Ken Venturi (Video) - by Peter Finch
Ken Venturi (Video) - by Peter Finch

Ken Venturi won 14 times on tour including one US Open victory. Unfortunately his career was cut short by a number of different injuries without which he could have been one of the true great players of his generation. His golf swing was a model of repeatable actions. What he used to do, was very successfully connect his arms to his body, and consistently bring the club back to the ball on an inside swing path. Now the way he used to do that, was set up to the ball in a very sound posture position, take the club away, while skipping the right arm glued into the side.

Now what this meant is it meant that the backswing was slightly on the flat slides and not quite as high as you see with some people, but it meant that he got to the same position time after time after again. So taking it back, he’s getting the right arm glued in, slightly shorter on the arm swing, not quite as full and its flowing like some of his counterparts. But what it meant it was on the way down, he turned, dropped the club slightly inside, and hit the ball down there with a little draw. Now, to actually do this and to practice this, it can show just how consistent the golf swing can become. So he’s getting into the posture position, keeping the right arm glued in and then just turning to through the ball. So it doesn’t have some of the benefits of a big wide golf swing, what it does have the benefit of, is being very, very consistent. So if you are looking to increase the consistency in your game, keep that right arm to your side like Ken Venturi did, and you should see – well, you should see a consistent swing path restored and hopefully some more consistent shots.
2015-04-22

Ken Venturi won 14 times on tour including one US Open victory. Unfortunately his career was cut short by a number of different injuries without which he could have been one of the true great players of his generation. His golf swing was a model of repeatable actions. What he used to do, was very successfully connect his arms to his body, and consistently bring the club back to the ball on an inside swing path. Now the way he used to do that, was set up to the ball in a very sound posture position, take the club away, while skipping the right arm glued into the side.

Now what this meant is it meant that the backswing was slightly on the flat slides and not quite as high as you see with some people, but it meant that he got to the same position time after time after again. So taking it back, he’s getting the right arm glued in, slightly shorter on the arm swing, not quite as full and its flowing like some of his counterparts. But what it meant it was on the way down, he turned, dropped the club slightly inside, and hit the ball down there with a little draw. Now, to actually do this and to practice this, it can show just how consistent the golf swing can become. So he’s getting into the posture position, keeping the right arm glued in and then just turning to through the ball.

So it doesn’t have some of the benefits of a big wide golf swing, what it does have the benefit of, is being very, very consistent. So if you are looking to increase the consistency in your game, keep that right arm to your side like Ken Venturi did, and you should see – well, you should see a consistent swing path restored and hopefully some more consistent shots.