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SWING SPEED TRAINING
&
GOLF INSTRUCTION

When it comes to hitting the ball farther, a lot of golfers realize that technique is important. In recent years, people are also beginning to recognize the importance of getting custom fit for your ball and driver in order to maximize driving distance.

However, there's another way to get more distance that most people don't even know about (and how easy it is to do) or realize is possible...swing speed training.

How important is swing speed?

Sports Sensors makes a nice little general graphic that illustrates the strong correlation between club head speed and distance. Simply put, the more swing speed you have, the farther you'll hit the ball.

Let's take a look at some more specific numbers.

How fast are Amateurs swing speeds?

Regarding amateurs, I don't have any large data samples, but from what we've seen and read, the average male golfer's club head speed is mostly around 85 mph to 90 mph...and hits about 220-225 yard drives. Average amateur women run in the region of 65 mph.

Name	Club Head Speed	Average Distance
Amateur Men	90 mph	225 yards
Amateur Women	65 mph	155 yards

How fast are Tour Pro swing speeds?

However, I do have some more specific data sample to show you from the Pro levels. Since 2007, the PGA Tour has been tracking swing speeds of all of it's players using Trackman. Here are some of the numbers from players whom you may be curious about. The Tour average runs about 112-113mph (Pro Women are about 95 mph).

Swing Speed Rank - Name	Average Swing Speed	High Speed	Low Speed	Distance
#1 Bubba Watson	123 mph	128 mph	112 mph	310 yards
#3 Dustin Johnson	121 mph	128 mph	112 mph	309 yards
#10 Tiger Woods (2009)	119 mph	124 mph	113 mph	298 yards
#11 Sergio Garcia	119 mph	124 mph	114 mph	293 yards
#17 Phil Mickelson	118 mph	124 mph	109 mph	299 yards
#23 John Daly	117 mph	121 mph	108 mph	306 yards
#45 Rickie Fowler	115 mph	122 mph	111 mph	293 yards
#69 Camilo Villegas	114 mph	119 mph	102 mph	290 yards
#78 Ernie Els	114 mph	119 mph	107 mph	288 yards
#119 Steve Stricker	111 mph	116 mph	108 mph	283 yards
#136 Luke Donald	110 mph	116 mph	98 mph	277 yards
#185 Brad Faxon	106 mph	110 mph	102 mph	271 yards
#192 (last) Craig Bowden	103 mph	112 mph	98 mph	270 yards

PGA Tour Average Swing Speed 113 mph
PGA Tour Average Driving Distance 288 yards

At the moment, the European Tour doesn't post average club head speeds for the season. However, I did come across a document from a single event in 2008 containing the swing speeds of each player in the field. I'm not sure which hole or event these were measured with using Flightscope, but the numbers were interesting. Here are several notable players. The event average was 111 mph.

Name	Club Head Speed	Average Distance
Alvaro Quiros	125 mph	310 yards
Rory McIlroy	118 mph	295 yards
Martin Kaymer	116 mph	289 yards
Louis Oosthuizen	116 mph	292 yards
Lee Westwood	115 mph	287 yards
Darren Clarke	111 mph	286 yards
Raphael Jacquelin	108 mpy	283 yards
Colin Montgomerie	107 mph	267 yards
Thongchai Jaidee	105 mph	281 yards

How fast are the Long Drive guys swing speeds?

At the Pro Long Driver level, Trackman shows us the following peak club head speed numbers from the 2009 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championships:

Name	Division	Place	Swing Speed	Ball Speed	Finals Distance
Jamie Sadlowski	Open	1st	146 mph	217 mph	418 yards
Jerimie Montgomery	Open	2nd	140 mph	209 mph	351 yards
Bobby Wilson	Senior (>45)	1st	140 mph	209 mph	374 yards
John Tumba	Senior (>45)	2nd	132 mph	196 mph	No Data
Bobby Wilson	Super Senior (>53)	1st	135 mph	201 mph	362 yards
Pete DeBoer	Super Senior (>53)	2nd	122 mph	181 mph	No Data
Ryan Hixon	Military	1st	134 mph	199 mph	343 yards
Nate Chadwick	Military	2nd	135 mph	196 mph	335 yards

Note: Throughout the Military competition, 20-23 mile per hour winds steadily blew into the competitors' faces and pushed balls right to left on the grid, where the wind-chill factor hovered around 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

As you can see, the more swing speed you have, in general the farther you will drive the ball.

Can you Increase Your Swing Speed?

Aside from improving your technique and getting fit for your equipment, despite what many golfers (even Pros like Tiger) believe, yes, you can actually train to increase your swing speed...at any age! Just take a look at Bobby Wilson. He is over the age of 53 and yet he swings over 12 mph faster than the PGA Tour's "long hitting" Bubba Watson.

Also note that just because you are fit does not mean you are fast. Camilo Villegas is arguably more "fit" than John Daly, but John swings about 4 mph faster. Granted, some of this could be due to John's technique, equipment, etc...but the point is that although fitness certainly has its place in golf and life, for distance it's more about being fast than fit.

If you are willing to do the work...

Swing Man Golf Helps You Increase Your Swing Speed!

It's true, just take a look at the Testimonials.

We've got junior members from 12 years old to men on up in to their 80s with handicaps ranging from Pro to 30+ who add an average of 12-16 mph (30-40 yards) of driver swing speed in their first month of basic training. Believe it or not, we've even had several members who were willing to do the work that gained over 30 mph (that's not a typo) over the course of a few months. One of these members was 58 years old.

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