CHARPTER SEVEN 第七章

HOW TO SMOKE THE DRIVER 一号木

*** The Swing That Won The Slam 精彩挥杆

When I began working with Butch Harmon in 1993, my swing was pretty rough around the edges. At age 17 I had some knowledge of swing mechanics, but certainly not enough to understand fully what I had to improve upon, and how to go about improving it.

The swing you see here, photographed in 2000, result from many years of study, analysis and practice. In some ways, there isn’t much room for improvement, but therein lies the catch: It’s the little modifications you make at the end that are the hardest to incorporate into your game. Sometimes the changes are so subtle they are barely visible to the naked eye and very difficult to implement, feel-wise, into the swing.

1993年我开始和布奇哈蒙合作时，我的挥杆并不理想。17岁的我对挥杆力学有了一些粗浅的了解，但是完全不足以明白我该提高什么？和如何提高？

下面大家看到的图拍摄于2000年，是经过多年的学习，分析和练习后基本固定下来的动作，似乎已经很完美，其实瑕疵还是有的，还需要最后的调整，这些调整很微妙，很困难，肉眼是无法看出来的，尤其是要把这些调整整合到挥杆中是件不容易的事。

But I’m pleased with my progress. Butch and I set out to improve the way my body functioned during the swing, with the intent of making the club perform in the most efficient way possible. Our goal was to design a swing that was powerful, efficient, accurate, repeatable and would work with every club in the bag.

What can you learn from the swing you see here? If I were drawing up a short list of things to copy, it would include:

布奇哈蒙和我着手提高身体躯干部分在挥杆中的作用，以此来最大程度地提高挥杆的有效性，我能看到自己的进步。我们希望我的挥杆有力，有效，精准，可重复，适合于我球包中所有的杆。

对于下面的挥杆分解图，我想指出以下几条：

=== I turn my shoulders as far as possible without letting the range of motion disrupt

        my spine angle or the position of my right leg.

=== I make my shoulders and arms work together throughout the swing. I don’t let

        one get too far ahead of or behind the other. That’s one of the secrets of good

          rhythm and tempo.

=== I keep the clubface square throughout the swing. That means, the clubface is

         parallel with the left wrist and forearm.

=== I strive to get the sequence of motion on the downswing just right. My lower

         body leads the way, followed by my shoulders, arms and hands.

=== I hit through the ball, not at it. I want to keep the club-head traveling fairly low to

        the ground for a brief period after impact. That thought will promote solid contact,

        accuracy and maximum distance.

=== 我的肩膀尽可能最大幅度地转动，但是前提是保持我的脊柱角度和我的右腿与地面的角度。

=== 在整个挥杆过程中，我的肩膀和手臂是协同的一致的，他们中的任何一份子都不会出现迟缓

     或者跃进，只有这样才能保证节奏和速度。

=== 我击球的杆面是方正的，也就是说杆面与我的左手腕和左前臂是平行的。

=== 下杆必须是有顺序的，启动的是我的胯，然后是肩膀，手臂和手。

=== 我不是打球，我是击球，我希望我的杆头在击球后依然在地面迤行一小段时间，扎实触球，精

     准和距离均来源于此。