Andy Murray is one of the greatest tennis players of all time, but will he achieve his dream of being a scratch golfer? In this video, PGA Professional Jack Backhouse looks at Andy Murray’s golf swing to see what he could improve to help him on his journey to scratch.
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Set-Up
Andy is a pretty tall bloke, and in this video, he is only hitting a wedge, so that might skew things a little, but the first noticeable thing in his set-up is he is quite a long way bent over, with his balance points too far out over his toes.
I would also like to see his feet flared out a little more at address, as this will allow a unrestricted turn, and a longer golf swing. His grip and tilts look pretty good.
Backswing
Murray takes the club away with very stiff wrists, which keeps the clubface looking down and closed. I’d like to see more trail wrist extension in this part of the golf swing and less right arm fold, which would keep things a little tighter and more on plane.
As we get further back into the swing, we see Murray’s trail shoulder stay in internal rotation too long, which stands the shaft up too steep and gets him in a short and across-the-line position, which usually ends with a steep downswing.
To get the club on a better line at the top, he should externally rotate his right arm more to shallow the shaft in the backswing.
Downswing
Murray actually does a great job in the downswing. His hands move forwards slightly which shallows the shaft onto a great plane, and he moves his right elbow into a great delivery position, which is similar to those we see on tour.
I would prefer his hand path to stay a little deeper in the downswing, which would mean he has less work to do to later on in the downswing to get the shaft and face lined up.
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As we move into impact, we see Murray’s right knee and right hip sag down towards the ball, which I believe is caused by his too outward-hand path. This move shallows the contact too late into impact and can cause thin and fat shots, as well as hooks.
Into the Finish
Murray’s head stays down a fraction of the way in the follow-through, but he does well swinging through and finishing in a nicely balanced position.
What can we learn?
Murray could tidy a few things up in his swing to help him become a more consistent ball hitter, and then needs to learn golf skills if he wants to get to scratch. This is a pretty good golf swing for a professional athlete, but Andy Murray is already off a 6 handicap, so we shouldn’t be surprised that this is good! Here is what I would address:
- Foot flare at address
- More external rotation of the trail arm in the backswing
- slightly deeper hand path in the downswing
- extending the right leg and hips through the ball.
Keep an eye out for more golfer’s swing analysis’ in the future.
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