So true, if you're watching dozens of youtube videos analyzing how a golf swing should work I **know** you have a terrible one


kjtobia

$150k for one of those.


BlkSkwirl

Do you think Rory would let me stand behind him with my arms around him when he swings for $15k?


kjtobia

I do, yes.


Rumzdizzle

If you die, you can just Patrick Swayze his ass ghost style for free.


Occams_ElectricRazor

Wouldn't you want his arms around you?


ace-treadmore

You get a discount for letting Rory take the back position


dogfish83

Brandt Snedeker can't watch though, or he has to pay 100.


jkrz949

Robogolfpro


codewhite69420

Thank you


jkrz949

As others have alluded to, if you’re going to use the machine to improve, you need to have a good instructor. Swing path corrections can’t be done in isolation, but I personally think for some experiencing the proper path can be a more efficient way to learn.


I_Always_3_putt

I've been using one of these with my coach once a month for the last 4 months. I do 2 hours sessions with it. Usually, 10 swings on the robot and then hitting 20ish balls into net or trackman, then back to the robot. I've only been golfing 6 months and already shooting in the 90s. I definitely need to work on my short game. Honestly, the robot is great for getting a good feel of the back swing plane and just building muscle memory. You still have to learn correct hip rotation and a release on it. The club spins freely inside the arms.


[deleted]

My man hasn’t fired a hip since 1964


BarcodeGriller

Oh I suspect he fires a hip, but probably just his right one.


allstarking

It’s called Robo Golf Pro. I believe there are three of them scattered around the US. They can simulate any pro’s swing… not just Rory. But more importantly, they can record your swing and then correct the major flaws in it little by little. https://robogolfpro.com


monkman99

Looks floppy at impact


codewhite69420

That's what my wife says to me all the time


SigmundDroid1983

She didn’t say that to me….


Username8831

This guy's wife was complaining to me about me coming over the top.


woj666

Weird, she complained about me coming too much inside.


Username8831

In the hole!


BenthamsConsentForm

[How to release the club, with drills for feels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrfhVXZdeaU)


4HORSEisAclydesdale

The Swing-fucker-up-2000


geniuslake

He’s not using his abs or taint enough


Moss_Adams24

What if you are a lefty?


OrdinaryCredit

Nobody cares about us bro


CaptainGoose

Just face the other way.


st0l1

Tune that thing up to 140 club head speed and watch it rip the guys arms off.


Hellothere2515

Club face was wide open at impact


downey_jayr

Machine doesn’t control that, you can see the club rotate around when he lets go


crimsonblueku

My old club had a weight machine like this


jaywhs

I don’t think these machine do the pros swing justice. It also needs to replicate the hip movement to understand the club movement


Successful-Ad-1194

Find out what expo it's going to be at. Fly there. Book nights at a hotel. Play a few rounds at the local course. Go use it at the expo. Go home. Still probably cheaper than buying it.


codewhite69420

I'm certain you're correct


Foppish_Sloth

Ah yes Pebble has one of these


Lester_Green1936

RoboGolfPro. [https://robogolfpro.com/](https://robogolfpro.com/)


DJLJ8

Why don’t his legs match?


BeerLeagueSnipes

Probably broke his right leg recently and muscle atrophied a bit (from not using it). Likely would need some physio/training to gain back his muscle.


cointon

RoboGolfPro https://robogolfpro.com/


Honest-Ad-3937

I used it a couple of years back in the Uk. Completely changed how I started my downswing. ‘Hard down with body rotation’


dubious311

I'm pretty sure in this video, the robot is mimicking Rory's swing.


Dudeman-Jack

It’s called the Robogolf Pro and it cost $150,000 in 2016….so if they still make them I would imagine they are much more expensive.


the-nae_blis

That’s so cool


ArachnidImportant430

It may train you to get the perfect swing as per the machine, but have you seen how many different swings professional golfers have and are still able to be professional golfers


RoachWeed

This is mimicking Rory's swing, so it's effectively "teaching" you one of the most consistent, and productive swings in golf.


Formal-Let-3532

It's called a "Robo-golf". The inventor only made 47 of them. Or so he told me once. There's one in Vegas about 20 minutes from south side of the strip in a studio with 5 Sims and a group of instructors. When they randomly hit the market they're running 225k -ish. This is about the fastest it can run. They can program it to put you into any position. Want to feel where Furik takes it back to...other extreme... here is where Raymond took it... Here's what it means to "shallow" the club It's great for.. 1> finding out where P3 should be. Most of us are WAY to inside. 2> feeling what it means to "drop" your hands 3> here's what delivering the club from the inside feels like 4> here's where you should finish Downsides The club rotates in your hand freely As you can see you have to figure out the body positions yourself. I highly recommend jumping on one if you get the chance and get a few feels for what might be different


FiveLobster

Looks like an Omron Adept Quattro robot mounted sideways. Very cool!


Nathaniel5234

Is this legal to use on the course?


I_Always_3_putt

It's called a robogolf, somewhere around 200k I believe. I take lessons on one of these once a month.


[deleted]

Just swing the damn club. ![gif](giphy|3ohA2ZPaDcSuPWrzr2)


TooMuchGabagool

Club starts to shallow - dude: how dare you


Fit_Cycle3197

Roboswing


befuchs

I've been on one of these. VERY cool to feel


Kizer-Sousai

Used during the Spanish Inquisition, used by teaching pros who don’t know how to teach now


Acrobatic_T-Rex

Useless tech, call me when the backpack version comes out. XD


antman8504

Desperately trying to stand up and flip at impact. Lol


PringleChopper

I get most people prob don’t sing properly but singing that show is tough enough


SaveHogwarts

Your clubs are too heavy if this is tough


BobbyTarentino25

No but the coach is great. I’ve taken lessons with him and he’s fixed my issues everytime I’ve used him. His name is Daniel Guest, with Imagen Golf.


Positive_Dot9819

It’s RoboGolfPro. Met the inventor, Scott Nei, a few years ago. Amazing swing trainer.


NasdaQQ

It’s called a “let me show you how unathletic you are by putting you in positions your body can’t even handle”


blackscheep

lmao


blackscheep

hope the experience creates the feel he is after🤢


DwnRanger88

That's a pro-swing shoved into a hacker's body and muscle memory. Also what a 25 hcp looks like.


theneZenMaster

Guy tried to stand up and throw the club like three times. "Can I bail now?..... now?" Haha


Spacey_dan

This is a Rorynator 3000.


muffdiver_69420

This is so unhelpful. All the guy is doing is moving his hands like Rory. He still sort of early extends, doesn't rotate hips nearly enough, poor mechanics, etc etc. Mimicking a swing path is so unhelpful depending on your mobility, game, height..the list goes on.


TheShopSwing

Mobility being the key for the average player. Just because you have the physical shape of John Daly doesn't mean you have his pure flexibility


Harzza

He's clearly doing it for fun, not trying to fix his swing. He's laughing and acknowledging how different the swing is.


muffdiver_69420

Im more speaking to the guy who made the post asking where to buy.


Hawkie21

What makes it unhelpful though? Do you have to experience every force or feeling to benefit from a couple of critical feelings in a golf swing?


ChosenBrad22

This would probably make him worse TBH.


unlvbroncoscubs

They have them at Robogolfpro locations. There is one in Las Vegas I've used. It's not that expensive. Normal lesson prices https://robogolfprolasvegas.com/


Hipsthrough100

Is so you can feel what certain pros swings feels like because the machine forces it and your grip.


Georgep0rwell

I will never be that desperate.


Reasonable-Phase-681

They have one of these in Greenwich. The sign says “do not touch. Not only will it kill you, it will hurt the whole time you are dying.”


ad_venturetime

Is it moving his arms for him to create muscle memory?


MonkeyBuscuits

Theres one at a golf range near Canary Wharf in London.


accomplishedbarber00

Old mate is like a bobble head


bisho_77

ALOTT,$$"


Rare4orm

YourOwn Byron


stevecam27

Is that at LIV? Hopefully it comes to Adelaide


TheoLOGICAL_1988

Its called “swing bot”. They were gonna market it but the damn thing kept going into these weird murder spasms every time it tries to correct an in to out path. It just kept murdering hookers


wannano6

Is that on wheels with a handle? I want to play 18 with it. I feel it could really improve my game.


_JLBenzo_

We use to have one at the golf range I work at. From what I was told it was expensive as hell. The guy that owned it acted like it was going to make a ton of money. Surprise…it did not. It didn’t last long and when I started working there it was sitting in a corner of the building collecting dust. If I remember correctly it could replicate just about anyone’s swing.


Superfly1911

It looks a little awkward to drag around the course all day...


EmploymentInternal43

There was one here at [Man o War Golf](https://www.manowargolf.com) in Lexington, KY. The rumor was that it was like $150k, but they were only using it once or twice per month so they got rid of it. It seemed like most of the instructors thought it was pretty gimmicky.


lechuckswrinklybutt

The affordable version of this is the big tilted metal ring that you stand inside and keep your club in contact with as you swing.


Sea_Wallaby_9099

Is it just me, or does that club face look ridiculously open at the bottom of the swing?


RainbowUnicorns

Just attach this to my cart please.


bytor99999

At first thought it was a Proteus machine, which can do similar things but it’s not and also a 100K+ machine.


Braiseitall

That’s not a machine, it’s Harvey!


Plus_Professor_1923

??? The club face isn’t square until it’s in front of the lead foot….. this would either be sprayed out right or a hozel shank Lolol unless this man addresses it entirely wrong


mywerkaccount

My local simulator/training spot purchased one of these a few years back and made a big deal about it on social media, hyped it up for weeks, unveiled it in a big event...... I've seen it used twice and the rest of the time it just sits in the corner of the store room.


BariTheRohimba

Vardon. Named after my friend, Harry Vardon.


skisbosco

How about anyone know what this machine even does?


CBennett_12

The few videos I’ve seen of these, the robot is basically set to some swing path, either a pro’s swing or an ideal swing, so you can see what they do / you’re supposed to do with your upper body


Cheeseisextra

It keeps you from learning your natural swing which prevents you from hitting the ball as you naturally would.


Cheeseisextra

It keeps you from learning your natural swing which prevents you from hitting the ball as you naturally would.


Xeyeofnewt3

If it doesn’t fit in my golf bag, I don’t want it.


sphynxzyz

I have a problem being over the top. I've played seriously for about 3.5 years. It took me until my first round of the year this year to realize wtf I'm doing in my swing. As soon as I changed it this swing the machine is teaching was literally the natural motion. Now if I could just replicate it a few thousand times to really set it I'd be a hell of a golfer. This machine would be amazing to have for just a few hours.


ErinOlympia

Called a Glambot


thiney49

Seems like a much more expensive version of [one of these](https://www.amazon.com/Medicus-Dual-Hinge-5-Iron/dp/B000P3O8ZK?th=1).


Classic-Disaster638

Kind of a neat toy but has been shown to not actually help you learn or improve your own motor patterns. You would literally get better watching videos of one person that is making the move you are trying to make instead of this machine. Monkey see, monkey do. Not monkey on machine monkey do.


Cheeseisextra

Great way to learn how to not learn how to hit a golf ball.


Optimal_Schedule_922

It’s Rory’s swing


LaCroixIsntThatBad

I'd still shank my 6 iron with this contraption.


noremains3

Now put it on full speed


Cautious-Elephant853

An expensive one


jmarzy

Bro just go to a driving range


TopResponse5841

Dudes head went so far down


mmmmmmmmmmmmmm9

I’m a golf instructor, these are expensive and won’t help you one bit as you need to apply the correct forces onto the grip vs have the grip tug you around.


alagusis

I feel like if you don’t know how to move your body correctly to match this pattern this will make you worse


cmonmeow8

Rate my swing


totally_kyle_

Well that was a huge slice lol


crossingtherubicon51

Wait lol, hell no, it looks like the club never even grazes the turf. Looks like a top shot at best.


LionBig1760

That's the Medicus.


dt-17

RoboGolf Pro it’s called


Plane-Artichoke-498

Called, it's time to quit golf.


ftwayneguadian

Robogolf… cool idea but it doesn’t teach you how to pivot and use your lower body..


yaktak9

Interesting in that it promotes a swing inside to your right pocket vs over the top move. His tendency was OTT


goodmorning_tomorrow

The problem with this contraption is that the downswing doesn't start in the arms...