BUILD THE PERFECT SWING

What you can learn from the swings of six of the game's very best players

- By Top 50 Coach Norman Marshall with Michael Weston

What can you learn from the best players in the world? When you're sitting down on a Sunday, watching the cream of the crop battle it out for the game's biggest prizes under the most intense pressure, what little nuggets can you take to the range?

Sure, we'd all like to model our swings on Justin Rose's or Adam Scott's. However, most club golfers would be happy enough to gain a bit more consistency and eradicate one or two costly shots, or to simply add a few yards thanks to a more penetrating ball flight.

With the winter months upon us - the ideal time of year to put in some work on your technique - we've asked Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Norman Marshall to analyse some of the best swings in the game and offer a few helpful pointers. Come the spring, we're confident you will have picked up a useful tip or two.

1 Scottie Scheffler Set-up

Scheffler's golf swing gets a lot of attention because of his rather unique foot slide but, like most tour professionals, he demonstrates solid fundamentals. The World No.1 led 'strokes gained off the tee' in 2025, which you can't do if you're hitting the ball everywhere.

One of his greatest assets is how he's comfortable shaping the ball both ways, often riding the wind and using it to his advantage, as opposed to fighting it. I like to see big, powerful players like Scheffler hitting fades - it's more fixable and easier to control. He keeps things simple. If he wants to shape the ball a certain way, he'll adjust his setup instead of altering his swing.

When he sets up for a left-to-right drive, you'll see him stand slightly open with his feet and shoulders. He'll sometimes position the ball slightly further forward than just inside the left heel - more towards the toe - to help raise the angle of attack. He also 'bumps' his lead hip towards the target side to create a slight tilt away from the ball, which, again, increases launch.