Padraig Harrington's latest swing aid

Seves Three Iron

Ya have to hand it to Harri - the man will try anything to improve. I have one of his aids from a few years back, the putting 'Rail' at home. Nice piece of kit. The latest is his 'swing shirt'.

http://golfweek.com/news/2012/dec/27/golf-swing-shirt-helps-swing-connectivity/

FixdePitchmark

Jaysus. If you wanted to bring him to the mad house you'd have him!

mad looking yolk ; guantanamo bay here we go.

Fixde runs out to buy one

PARlance

Straightjackets coming in orange now!!!
G'man Paddy

Seves Three Iron

My favourite piece of Harrington kit was the 'Torpedo', a brass torpedo shaped weight he had attached to his putter shaft which he reckoned ensured a wider sweet spot on the clubface. Apparently the end result was that even bad putts go straight!

Saw him practicing another time with a piece of rope tied from the putter hosel to a fixed point about two metres behind him. He could make his backswing fine but when he followed through the rope would kick in and stop the motion. Nice idea in fairness to ensure a good firm stroke.

mirrorball

Fantastic. I love these fellas that cobble together something in the back garden/garage and see it through to being mass produced. Fair play to him, although I'll be trying a homemade version as per his own prototype before buying one.

m r c

That shirt looks like a "legal" way to replace the belly putter. Send a link to Keegan :-)

Keano

He's actually used that for a years, well a homemade made version! Sewed the arms to the chest of his jumper. I met a local pro a while back who now teaches in Vegas and I asked for a tip. He said put each arm over each nipple and tie something around your arms and start hitting some balls! This just replicates what that crazy looking jumper does.

Seves Three Iron

I've heard it said a couple of times that Harri may be storing up everything he knows about the golf swing for a future book, a definitive 'Hogan's 5 Lessons' type bible for golfers.

Would certainly be interesting stuff. He's currently carrying a pot belly around because he reckons the extra weight will help him hit the ball further and is helpful to his particular swing. Amazingly, he's put on 20 pounds to do this.

Almaviva

Seves Three Iron wrote: »

I've heard it said a couple of times that Harri may be storing up everything he knows about the golf swing for a future book, a definitive 'Hogan's 5 Lessons' type bible for golfers.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/101_Crazy_Swing_Gizmos/PH

Link doesnt seem to be working yet though.

TGoodall

Seves Three Iron wrote: »

I've heard it said a couple of times that Harri may be storing up everything he knows about the golf swing for a future book, a definitive 'Hogan's 5 Lessons' type bible for golfers.

Would certainly be interesting stuff. He's currently carrying a pot belly around because he reckons the extra weight will help him hit the ball further and is helpful to his particular swing. Amazingly, he's put on 20 pounds to do this.

If Harri writes a book on his ideas for the perfect swing it will be bigger than The Encyclopedia Brittanica, with more contradictions than the bible.

Peterdalkey

It is mad looking alright but I would imagine it does a better job than the elbow bands made from physiotherapy surgial elastic that some golf instructers were suggesting to use to keep connected some years ago.

The real question is who here is going to buy one, try it and report back.... or even admit to having done so!!!


Cheers

Peter

ThunderCat

Harrington frustrates the life out of me with all his messing about and gadgets and what not. Just get on the tee box and hit the feckin thing!!

Seves Three Iron

Gadget lovers will be all over this. I'd love one meself.

http://www.geoffshackelford.com/homepage/2013/1/8/swingtip-gets-ces-launch.html