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The Swing Fix Sparking Rickie Fowler’s Comeback | Golf Digest

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3 golfers recommended it · 2023–2025

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Golf Digest looks at Rickie Fowler's swing change involving a laid-off top and less wrist hinge.

Why golfers recommend it

  • Larry Cheung on less wrist hinge
  • Fowler swing change on laid-off top
  • Laid off, steep to shallow

Summaries are written by AI from what golfers said about the video.

4 comments from Reddit

u/MasterpieceMain8252 2025 · r/GolfSwing · in “Am I too flat?”

It's called "laid off". U think having flst backswing is going to help u shallow. But it's going to do the opposite. U are either going to come over the top with steep angle, or u will come too much from inside and will get stuck. U want steep to shallow swing, not shallow to shallow. If u are coming over the top with steep backswing, u are doing something else wrong. Ricky Fowler is prime example of this. He had …

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u/ktbanh 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Any tips? 20ish hdc can hit it oke on the range often but tends to not translate to the course (and other way ”

Love your setup, initial backswing takeaway is solid. 2 things on the backswing first: First, focus on hinging your wrists less on the backswing as the club goes past 90 degrees at the top of your backswing. It makes it really hard to get consistent contact because on your downswing, you have to unwind those wrists perfectly with your rotation. ▶ this video has some good videos to help you with that, with your …

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u/Fresh-Wing3963 2024 · r/GolfSwing · in “Laid off?”

The effect of you being laid off at the top is probably more visible in a front on view of your swing. However, you’d typically expect to see your arm structure and or hands get stuck behind the body and disconnected. Then it requires a bunch of compensation by the hands and then you typically see a decline in consistency. Looking at Fowlers swing change is a good general idea of what can go wrong when managing that …

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u/TheKingInTheNorth 2023 · r/GolfSwing · in “Finaly hitting the ball good again but why is my swing so flat”

You’ve got young Rickie Fowler syndrome: ▶ this video

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