I just watched a few minutes of this video. What Fred Couples has to say about his swing it is more important than just watching it in motion. All I can say is thank you thank you thank you Mr. Couples
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I have been playing golf for over 45 years now and I have never ever seen such a vertical back swing as such from Fred! How on earth he gets the club back on plain is mind blowing! Between Fred and Ernie you have the greatest golfer! I am an old golfer and have been studying those two golf swings, I am now hitting the ball further, straighter to when I was younger, so you young guy's out there take note! Hit through the ball, not at the ball! Relax like these guy's, watch that ball fly Feel the club in your rhythm, that's the way too hit them, Many thanks Fred!
Alan, people say Fred is smooth, but if you watch him intensely, you will see he has one of the most aggressive hip drives in golf history, and massive separation. His hip drive has completely finished way before he gets to the ball. The ultimate large muscle group swing, that of course has tortured his back over the years .
Yes! Back in the late 60's I asked my Dad how the pro's hit so far while swinging so easy. He said No - thy don't swing easy, they swing smoothly. The speed is deceptive. When you see them up close you can sense the immense clubhead speed!
alan carlyon I used to have a violent swing when I was in high school. After high school, I transferred from extra stiff shafts to stiff shafts because I want to build a lot of club head speed without putting too much effort and tenseness. Now my ball goes a lot higher, my drives are going a lot higher, and my swing still has the same type of speed I had in high school except now I have better smash factor because it is a lot easier to hit the sweet spot when one is relaxed and smoother in a golf swing.
@@Thegooob95 Bobby sure did have a smooth swing. But the golf swing was a different thing then, to accommodate the equipment of the time. The modern golf swing is wider and less articulated than the swings of old. It's a subjective thing, watching Gene Sarazen and Lee Trevino is at least as entertaining as watching any modern player imo.
@@GreenDistantStar yeah I think the equipment had some input, not as much as some say, like I believe if Bobby swung exactly the same way with modern clubs he’d win championships. I’ve been obsessed with reading his instruction, he articulates using levers and maximizing all points of the swings movement to communicate club velocity to the ball. His grip actually floats into his fingers at the top. Modern clubs may change the arc and tempo some. I think Bobby found the “correct” swing, the one that is applicable to anything that is being moved around the body. His swing moves with and used gravity force acceleration all that good stuff, it’s timeless. No forcing. Gorgeous swing. By far my fav. Though Fred’s looks easy to adapt to I’ll have to try it out
Couples once said his best lesson was when his teacher said he needed to quicken his swing. Fred is showing how when you drop the hands almost vertically from the top is a recipe for getting stuck and when he was playing his best when his hands from the top would go right at the ball from the top, and contrary to what most people think this move actually will flatten the club out. But when you drop the hands vertically or even behind where they were at the top can actually steepen the shaft and then you must make an adjustment with early extension which will cause the club to actually get the club stuck behind when shaft is parallel to ground or P6.
Exactly what I’ve been working on! It feels like over the top but I haven’t striped the ball more pure in my golfing career. Love Freddie and Bruce lietzke’s swings. I think the “get shallow” craze is also producing lots of snap hooks and thin pushes.
I played the Shadow course once, on a windy day with the greens super fast. Talk about target golf, Jeez Fred! The rest of my group hated it, but I loved it. And the views were stunning. As a ~10 at the time, I felt fortunate to get around that track in the 80's on a tough day. A shame the golf course failed a few years ago and the land almost immediately reverted to it's original native plant species.
These are the playing lessons with pros that i liked.. Just the pro. No other people and no celebrities playing with pros... Freddie's and John Cook's playing lessons with pros were my favorite
So much for the conventional wisdom that Freddy is a pure feel player, he obviously knows every bit as much about the mechanics as any successful tour pro...
@@karkars4722 They were visually intimidating but once you learned to play them properly it was quite easy. They say they're going to redesign Sky to make it more "player friendly," but right now it's just a bunch of weeds.
@@NothisisPatrick-oe9fv It took a few rounds to learn to play it. My first round on Sky I shot 97 then I learned to play it and would shoot under par all the time. I shot even on Shadow first round. They say they're going to reopen Sky with a redesign to make it less intimidating but nothing is happening yet.
this guy doesn't look like he needs any coach. he looks so natural at it like probably the same swing as a kid. no thinking just take it back and swing down, no mechanical thoughts. i know i get methodical and mechanical alot of the time and it doesn't always work. everybody wants to swing like fred.
Could not agree more Steve re: too many thoughts in making the swing. I've just started to work on my tempo...trying to be Fred like....and just letting the club go....and it seems to be helping me. Will see if I can take it to the course....where it really matters.
Quick comment 12cthumbs down its gotta be a joke come on haters get a grip ,,,, absolutely awesome human being!!! Who cares about golf a very good man!!! That's what counts!!!!
I lived in Simi Valley and I played both courses many times. Very challenging and difficult to play in the wind. If I shot 80 from the whites, that was a good day. A shame the course is closed.
5:02 "I rely on just making a turn with my shoulder. I'm not so worried about where my lower body goes; on the backswing." Swing teachers take note. Coil the upper body, resist with the stable lower body, and you're in perfect position to return swing in sequence and on time.
The developers scraped it for houses, they were going to do a private course but I don’t think they did. The sky course got a lot of hate but a lot of people loved the shadow.
FRED It’s your neighbor from Beacon Hill, Good old 13th ave south. How is Red Bird Jay doing? I alway remember your Dad telling me to slow down when I drove by your house. Your friend steve
I'll have to stick with Moe Norman's concept! These free flowing, long swings are beautiful to watch and obviously effective but IMO similar power can developed without all the risk! Tony Finau booms the ball and doesn't go much past 3/4! He will never have back issues and will play a long time at a very high level!
This was shot in November 2010 or that is was what it said on the Golf Channel. I think it was earlier now that I see he is using that little 3w of his, in 2010 he had a Callaway 15* 3w.
Loosen your grip..til you BARELY can hold on to the club. Extremely loose in the wrists, forearms and shoulders, use your core to turn back, and turn through. Do not HIT the ball..just focus on loose grip and no tension in arms. Turn your core as fast as possible. It will feel weird..but I started hitting my 7 iron 205 carry doing this. My 7 before went about 168
These lessons should be geared towards high handicapper not towards pros. He should talk more about basic swing fundamentals where high handicappers make mistake. For example how to hit 3 wood from fairway consistently.
He's always been with Paul Marchand. I think he's referring to him in this program. I think Fred also got help from Butch Harmon at this time (around 2003). He won Houston in 2003 after a long winless stretch.
Many years ago I had a chance to sit in with an MRI technician at work. Responding to “Why are you here?”, I told him I had a “bad back”, and was curious about MRIs. He replied “You don’t have a bad back.That guy in that machine over there has had four surgeries...he’s got a bad back”. After hearing that my ego was bruised, but my back felt a lot better. Fred Couples is one of the most talented, flexible and physically gifted people I’ve seen. HE DOES NOT HAVE A BAD BACK!
He has a bad back for playing PROFESSIONAL golf! As I imagine you did when you said you had a bad back to your tec. A guy with four back surgery’s is probably not playing golf. It’s like when you say you have a bad back and you hear someone say they were on the floor and couldn’t get up. And you think ya right! Until.....you are on the floor and can’t get up!
I just watched a few minutes of this video. What Fred Couples has to say about his swing it is more important than just watching it in motion. All I can say is thank you thank you thank you Mr. Couples
Listening to Freddie talk about golf is kind of like what I figure it'd be like listening to a fish talk about swimming.
This was so well said.
Just keep swimming
😂 I thought this was great before I listen to him
“I kinda push-cut it, ...but that’s okay; it’s in the middle of the fairway.” Poor guy. Haha!
I learned nothing, yet enjoyed enjoyed this thoroughly.
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@Jameson London I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im in the hacking process now.
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Thanks for putting this online, I remember recorded it as a kid in the 90s on VHS.
I have been playing golf for over 45 years now and I have never ever seen such a vertical back swing as such from Fred!
How on earth he gets the club back on plain is mind blowing! Between Fred and Ernie you have the greatest golfer!
I am an old golfer and have been studying those two golf swings, I am now hitting the ball further, straighter to when I was younger, so you young guy's out there take note! Hit through the ball, not at the ball! Relax like these guy's, watch that ball fly
Feel the club in your rhythm, that's the way too hit them, Many thanks Fred!
That's great advice! Fred and Ernie both have great tempos, but I also notice they have perfect posture at address.
Alan, people say Fred is smooth, but if you watch him intensely, you will see he has one of the most aggressive hip drives in golf history, and massive separation. His hip drive has completely finished way before he gets to the ball. The ultimate large muscle group swing, that of course has tortured his back over the years .
Yes! Back in the late 60's I asked my Dad how the pro's hit so far while swinging so easy. He said No - thy don't swing easy, they swing smoothly. The speed is deceptive. When you see them up close you can sense the immense clubhead speed!
alan carlyon I used to have a violent swing when I was in high school. After high school, I transferred from extra stiff shafts to stiff shafts because I want to build a lot of club head speed without putting too much effort and tenseness. Now my ball goes a lot higher, my drives are going a lot higher, and my swing still has the same type of speed I had in high school except now I have better smash factor because it is a lot easier to hit the sweet spot when one is relaxed and smoother in a golf swing.
bubba
Nobody has ever had a smoother swing than Freddy C.
True that. Dudes swing is like butter
Ernie Els is up there too, but Freddy is number 1
Bobby Jones
@@Thegooob95 Bobby sure did have a smooth swing. But the golf swing was a different thing then, to accommodate the equipment of the time. The modern golf swing is wider and less articulated than the swings of old. It's a subjective thing, watching Gene Sarazen and Lee Trevino is at least as entertaining as watching any modern player imo.
@@GreenDistantStar yeah I think the equipment had some input, not as much as some say, like I believe if Bobby swung exactly the same way with modern clubs he’d win championships. I’ve been obsessed with reading his instruction, he articulates using levers and maximizing all points of the swings movement to communicate club velocity to the ball. His grip actually floats into his fingers at the top. Modern clubs may change the arc and tempo some. I think Bobby found the “correct” swing, the one that is applicable to anything that is being moved around the body. His swing moves with and used gravity force acceleration all that good stuff, it’s timeless. No forcing. Gorgeous swing. By far my fav. Though Fred’s looks easy to adapt to I’ll have to try it out
Very informative big fan of Freddy always a gentleman
Love Fred Couples!
poetry in motion.
Smoothest swing anywhere in golf.
This is my favorite of a great series. I wanted to see the other classics..Nick Faldo etc.
3 months late, but there are a few hour-long Faldo clinics on TH-cam. I’ve watched them all, a bunch. He’s truly a machine.
Not worth it. Leadbetter ruined him and turned him into a wrist flicker. That's why he had to give up early.
The smoothest swing in golf...
Couples once said his best lesson was when his teacher said he needed to quicken his swing. Fred is showing how when you drop the hands almost vertically from the top is a recipe for getting stuck and when he was playing his best when his hands from the top would go right at the ball from the top, and contrary to what most people think this move actually will flatten the club out. But when you drop the hands vertically or even behind where they were at the top can actually steepen the shaft and then you must make an adjustment with early extension which will cause the club to actually get the club stuck behind when shaft is parallel to ground or P6.
Exactly what I’ve been working on! It feels like over the top but I haven’t striped the ball more pure in my golfing career. Love Freddie and Bruce lietzke’s swings. I think the “get shallow” craze is also producing lots of snap hooks and thin pushes.
Thanks for uploading this.
No problem. I will be uploading A LOT more videos. Hopefully, my old VHS can keep working.
The flying elbow, love it
I played the Shadow course once, on a windy day with the greens super fast. Talk about target golf, Jeez Fred! The rest of my group hated it, but I loved it. And the views were stunning. As a ~10 at the time, I felt fortunate to get around that track in the 80's on a tough day. A shame the golf course failed a few years ago and the land almost immediately reverted to it's original native plant species.
I played the sky course...hated it
@@bbwsmashchamp235I caddied there when it opened everyone hated the sky course like really hated it.
These are the playing lessons with pros that i liked.. Just the pro. No other people and no celebrities playing with pros... Freddie's and John Cook's playing lessons with pros were my favorite
Cookie just about birdied every hole!
His up right swing is a huge advantage on the uphill lye
Freddie is a freak of nature
So much for the conventional wisdom that Freddy is a pure feel player, he obviously knows every bit as much about the mechanics as any successful tour pro...
Boom boom couples everything he does is smooth
I mis this era. Early 2000s
Legend. Love watching him play.
I haven’t seen this in years! I was just talking about warming up like Freddie in one of my TH-cam videos the other day and now this pops up 😂
I miss that place. I'd be really mad if I'd bought one of the golf course view homes that's going to be a more homes view home.
It was beautiful but didn’t like the courses at all.
@@karkars4722 They were visually intimidating but once you learned to play them properly it was quite easy. They say they're going to redesign Sky to make it more "player friendly," but right now it's just a bunch of weeds.
@@HolyGrailOfGolfI caddied when sky opened. Before it opened i caddied when the vips and pros played it. It got a lot of negative feedback.
@@NothisisPatrick-oe9fv It took a few rounds to learn to play it. My first round on Sky I shot 97 then I learned to play it and would shoot under par all the time. I shot even on Shadow first round. They say they're going to reopen Sky with a redesign to make it less intimidating but nothing is happening yet.
this guy doesn't look like he needs any coach. he looks so natural at it like probably the same swing as a kid. no thinking just take it back and swing down, no mechanical thoughts. i know i get methodical and mechanical alot of the time and it doesn't always work. everybody wants to swing like fred.
funny thing is he's had the same coach for 30 years....Paul Marchand
Could not agree more Steve re: too many thoughts in making the swing. I've just started to work on my tempo...trying to be Fred like....and just letting the club go....and it seems to be helping me. Will see if I can take it to the course....where it really matters.
@@macker0077 that's my problem at times too, taking it from the range to the course.
Quick comment 12cthumbs down its gotta be a joke come on haters get a grip ,,,, absolutely awesome human being!!! Who cares about golf a very good man!!! That's what counts!!!!
Wow so much better before NBC bought them
RIP Lost Canyons
damn, he just stands there.....makes a backswing.........and then theres this sound of "wit"......and.....thats it
I lived in Simi Valley and I played both courses many times. Very challenging and difficult to play in the wind. If I shot 80 from the whites, that was a good day. A shame the course is closed.
I caddied in the very beginning. John Cook and Paul Goydos shot high 70s there
5:02 "I rely on just making a turn with my shoulder. I'm not so worried about where my lower body goes; on the backswing."
Swing teachers take note. Coil the upper body, resist with the stable lower body, and you're in perfect position to return swing in sequence and on time.
Bobby Jones was exactly the opposite and his swing was the other smoothest swing in golf along with Freddy.
I warm up with my driver - no joke - to work on a long stretched out swing...doesn't matter how I hit it, just need to get a big arc and flow...
Liked playing both courses. Not enough play to support courses.
Every time I hear a tour pro talk golf , I get confused
when he wants to step on it a bit he has just a bit longer pause at the top to get his timing. what a great swing!
Great swing thoughts at 5:00.
Miss Lost Canyons so bad. Had good good courses. Anybody know why Lost Canyons closed??
The developers scraped it for houses, they were going to do a private course but I don’t think they did. The sky course got a lot of hate but a lot of people loved the shadow.
10:25 shaft nearly vertical on 20 yd pitch
Patent owner of the most beautiful swing in the history of golf. Fred Couples.
Boom Boom !!!
Smooth Like Butter
Still has a beautiful swing to watch.
How did that ball travel 186 yards with that slow of a swing? Wow!
This has to be early to mid 2000s. No way should this footage look that old
I do find it strange that with such a smooth swing he had doing many back issues. Maybe overuse? Still love it, learned a lot from his posture
The only ungloved player since Hogan to win the Masters.
Fred Couples moves around so much when he swings the club there is no way he is even looking at the ball.
FRED It’s your neighbor from Beacon Hill, Good old 13th ave south. How is Red Bird Jay doing? I alway remember your Dad telling me to slow down when I drove by your house. Your friend steve
freddie, after listening to you i have decided to throw away my golf clubs and maybe just play tennis.
lol
damn he makes me want to pick up literally any club and run to a range.
But ya can't give up Golf. It's so addictive.
Fred is my wife's fav golfer, now that Phil has gone to LIV. She used to love Jason Dufner but he's not playing any more.
He says he swings as hard as he can. It's a smooth looking swing, but smooth doesn't mean easy.
_"He says he swings as hard as he can"_ through the ball.
Legend..!
I'll have to stick with Moe Norman's concept! These free flowing, long swings are beautiful to watch and obviously effective but IMO similar power can developed without all the risk! Tony Finau booms the ball and doesn't go much past 3/4! He will never have back issues and will play a long time at a very high level!
These are money do you have any more? (ie Stuart Appleby, Mark O Meara etc.)
17:00
This was shot in November 2010 or that is was what it said on the Golf Channel. I think it was earlier now that I see he is using that little 3w of his, in 2010 he had a Callaway 15* 3w.
Actually, I remember being earlier than that. Perhaps, the Golf Channel site, it was uploaded in November of 2010.
That may have been the date for the one with Mark Wahlberg
This episode aired in 2002/2003. He's playing the old TM 300 Series driver, which came out around that time.
You are one dumb ignorant fuck. This was clearly filmed in the early 2000s.
cgasucks that’s some pretty tasty language for the context, dude!
Nice guy, Lady killer , nice looking guy all the women love him and the best swing in Golf... Yeah I'm envious as hell with him LOL
Wtf 7 iron...186 yards ?😍
And that was 14 years ago, a newer 7-iron would get 10 yards more than that
that is normal distance then and now
@@divac7777 not for you....I can carry mine 165....you're not a pro ⛳
@@Louisjsmith I carry mine 206
@@divac7777 I dont mean a 7 wood 🎈😁
Wonder why they closed this golf club?
Wiki it and it will tell you all about it
@@101Parksideit wasn’t playable for average golfers. I caddie there people hated it
"you dont wanna go to the right". boy i would not be able to play this course
If Couples is stiff, what am I?
Seriously, I was thinking the same thing.
Omar Helal for real lol
Am
Wow...186 yd 7 iron...that's it I quit!!!
With a smooth easy swing too.
Loosen your grip..til you BARELY can hold on to the club. Extremely loose in the wrists, forearms and shoulders, use your core to turn back, and turn through. Do not HIT the ball..just focus on loose grip and no tension in arms. Turn your core as fast as possible. It will feel weird..but I started hitting my 7 iron 205 carry doing this. My 7 before went about 168
Oh Fred
Cutting edge graphics
He definitely doesn’t seem like he smashes it.
No video!!!
21:17
It looks so good, yet it must feel so bad.
That 7 iron didn't even look close to 100%
These lessons should be geared towards high handicapper not towards pros. He should talk more about basic swing fundamentals where high handicappers make mistake. For example how to hit 3 wood from fairway consistently.
I'm going to post something only us Gen Xers knew about when this video was made. Adjust the tracking.
I broke 80 there from the tips
Bull Shit
Who did Fred say his golf coach was?
He's always been with Paul Marchand. I think he's referring to him in this program. I think Fred also got help from Butch Harmon at this time (around 2003). He won Houston in 2003 after a long winless stretch.
Golfsauce thanks, yea Paul seemed to be the mainstay, but from what he seems to say he wasn't a swing coach.
I am Freddy's swing coach.
Your mother
You, too, can swing like Freddie!
Nope
dad?
Right knee turn to the target.... nothing else needed
Many years ago I had a chance to sit in with an MRI technician at work. Responding to “Why are you here?”, I told him I had a “bad back”, and was curious about MRIs. He replied “You don’t have a bad back.That guy in that machine over there has had four surgeries...he’s got a bad back”. After hearing that my ego was bruised, but my back felt a lot better. Fred Couples is one of the most talented, flexible and physically gifted people I’ve seen. HE DOES NOT HAVE A BAD BACK!
He has a bad back for playing PROFESSIONAL golf! As I imagine you did when you said you had a bad back to your tec. A guy with four back surgery’s is probably not playing golf. It’s like when you say you have a bad back and you hear someone say they were on the floor and couldn’t get up. And you think ya right! Until.....you are on the floor and can’t get up!
Sean M Freddie says his back is ‘stiff’. Everyone else says he has a ‘bad back’. Maybe a misinterpretation.
that course, like a lot of southwestern courses, certainly doesn't look like anything I would want to play.
Boring views
It looks good to me. Beats looking at houses and roads.
Blah blah blah nice swing blah blah blah nice swing....