Smoothest swing you've seen live?

[2Bad4u]

Fred Couples gets my vote. Give me a chair and a case of beer and I could watch Freddie's swing all day.

[indianalawnguy]

Either my shadow, or Tom Purtzer's (his swing, not his shadow). I've only been to one event, though.

 

Great call on Purtzer!! Was like silk back in the day!

[bigred90gt]

Ernie Eles at the Shell Houston Open a few years ago.

 

Yep, I made the same comment below. It was indescribable how smooth and effortless it looked.

[hybrid25]

Y’all should’ve seen this at his prime....

Absolute perfection as far as tempo imho

 

 

-Chris

correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think he ever won a major, did he?

[lumberman2462]

Sam Snead at age 79 was still fluid and beautiful.

 

Tom Purtzer in the early 90s.

 

Steve Elkington in the mid 90s.

 

 

[playa]

Y’all should’ve seen this at his prime....

Absolute perfection as far as tempo imho

 

 

-Chris

correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think he ever won a major, did he?

Never won even a regular pga tour event either.

[eric6624]

VJ effortless power

[dukeman]

Amy Yang

[Yuck]

Carlos Franco, Colin Montgomerie, Boo Weekly, Woody Austin, Vijay Singh, Chris Kirk, Robert Streb

 

I did not think anyone else would have thought of Woody Austin. When he is hitting a stock iron shot, it is syrup.

[jonn443]

Boom Boom... Effortless power.

[CCTxGolf]

Adam scott is the most impressive I have seen in real life. I’ve seen Freddie too recently. Even with his injuries he is very smooth.

 

Adam Scott just made it look so freaking easy!

[Yuck]

There are more than a dozen LPGA swings that fall into this category.

[curitiba]

Ernie Els.

 

Was surprised at how good Charl Shwartzel swing is.

[dog flog]

Y'all should've seen this at his prime....

Absolute perfection as far as tempo imho

 

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-Chris

correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think he ever won a major, did he?

Never won even a regular pga tour event either.

On the Euro tour or in the Ryder Cup, he was an absolute beast. On American soil (except Ryder Cup matches) or in the majors, he was merely mortal.

[dcrocketman]

I've seen knudson live. Amazing, like watching Michael Jackson dance

I've seen o'Grady live. Amazing, like watching Einstein solve a physics problem

[Golfjack]

I've seen Tommy Fleetwood and Justin Rose in person, and Rose especially just has a super efficient movement in person. Tommy just cuz he's awesome, and his hair is the smoothest lol.

[27x10.5]

Tiger at the range on Thursday

[dbleag]

Amy Yang

 

+1 for Amy

[Golfjones]

I saw Boo Weekly on the range at the Masters one year. It looked like he was doing a magic trick, the way the ball shot off his club with what looked like a low-energy swing. And like watching a magician, my comment on Boo was "How does he do that?"

 

Two fairly little-known guys who impress me with their very effective but apparent slow-motion swings are Vaughn Taylor and Scott Piercy.

[Golfjones]

Oh yeah I forgot a golfer with a wonderful swing, LPGA---Na-Yeon Choi. A swing to die for.

[nolixul]

Not a fan of his swing, but the smoothest I've seen live is Jaco Van Zyl.

[imakaveli]

Els, Oosthuizen, Rory

[GMR]

Ernie Els

I got to play with Ernie in a Pro-Am not long ago. Amazing golfer (especially when he managed to tear off 6 straight birdies though what was actually a tough stretch of the golf course), but I was surprised in that I think his swing looks far smoother on TV than it does from a couple feet away. He doesn't go at it all that hard, at least relative to some of the other top-level golfers I've played with, and obviously has very good timing, but you can definitely pick up on a good amount of effort going into that golf swing. And in my opinion that's not a bad thing at all.

[76mpg]

Vijay

[bucky316]

too many to mention from watching the PGA on television....

 

since the question was "live" I'll never forget watching Payne Stewart at the Greater Milwaukee Open when it was still played at Tuckaway CC ... this was before Payne became a big deal but I'll never forget that swing especially his tempo

[JonnyKrasnodar]

McIlroy. Absolutely different class. Yeah it's powerful but it's so quick and effortless.

[Brass_Bullseye]

Vijay Singh at Colonial. Old school - reminded me of Payne Stewart's swing.

[ezpz]

cameron champ

[gatorpedsMD]

Ernie by far. soooooooooo money. have seen him hit in person multiple times. just nippy nip nip pure.

[Jonesy]

Not a fan of his swing, but the smoothest I've seen live is Jaco Van Zyl.

 

Van Zyl for sure, along with the rest of the South Africans - Oosthuizen, Scharl, Ernie

 

Cabrera Bello live was also quite smooth