RORY’S
WOODS & IRONS
Adrian says: “Rory will take
the option of a strong M6
3-wood, M5 5-wood and
P790 2-iron to Portrush. It
means he’s got one too
many clubs at the top end
of his bag. He’ll make a
decision on which makes
his bag when he’s there.
The 3-wood launches high
and is super long; he can
hit the 2 -iron high or low,
so if it’s firm and fast, it’s
ideal from the tee for linksy
conditions. He’s also got
the ability to take loft off
the 5 and turn it into a 4
wood. With this club he
can cover a 30-40 yard
gap, hitting high draws
with low spin like a 3-wood,
but also getting shots to
spin up and stop at 230-
240 yards – essentially
turning one club into two.”The takeaway is,
perhaps, the most
important part of the
swing for me, and I still
use a tip Jack Nicklaus
gave me to start
everything off online. Like
me, he had a tendency to
allow his hands to move
away from his body at the
start of the swing. He
would imagine razor
blades running opposite
the front of his hands at
address, and then make
the takeaway that
avoided getting ‘cut’. It’s
been a great visual for
me over the years.RORY
SAYS
Rory’s key Head
and grip work on
the same pathIRON PLAY
ory is a beautiful iron player,
able to work the ball both ways.
This stems from a very neutral
delivery of the golf club, neither
excessively from in-to-out or out-to-in.
Naturally this starts with his solid, square
address position, but a key aspect of this
swingpath is how the club moves on the
way down. Watch carefully and you’ll see
both the grip and the clubhead working
down the same path – a balanced position
that is the hallmark of an on-plane attack.
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