Searching For The Perfect Golf Swing – The Mike Austin Golf Swing

Do you want to hit the ball longer and straighter? I think I have a possible solution. Learn the Mike Austin golf swing.

Mike Austin crushed a drive back in 1974 that put him in the record books. He bombed an incomprehensible drive of 515 yards at the ripe old age of 64. Just knowing this should make you curious about his swing.

Mike Austin based his golf swing on science. Mike was one of the first people to use Kinesiology, the study of human motion, and this gave his swing an edge. His understanding of physics helped complete the picture.

Much of what Mike taught was in opposition to what your typical golf pro would say you should do. The modern swing is a vastly different swing than the Mike Austin swing. Below are some cases where Mike is thinking very differently than other golf professionals.

Mike believed that you should release the wrists immediately, at the start of the downswing. This goes against conventional theory, and many people think Mike is dead wrong about this. The idea of the late release is almost universal among conventional golf instructors. Mike explains that the there is a stimulus response time which requires starting the release from the top in order for the club to catch up to the left arm at impact.

The modern swing has the lower body staying very still, and only rotating. This will cause the head to move. Mike believed we should swing the lower spine laterally in both the backswing and fore swing, and then turn, a compound action he called it. This action creates a stable head position and a lot of lower body action into the swing.

The Mike Austin hand action is a twirling motion where the wrists are freely released through the hit. You do not want to keep the left wrist flat as Ben Hogan suggested. Holding on to a flat left wrist impedes the club. This will reduce both power and accuracy.

The set up for the Mike Austin is unique, critical and quite brilliant. He gives you a step by step method of getting a good set up position. When you finish the process you will be set up the same each time. When you do the set up accurately it will be much easier to produce a good Mike Austin .

The Mike Austin method does not conform to you but rather you conform to it. It is truly a one swing fits all approach. We all have the same joints and the swing uses then to their design. When you learn to work your joints correctly during the swing your shots will soar long and straight. As Mike always said, “it is the most efficient way to hit a golf ball”.

If you want to learn more on the Mike Austin golf swing I believe Steve Pratt is who you should turn to. He is available for in person golf lessons in Los Angeles or online golf lessons at his website Hit It Longer (.com).