Great video.... Brings back great memories as I was fortunate to take lessons from George in 1981 at the National Golf Club in Toronto. We also played a round together as well. It's a great track...it has hosted the Canadian Open. He just had 6 students...We hit balls from 8:30am to 4:30pm with a break for lunch. He had a great saying....You don't play golf to relax but rather you must relax to play golf...tension free. He was not just a true ball striker but also a very kind and soft spoke gentleman. He would say...like physics, " If you control the centre you can control the movement." Never do anything at the expense of balance...also the head had no real function in the swing it simple went where the body took it. His accuracy was off the chart...He ask me to pick a target with my wedge, I said the tree...he said no pick a branch on the tree. As they say pure raw talent never disappoints, it simply amazes every time. 👍💯🍷❤️🇨🇦

@CraigHansonGolf

Ай бұрын

Great post! - Thanks for sharing

I was lucky enough to get to watch George play many times throughout the '70's at my hometown tour event in New Orleans. Ben Hogan once said that George had the "greatest swing of his generation of golfers". I never got to watch Mr. Hogan play but my first instructor watched both and told me that there were many parallels between their techniques. An incredible combination of rhythm and mechanics. You really had to witness this in person to believe it! By the way, he was also a proper gent and very approachable. Aside from his book, he also produced a very nice instructional video that was filmed at Mid-Ocean in Bermuda. I believe it's still on KZread for those that want to check it out. He left us way too soon.

I grew up in Toronto and went to school with George's youngest son Dean. I wasn't a golfer at the time, so didn't know about George, but it was known that Dean's father was the 'famous' golfer George Knudson - who had already passed when we were at school. There are important swings of past greats that are worth studying because, through trial and error, they figured out the sequencing that generated both power and accuracy - George's swing is easily Top 10 - he could win on tour without being able to putt his swing was that good.

@CraigHansonGolf

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, Nice to hear from you again. That’s really interesting that you went to school with his youngest son. I think it’s really interesting that the takeaways where all more on the toe line and more inside like Viktor Hovland ..i really enjoy looking at the legends. Thanks for posting

@wallstreetoneil

2 жыл бұрын

@@CraigHansonGolf Craig, if you haven't done it already, I think a great analysis to do is Nick Price's swing. I was unbelievably fortunate to have played eighteen holes with Nick at a private corporate event, many years ago. I can still hear the sound of the ball coming off his club - it was barbaric and savage the way he attacked the ball - the sound was incredible. I never saw any shot that day that wasn't center fairway or directly at the flag. Nick also taught me about grain, how to read it, and how much it matters on certain putts - just a great guy.

@jpricey

2 жыл бұрын

Greatest swing in my opinion 👌🏻

George Knudson is the greatest golfer no one has heard of. His book, Natural Golf Swing, is very, very good. I highly recommend reading it.

@CraigHansonGolf

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric 👍

I am tinkering with this Hogan type swing -- because it makes perfect sense to me now. It allows me to turn open more (a larger margin for error) coming down into the ball and coming trough. I can have my left arm across my chest more and still get a good swing off. This requires I drop my head down in the downswing. It also requires I keep my right arm bent throughout the entirety of the downswing. I don't seem to lose any power or distance doing this -- thought I would.

I asked a friend, who had been on tour with George, what was the best shot he ever saw on tour. Without hesitation he said George Knudson. George had hit his Drive into a divot. George took a look, a last drag on a cigarette, tossed it to the ground, pulled an iron, and hit it stiff to the pin.

I think this & the last video you had discussing the same thing is very helpful to the average golfer. Any drills that would help develop this technique would be very helpful. Much easier swing for older people and less gifted

@CraigHansonGolf

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Al, The Complete Drills are in the series. There’s a series in WorldClassGolf.com Theres a Deep to Shallow series And a Deep to Shallow Driver Series.. It’s not all in KZread Al .. Thanks for posting

Wonderful Canadian player. George and Moe are quite mighty!

Craig man we gotta get you into that PGA booth, not only is it right on piont but we need some humor on that stiff tour lol,, I'm voting you in,, that all ! Thanks Craig outstanding, this guy was Martin chucks inspiration, no I know why , wow!

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

😊😊😊😊👍.. thanks Kevin

First time on this channel. This is a discovery for me. Great content

@CraigHansonGolf

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gina… really nice to hear. Thanks for posting … trying to reach more people 👍

I believe he played quite a few practice/friendly rounds with the fellow Canadian & great ball striker Moe Norman. Curiously Moe's single plane swing was called 'natural golf'. I am amazed at how he is able to drop the head through transition. As a senior and I'm sure like many I struggle to 'squat' at that point and not straighten up.

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

Yeah club players stand up because they lose angles their hand and wrist motion isn’t dynamic enough. The standing up is a unconscious move to prevent them hitting it fat as they often lose angles or come in steep. Top players lower down 3 inches on average. Because they shorten the radius of their swings by holding angles and creating shaft lean. WorldClassGolf.com has 1300 videos There’s a series called - The Move of Millions Here advanced hand and wrist drills and exercises are shown to reprogram muscle memory. Then any golfer can lower through the ball.

Well Done!

@CraigHansonGolf

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Todd appreciate it thanks for taking the tone to post 👍

one of the best to ever do it... with a swing that pure who needs putting.

Thanks Craig another great video 👍👍🏌️‍♀️⛳️

@CraigHansonGolf

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again 👍😊

How would you compare the Knudson swing to what the Jimmy Ballard connection swing? Both emphasize wide stances, and emphasize the elbows pointing down to the ground. When I'm not playing well, I will have my weight hang back and flip the hands.

@CraigHansonGolf

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll have to check out Jimmy Ballard Alex don’t know exactly how his swing looks to be honest .. thanks for posting 👍

@alexchoi2060

2 жыл бұрын

@@CraigHansonGolf Think Rocco Mediate (vs. Tiger Woods) in the 2008 US Open. Curtis Strange at his heyday.

coach, great video. Former Australian Masters winner(2x) Bradley Hughes, did a video awhilst back about the foot slide that all great strikers had... George K demonstrates it well here. How is that accomplished?

@CraigHansonGolf

2 жыл бұрын

Just awesome footwork Butch- the foot rolling inwards the knee moving towards the target. The great ones make it look so easy dont they! Thanks for posting

@gzman1

Жыл бұрын

@@CraigHansonGolf right foot , left knee? help

That bent right leg at setup is interesting. Almost like a trigger to start the backswing but he doesn't bend it much going back.

@CraigHansonGolf

2 жыл бұрын

It’s got a few unique moves in it .. I’m spending more and more time looking at these swings. Lower swings are easier to control for most people as well ..

@dtgps

Жыл бұрын

in his book George Knudson explained that his stance with right foot back from target line(some would say, closed) and knee bend was due to his right leg being 5/8 inch shorter than his left leg. ie personal adjustment for his unique physique. Both Knudson and Ben Hogan, positioned themselves with hips open relative to their foot stance. This set up pivots: at address, hip/femur angle acute for left side, at top of BS hip /femur acute angle, for right side pivot. Lateral move from top of BS, allows acute angle to shift to left side for the final pivot. Thanks to Gerry Hogan.

Love this - old school 💪⛳️

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

me too

Knudson's was my favourite swing of all time. If he'd been a great putter, God knows how many more tournaments he would have won.

@CraigHansonGolf

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alan appreciate the post 👍

Great analysis, with some useful moves that I look forward to trying - thanks

@CraigHansonGolf

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate appreciate it 👍👍

what's the backswing shoulder angle of these two compared to the modern swingers 41 degrees

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

It’s the same …

Craig I was checking out Jason Duffners swing he totally looks like he's deep to shallow absolutely perfect, but I'm not getting this side arm throw, they call it, that's alot of side bend I think? But the finish release has to be low and to the inside, I'm I right about that? very interesting swing!

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

I think it depends a lot on our shoulder joints. I mean I can’t externally rotate rotate my shoulders well so I struggle with the sane thing. The finish doesn’t have to be low. Some people can’t exit low. If you have the type of swing where the body is really opened at impact and you can really externally rotate your shoulders the swing will finish low. Justin Rose definitely doesn’t finish low ..what a ball striker he’s been

Camera angle at the 5:20 mark comparison leads to the illusion of a drastic inside takeaway for George vs Hogan.

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

It makes it look like it goes more inside i agree ..but his takeaway was more inwards like Snead

Head and hips counter balance in the coronal plane. The head appears to move down, because the hips have moved back, into the pivot around the left hip. As Ben Hogan said, "now isnt that simple"

@dtgps

Жыл бұрын

or as George wrote: " the head has no purpose in the golf swing. It simply goes where the body takes it" or more correctly, where the hips take it.

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

The head moves down on a average of 7.5 centimetres. That’s the average movement off the PGA Tour player. Complements of Dr Robert Neal my partner who’s analysed 550 PGA Tour professionals from WorldClassGolf.com Dr Robert Neal has been a regular guest on the Golf channel

@dtgps

Жыл бұрын

@@CraigHansonGolf Gerry Hogan, analyzed Ben Hogan, Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Greg Norman, .... in their prime "This is the reason for the golfers "squat"-- the name given to the familiar crouchthat top golfers drop into as they swing the club. The weight of the golfers arms and club as they swing around in front of the body, plus the centrifugal force they exert, compel the golfer to stick out his rump further to balance them, which naturally lowers his height...... For example, Jack Nicklaus at impact, ... head is only 158 cm (5ft 2 inches) above the ground. This crouch during the golf swing is not deliberate of course. Rather, it is an involuntary movement to maintain balance...." The Hogan Manual of Human Performance: GOLF, 1992, Gerry Hogan Chapter : Balance, page 32, 33

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

@@dtgps I had this movement in my swing naturally when I was then coaches told me it was a mistake. So i trained it out of my game. Maintain your spine angle they said Keep your spine angle .. i started to flip and block shots. I have been able to get the move back into my swing years later after hundreds of thousands of balls. Here’s more reasons why it helps golfers.. • shaft lean actually shortens the radius of the swing so we have to lower down to help us reach the ball. • leg work. The right hip is 7 cm lower at impact on average compared to the address position. This helps the left hip get 10-15 degrees higher at impact. • Lateral shift.. when we lower down and load into the left leg it bends more. It holds its structure when it’s bent it moves lateral. When we stay tall it straightens and we have to throw the the arms. • A high right hip gets us stuck.

@dtgps

Жыл бұрын

@@CraigHansonGolf " I had this movement in my swing naturally"... FULL STOP

I wouldn’t think that it was possible to shallow after taking club inside the plane on backswing. How might his swing have been if had club head been outside hands on backswing.

@CraigHansonGolf

2 жыл бұрын

When you take the club inside on the takeaway that’s the way we hit draw. So taking a little on the inside makes it easier to come back on the inside and on a slightly shallower plane 😊👍

In the video of George Knudson, it appears he has a very closed stance with his right foot pulled well back from the target line. Is this correct or is it just the way the videos were shot?

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

That’s a good question George I’ll take a look when I get the chance 👍

@gzman1

Жыл бұрын

and a bit duck footed with the left foot even more open

Why not squat at address which may simplify weight shift ?😊

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

???

How do you stop a hard draw?

@CraigHansonGolf

2 жыл бұрын

Your club face is closed to much at impact. Can be a number of reasons Greg I’d only be guessing.. My online lessons are the same format as KZread video. Side by side examples, drills, it comes in a compacted email

@clayphillips4393

Жыл бұрын

Just ope your club at address to start with. Don't just trun it open from same grip. Open the club slightly then grip normally. Swing normally no mor hook unless your subconsciously trying to get back to your original square position that was obvious too closed.

No offense but talking about all these positions etc. is not what George taught. Get his book Natural Golf, the way he teaches is incredible. Teaching positions and a bunch of technical things is anti-Knudson. I read his book a month ago and it's amazing. I feel for the first time in 30 years I know what to do and how to correct things if they go wrong. I was shooting over 100 most rounds to 77 my last with 73% fairways hit! I used to spray the ball all over the map. I cannot believe it. His book is out of print but well worth finding a used copy. It's hands down the best instruction book I've read by miles.

@CraigHansonGolf

11 ай бұрын

thanks for posting

The big difference is these guys just did it as a reaction . But now people are faking it or being forced to do it via modern instruction. When you force positions you can guarantee bad things will be around the corner

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

If people are taught well they improve.

What about their gear being super flat like 6 degrees or there about? These appear to be very flat swings and suspect the super flat lie angles have something to do with that no?

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

Possibly i heard hogans clubs where -5 But why where his clubs at -5 Is it like it was the only ones he could get? Did hogan only have one set the whole time he was hitting 1000 balls a day? Where all sets at -5 lie Angles? George Knudson I have not heard any information about his lie angles of his clubs. I don’t mention because we don’t really know the whole story. Amazing golf swings though.

@MichaelShinosky

Жыл бұрын

It would be great to know players loft lie and length. Lie angle is super important IMO. Just gong from 1 degree upright to 1 degree flat is a big big difference in ball flight without making adjustments. Just a 2 degrees difference could have a player hitting draws to now hitting fades. And then feel like hitting a huge draw is just a straight ball. Crazy stuff and one can really get down the rabbit hole experimenting with different lie angles. Especially if you are 0.0 swinger.

It appears George has a closed stance?

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

yes like snead and hovland

Imagine if could putt.

If it was just putting he would’ve still won more than he did. There must’ve been other parts of his game that was lacking.

@CraigHansonGolf

Жыл бұрын

Thanks For posting Frank

@gzman1

Жыл бұрын

well it be nice to know how many tournaments he lost by 5 strokes etc

Moe Norman is a better player than him😅

@CraigHansonGolf

7 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing