Golf’s Best Systems

much needed golf technique context

I categorize golf motion styles into systems for the sake of clarity and understanding. No golfer fits perfectly into a single system, but without a structured framework, you’re essentially shooting in the dark.

These classifications and structures are my own interpretations of swing systems that are both effective and valid. While I may not have covered every single style out there, I’ve done my best to cut through the noise for you as a reader.

I recommend that you start by reading the following about how the golf swing has evolved over the years before diving deeper.

This article is a pattern recognizing study where you likely can reach a few good insights. It’s heavily influenced by equipment studies, general swing overviews, swing technique analysis and more general major events. It provides context for my systematization below. Click here to open.

Old School Golf Swings

I bunch together the legacies of anything from Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf, Tom Watson all the way to Fred Couples, John Daly and Ernie Els. Or why not some of the elements of a modern Xander Schauffele or Scottie Scheffler.

During Q4 in 2025 I will write loads of articles about this actually being 2 different styles with some common denominators.

Why Jack Nicklaus Swing Work – Free From Modern “Rules”

‘The Ben Hogan Swing Rebuild – The Breakthrough that Changed Golf

Golf’s Greatest Swingers – Natural Flow Trumps Manipulation

Learning from 26 Majors – Swinging Power from Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson

Old School Swinging Elements on Tour – A Modern Player Case Study

NOT the Golfing Machine Swinging – A Seperation from TGM

I found it absolutely astonishing that nobody outspokenly teaches what I perceive to be the core of these movements. Hence the FMM Swing Academy.

Link to my FMM Swing Academy

MORAD’s Geometrical World

The teachings from the legend Mac O’ Grady has inspired more swings than anyone I can think of and needs its own prominent placement.

The Best Story in Golf Instruction – Mac O’Grady Timeline and Key Events

3 MORAD Swing Era’s – My Take on Genius’s Patterns

Contemporary MORAD – Modern Presence and Influenced Coaches

MORAD’s 80s Trail Power Hitter Pattern – Awesome Simplicity

Non Prominent Functional Swing Styles (coming 2026)

Over the years I’ve come across plenty of styles that I don’t cover that deeply but still deserves a mention in golf’s best systems.

The Baseball Swing – Slinging it like on Tour – If you’ve got what it takes (to be launched in Q3 2025)

Jimmy Ballard – An underrated genius which taught the world to rotate (to be launched in Q3 2025)

Jim Hardy – Learned from the greats and improved upon it (to be launched in Q3 2025)

Moe Norman – The best ball striker to ever walk this planet – What can you learn? (to be launched in Q3 2025)

Jack Grout – What the legend never says