Stenson's sound

[ULMgerman]

must be the clubs. plenty of guys that hit it as good as he does with the same or even higher speed (Rory, DJ, etc)

[farmer]

He hits it really hard and really flush.

This pretty much answers all the questions.

[BIRDIES'R'US]

Earlier post was spot on about the NLU pod with Matt Every. I think the only player that rivals Stensons sound is JB Holmes. When he is flushing his irons, it is just plain different. Both have shorter swings with so much natural power. THUMP

[golf1010]

Stenson sound is as overrated as it gets.

And let's not talk about his 3 wood ever again it's been talked about forever.

 

[Terry Gold]

2:1 inspired by Peter Jacobsen. I did not watch/listen today, but he is the most given to regurgitating a talking point ad nauseum and passing it as off as insight.

[HoffTTM]

It's nonsense. He hits it pure, and compresses it very nicely, but there are dozens of others on tour who do exactly the same thing. It's just something that the commentators can fall back on when they have nothing else to say, and they do it time and time again.

 

Kind of like getting topspin, anyone spouting that nonsense should be instantly fired

[Man_O_War]

Stenson's strikes do produce a unique sound. Very cool.

 

I remember Nick Price produced a very distinctive and unique sound back in the day with his irons as well.

 

another guy who had a very firm grip

[jeffreyl]

I spent a lot of time watching players practice, at the Masters in 1995. Davis Love and Lee Jantzen were different sounds than most of the rest. Davis Love was extremely long, as well. Watching him practice, I wondered why he didn't,t win very ime he teed it up!

[golf1010]

I spent a lot of time watching players practice, at the Masters in 1995. Davis Love and Lee Jantzen were different sounds than most of the rest. Davis Love was extremely long, as well. Watching him practice, I wondered why he didn't,t win very ime he teed it up!

because he putts like bubba

[bscinstnct]

Earlier post was spot on about the NLU pod with Matt Every. I think the only player that rivals Stensons sound is JB Holmes. When he is flushing his irons, it is just plain different. Both have shorter swings with so much natural power. THUMP

 

JB!

 

This sound.

 

[bandrz]

I spent a lot of time watching players practice, at the Masters in 1995. Davis Love and Lee Jantzen were different sounds than most of the rest. Davis Love was extremely long, as well. Watching him practice, I wondered why he didn't,t win very ime he teed it up!

because he putts like bubba

 

lol ok. tied for 29th all time in wins.

[Valtiel]

It's a combination of multiple factors, as it usually is. Larger clubs + steep angle of attack + high clubhead speed + pure strike. Larger clubs mean more physical mass hitting the ground which combined with high speed and steep angle = bigger impact thump. Take away the steep AoA and he probably sounds like every other bigger hitter. Take away the larger clubhead and he probably still sounds similar just maybe a little less "thump". Take away the high clubhead speed and same thing, less thump.

 

Really it is all about the ground. The harder you're hitting the ground the more "powerful" the strike will sound as long as you're hitting it pretty flush. Look at a drum kit for example, almost always have the bass drum reinforcing a cymbal hit. Stick + cymbal = club + ball and the bass drum = turf.

[Chaztrip]

 

OMG!!! I have never seen this! Thanks for the really hard laugh this morning.

[iBanesto]

Am I the only one that can feel the tension in his grip when watching him set up to hit?! :lol:

[Roadking2003]

He's playing chunkier irons than just about 90% of the guys on tour. They're louder.

 

He's not some monster.....I believe Jordan Spieth actually outranked him last year in driving distance.

 

Yes

 

Spieth; 295.4

 

Stenson; 291.7

[Roadking2003]

He's playing chunkier irons than just about 90% of the guys on tour. They're louder.

 

He's not some monster.....I believe Jordan Spieth actually outranked him last year in driving distance.

 

 

Maybe so. 3 wood vs driver. Lol

 

They all hit three-woods from time to time. LOL.

[Roadking2003]

Stenson sound is as overrated as it gets.

 

 

True. But once the rumor starts, it becomes truth.

[MMB1500]

He's playing chunkier irons than just about 90% of the guys on tour. They're louder.

 

He's not some monster.....I believe Jordan Spieth actually outranked him last year in driving distance.

 

 

Maybe so. 3 wood vs driver. Lol

 

They all hit three-woods from time to time. LOL.

 

Yes but Stenson hits his 3 wood probably 80-90% of the time on par 4's and 5's. As such the stat regarding Spieth out ranking him in driving distance doesn't really tell the whole story.

[xflex]

Stenson sound is as overrated as it gets.

 

 

True. But once the rumor starts, it becomes truth.

 

"The sound, it's the best. It's great. Really. Reallly great. Some people say it's weak. They're wrong. We have proof. It's a wonderful sound. Yuuuuge"

[Roadking2003]

Yes but Stenson hits his 3 wood probably 80-90% of the time on par 4's and 5's. As such the stat regarding Spieth out ranking him in driving distance doesn't really tell the whole story.

 

Your numbers are way off.

 

Henrik Stenson is an anomaly, and not just because he’s one of the best golfers on the planet. Of 225 pros who have appeared regularly in PGA Tour events in 2014 & 2015, Stenson has used something less than driver on his tee shots the 2nd most. Across the Tour, golfers use driver on approximately 72% of par 4/5 holes. For longer hitters the percentage falls to around 64% and for shorter hitters the percentage rises to around 81%. Stenson, however, uses driver only 33% of the time.

 

https://golfanalytic...-wood-too-much/

[haughdaddy35]

Last week I walked all 18 holes with him, inside the ropes on his final round,and he didn't pull the headcover off his driver. Thinking back now I actually think he hit his 5 wood more than he hit his 3 wood. He actually did not put a tee in the ground the entire day. I was most amazed at the height with which he hit these woods off the ground. It was definitely a cool experience, walking that close to a world class golfer and watching how they go about playing a course.

[anth]

Yes but Stenson hits his 3 wood probably 80-90% of the time on par 4's and 5's. As such the stat regarding Spieth out ranking him in driving distance doesn't really tell the whole story.

 

Your numbers are way off.

 

Henrik Stenson is an anomaly, and not just because he’s one of the best golfers on the planet. Of 225 pros who have appeared regularly in PGA Tour events in 2014 & 2015, Stenson has used something less than driver on his tee shots the 2nd most. Across the Tour, golfers use driver on approximately 72% of par 4/5 holes. For longer hitters the percentage falls to around 64% and for shorter hitters the percentage rises to around 81%. Stenson, however, uses driver only 33% of the time.

 

https://golfanalytic...-wood-too-much/

His numbers are off but his point has just been reinforced

[JRS]

 

"The sound, it's the best. It's great. Really. Reallly great. Some people say it's weak. They're wrong. We have proof. It's a wonderful sound. Yuuuuge"

 

would you go as far as to say that the sound is.... tremendous?

[Roadking2003]

Yes but Stenson hits his 3 wood probably 80-90% of the time on par 4's and 5's. As such the stat regarding Spieth out ranking him in driving distance doesn't really tell the whole story.

 

Your numbers are way off.

 

Henrik Stenson is an anomaly, and not just because he's one of the best golfers on the planet. Of 225 pros who have appeared regularly in PGA Tour events in 2014 & 2015, Stenson has used something less than driver on his tee shots the 2nd most. Across the Tour, golfers use driver on approximately 72% of par 4/5 holes. For longer hitters the percentage falls to around 64% and for shorter hitters the percentage rises to around 81%. Stenson, however, uses driver only 33% of the time.

 

https://golfanalytic...-wood-too-much/

His numbers are off but his point has just been reinforced

 

And what point would that be?

[Undershooter30]

Yes but Stenson hits his 3 wood probably 80-90% of the time on par 4's and 5's. As such the stat regarding Spieth out ranking him in driving distance doesn't really tell the whole story.

 

Your numbers are way off.

 

Henrik Stenson is an anomaly, and not just because he's one of the best golfers on the planet. Of 225 pros who have appeared regularly in PGA Tour events in 2014 & 2015, Stenson has used something less than driver on his tee shots the 2nd most. Across the Tour, golfers use driver on approximately 72% of par 4/5 holes. For longer hitters the percentage falls to around 64% and for shorter hitters the percentage rises to around 81%. Stenson, however, uses driver only 33% of the time.

 

https://golfanalytic...-wood-too-much/

His numbers are off but his point has just been reinforced

 

And what point would that be?

That he hits driver much less than someone like Jordan. Thus the driver stats are skewed.

Hell, just look at their club head speed #s. Speith isn't as long as stenson is. And it's not like JS is that short despite the common narrative.

[greengolfer54]

He hits it really hard and really flush.

 

I'm sure there's plenty on tour doing the same

not like stenson lol...Matt Every just recently did a podcast with "no laying up" and even he said if you are going to a PGA event "go watch stenson" the sound of his contact is really something to see/hear

[bscinstnct]

Interesting thread. The difference in sound is something that top golfers and pros seem in tune with.

 

We have heard it about TW and other pros. And I remember a while back a golfwrx member named Sevam1 who gained huge attention and, I think, even a pro interested in working with him and the sound of his strikes was mentioned.

 

 

Here is what an accomplished Irish am had to say about Rory,

 

"But I could hear his ball striking, and I had never heard, and have still never heard to this day, anything like it. I’ll put it this way: The sound of his ball striking is amazing. It’s the sound of the whack that he makes. It’s crisp, clean and it is perfect. It is the same on every single shot he makes.” He then added, “If there were 20 players striking the ball, and you were blindfolded, you would unquestionably know the sound of Rory’s strike.”

 

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/magazine/rory-mcilroy-has-the-best-swing-in-golf.html

 

And here is sevam1

 

 

[jbsg02]

Not sure if anyone heard the recent NLU podcast with Matt Every. When asked about other golfers' skills that standout, he discussed Stenson's ballstriking. He said the sound it makes when big Henrik hits the ball is like no other player.

 

I think Spieth said something similar when he was asked that question, that even pros love watching him irons on the range