SWING ANALYSIS
Hold your hands high Davis Thompson’s key move invokes another Davis BY DAVE ALLEN
AS IT TURNS OUT, PGA Tour player Davis Thompson shares more in common with
leverage they create at the top of their backswings, says Eric Eshleman, who has been coaching Thompson since he was 12 years old. The height of the club- head and the distance between Thomp- son’s hands and left toe ( above, fourth image ), Eshleman says, is reminiscent of Love, one of the game’s longest hit- ters in the late 1980s and ’90s. “We always work on using that big body frame to his advantage,” says Eshleman, one of Golf Digest’s Best Teachers in Alabama. “We have this saying: If I move a little, it’s a little; if he
Davis Love III than just his first name. Both are tall – Thompson is 6-foot-4, and World Golf Hall of Famer Love stands 6-foot-3 – and both reside in St Simons Island, Georgia. In fact, Thomp- son’s father, Todd, is tournament direc- tor for The RSM Classic on the PGA Tour, which is hosted by Love and his foundation. Both players can also crush it, largely because of the ultra-wide swing arc and
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