He started the week with position outside the top100 players, he putt far from the distance of 7 feet and this showed that his season was on. I was reading the latest golf magazine and saw that luke donald had shortened his driver this year to 43. The jpx850 driver was launched into europe during february which has given the mizuno uk fitting staff a little while to get to grips with the new fast track system while the tour players gravitate to a low spin fade weight position middle front and toe, we wanted to. I am professional golfer on the pga tour and european tour.
What you can learn from luke donalds refocus on driving. Luke donald has won five pga tour events and seven european tour events and was no. For luke donald, the change into mizunos new, adjustable st190g was immediate. Luke donald uses the tm because you can close the faces, if you watch his videos he does not like to minipulate his swing with his hands, but father the face angle at address. I saw a segment on the golf channel this morning in which they said your driver, when standing up, should be just an inch or two above your belly button. What is interesting about this is most of the rack drivers are 4546 inches in length and some are even 47 inches. Donald proves short hitters can still succeed with. Why has former world number 1 pga tour golfer luke donald.
From homeless to hero, my journeys on and off lambeau field. For reference to donald s statistics in 2011, henrik stenson was the leader in strokes gained approach last year. It got me to thinking and i realized i havent been hitting my 45 inch driver with the control and accuracy that i once did with a pers. In 2011 luke donald achieved something that nobody has ever done before. A driving force behind bringing the 20 and 2015 bmw championship to his home course, conway farms golf club, outside chicago. Over the past three years, donald has missed just 45 putts from inside 5 feet going an impressive 2,2 for 2,258 when putting inside 5 feet 98 percent success rate. Game leaves luke donald behind, but he keeps battling global. Luke donald looked at the leader board while he was waiting to putt out on the 18th green. These drivers test off the charts, and taylormade is clearly willing to drop big bucks to get their best selling clubs in as many bags as possible.
Donald ranked tied147 th on tour for average driving distance 284. Luke donald, for example, says he has gained close to 4 miles per hour in ball speed over the past 18 months, crediting strength. Luke campbell donald mbe born 7 december 1977 is an english professional golfer who has been the world number one. Your golf digest is all your golf news brought together to one website. We provide you with the latest breaking news, videos and podcasts straight from the. Luke donald has struck a blow for every golfer who cannot smash the ball out of sight it doesnt mean you are. It is becoming a clear trend that pros with either a mixed bag, or with srixonmizuno irons hits a m1 or m2 driver. Using a swing speed chart to approximate your distances.
From homeless to hero, my journeys on and off lambeau field driver, donald on. Pga tour stats, video, photos, results, and career highlights. What you can learn from luke donald s refocus on driving. Mizunos website videos clearly explain that it is hard to creat a wood for luke donald as he likes the face slightly closed to play a draw for extra distance where as.
Luke donald tries his hand at virtual golf instructor. Like some have said, distance is still needed to compete especially in todays game. He won the pga tour money list and european race to dubai to complete a historic double, becoming the first. Donald and westwood quick out of the traps in race to be no 1 luke donald s and lee westwoods race to become world no 1 began in promising style yesterday as both shot rounds of fourunder to. Since the 2004 season when donald posted his first runnerup finish at the buick invitational, only tiger woods 15 and jim furyk had more secondplace finishes. Having worked with luke for the last 10 years, since he started at northwestern, i can honestly say his simple. Luke donald driver swing according to his stats luke is one of the shortest and most crooked drivers of the ball on the pga tour. In recent years, people are also beginning to recognize the importance of getting custom fit for your equipment in order to maximize driving distance and their overall average golf swing speed. Players like luke donald try to keep up and adapt a swing that has got. He has four wins on the pga tour and through july was top 10 in 16 shortgame and putting stats. Ernie els, bubba watson, luke donald and rory mcilroy come to mind. Mizuno site actually says he uses tour issue s300 hardstepped in irons, and tour issue s300 in first wedge before spinner shaft. Losing just 10 mph s off of that swing and going down to 90 will pull the distance all the way down to about 232 yards a major difference when actually playing a round of golf.
On average, he misses a putt from inside 5 feet on 1 in every 50 attempts. Lpga driving distance is listed as 218 avg carry, but the lpga website lists total driving avg. How pga golf star luke donald aced the wine business forbes. Long time mizuno player luke donald hasnt always found it easy to work into a mizuno driver. Luke donald was spotted testing a new mizuno jpx 850 driver 9. There is little professional golf being played, but luke donald is still working. Learn about his golf game and find out what titleist equipment hes using today. Open champion shane lowry is also within striking distance. Hes where scott verplank was when his elbow problems were at their worst. A good swing thought for distance control is to try and get the shaft in line with your left arm at impact. Luke donald driver swing brian manzella golf academy. Driver a player who is able to swing a driver at an even 100 miles per hour can expect a distance of around 258 yards.
Luke donald, for example, says he has gained close to 4 miles per hour in ball speed over the past 18 months, crediting strength drills and swing. Luke donald stats, news, pictures, bio, videos espn. Mizuno staffers luke donald and keith mitchell have put the new st190g and st190 drivers in the bag, respectively. In the past luke tended to have a negative attack angle on his driver, that has now changed to a positive angle to optimise his distance. The average shaft length of a driver on the pga tour is 44. Its often assumed that donald sees his drivingdistance numbers he averages around 285 yards off the tee and feels compelled to add power. Luke donald driver swing faded tee shot faceon and downtheline views from the tee on the 2nd hole par 5 of 519 yards walton heath old course. Luke donald says he can improve his driving through accuracy, not necessarily distance. Luke donald, who ranks tied for 155th on the pga tour in driving distance, said tuesday at merion golf club that hell need the driver just five times to get around the east course site of the. Combining the unlikely companions of low spin and abundant forgiveness the st200 is a high stability driver for players wanting straight line distance and predictability. Ultra stable with midlow spin and beta rich ti face. One of the interesting equipment stories of the year was that luke donald started using a driver that was 43. I dont think long hitters should be stopped from doing something they do better than the rest of us, said luke donald, who nonetheless believes distance has become an issueand cites.
Precision iron player luke donald flew to japan in november 2015 to see how the grain flow forged irons that he has played since college are made. With game trending longer, luke donald could be last of his kind. In my work as a swing speed trainer, i can definitely tell you its possible to add 10 mph of speed to swing through swing speed training. Luke donald pga tour profile news, stats, and videos. Luke donald was awarded with honorary life membership by the european tour on wednesday in one of the most ridiculous things i seen in canadian golf circles in a while, golf canadas site is running a story saying luke donald will play the rbc. Shorthitting luke donald to use driver just 5 times at merion. Luke donald june 2007 cool hand luke grace, rhythm are his strengths. Luke donald my 10 best golf tips golf monthly youtube. Driver distance secrets what manufacturers wont tell you duration. His personal label, the luke donald collection, will appear on 72,000 bottles of california chardonnay, viognier and, in a hat tip to his parents, a bordeauxstyle red blend that carries the. Care is taken to select two holes which face in opposite directions to counteract the effect of wind. The english golf professional who lives in jupiter, florida, has been filling his time away from his day job with more golf, except this time, as an instructor.
My driver is at least 7 inches above my belly button. What makes donalds accomplishment unique is that he ranked 165th on tour in driving distance at that moment. How to hit the ball then the turf with your irons magic drill duration. Stenson didnt crack the top20 in the teetogreen component because he ranked no. Game leaves luke donald behind, but he keeps battling. Luke donald witb for 2017 pga season what is in the bag. Golf club distances golf club distance comparison chart. Take a look at the program i use to gain more distance. Luke donald and lee westwood one off honda classic lead. Is increased driving distance a trend or just an anomaly. Titleist golf ball players are titleist s top golfers. Two years later luke donald became the number one ranked golfer in the. Donald proves short hitters can still succeed with consistency, short game. The man in question is of course the incredible luke donald and his successes in 2011 have got the world of golf talking once again about what you really need to be the best in the world.
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