That's why Scottie Scheffler is amazing at working the ball from both directions. He can hit the fade and he can hit the beautiful draw. And he's got that nice straight knuckleball fade with the driver that everybody's talking about. And I'm going to show that to you want to stick around because, towards the end, we're going to be showing you how to hit that knuckleball fade, which is a real fairway finder. How about that for a meteoric rise, Scottie Scheffler.
And to us, it's not a surprise because is a very, very good swinger of the golf club and very, very instinctive as well. So we're going to show you a couple of the items that he has, where he's sliding back with his back foot. We'll explain to you exactly why that occurs. Something that mark Calcavecchia and Greg Norman did. So it's a, it's a very interesting trait for the longer players and, the better ball strikers. And it does, several things as far as the brace on the front leg. And we'll get into that in a second. And his upright swing, he actually has slightly into on plane sometimes goes across the plane when he wants to hit that fade, some criticism has come Savannah's way because that's her tendency. She comes a little inside in the backswing and then raises up to on the plane.
And then on the downswing, she's on plane heading into the shot. That's completely fine. As long as you're focused on the direction that you want to start the ball, if your attention is on the ball and not on where you're going to start the ball, that's when it gets really dicey. So as far as that nice upright swing plane. So Scotty Scheffler has got incredible width in his swing. And a lot of, you know, a lot of people think that an upright swing like that comes down very steep on the ball, whereas it's actually the opposite. That's just one dimension of it. Bubble Watson is very much along that line and same thing for Justin Thomas and many, many other players that have been extremely successful throughout their careers like Jack Nicholas. So it's definitely something that you want to, imitate of course.
So let's just say I had one arm and I was cutting grass with just one arm and I'm sending grass in the, of the target. You can see how that's extremely upright. The center of that machine is my right shoulder. And you notice how the club keeps cutting grass right underneath that shoulder. That's where the low point is. So that's why Scotty Schaeffler is terrific with fairway woods and long irons. Notice the long iron players are the ones that have the so-called steep downward of attack. You know, as far as the swing is concerned, but steep is wide watch. This is extremely wide. This is the widest arc that I can use. So when I bring both arms together to take my grip, the center of my swing is right here between my two clavicles. It's called the sternal notch. And so if I go as wide as possible in the direction, I want to send the ball, my arms are going to end up.
So there's my intermediate point. Let's say I'm hitting a draw. I'm going to go as wide as possible in a direction that is the right edge of my intermediate point. So why wide, wide, wide that's as wide as I can go. So notice how everything goes up, the rib cage, and it's sitting really pretty here at the top of the backswing. Now, from there, you think steep is over the top. Not a chance if I stay in the direction I want to go, which is the right edge of the intermediate point, right. Edge right. Edge, right. Image, right edge. So I can see right here in front of me, that we've got this amazing series on our premium channel called blur of club and arc blur, unstoppable momentum series. So this is where I'm going. That's why Scotty Schaeffler is amazing at working the ball from both directions. He can hit the fade and he can hit the beautiful draw.
And he's got that nice straight knuckleball fade with the driver that everybody's talking about. And I'm going to show that to you want to stick around because, towards the end, we're going to be showing you how to hit that knuckleball fade, which is a real fairway finder. So I'm just going to stay to the right of that intermediate point with a very wide, very relaxed backswing. Here we go wide and right edge wide and right edge. Notice the ball starts to the right of the intermediate point, right over the flagstick. If you guys had to really guess what club I have in my hands is a 1 96 carry that's a seven iron. I know it's a 30.5 degree, seven iron, but man, that doesn't lie. And you know, that's thanks to I am now in my 12th workouts at 12 workouts, then I've added three miles per hour club speed.
I'm back up to one 13 instead of one 10 at cruising with the driver. Okay. So there's my seven iron that was really easy to produce because I had a very wide backswing through to the right edge of the intermediate point into that big finish. So that big high finish is the result of you going toward the target. If I default to the ball, watch what happens.
So for all of you have those roundhouse way, left poles, so right. Edge, right edge coming down default to the ball, watch what happens, ball, see where I'm going. Now, now I'm going low and left roundhouse finish that ain't going to be pretty. That could easily be out to the right, or it could be left, you know, and if you're really good, like Scotty, you're going to save that and almost put it in the hole for an albatross, right He needed to make something happen.
And he did that's clutch. That's a lot of fun and you could see the next drive coming down the stretch. he hit this beautiful power feed, which is what I'm going to show you now. So we're looking for that wide power fade. I'm going to start at the left edge of that intermediate point right there. So I'm lining up down the left-center of the fairway and that's going to be wide that way. And then I'm going to throw the club in that direction and I'm going to stay with that direction.
So if I'm catching that on the way up and to the left, I'm going to have a very low spin and very low side spin as well. So here we go. Oh, that was pretty close. As far as, Hey, look at that 3 25. And so we're at 1, 1 12 and a half, 2 96 carry and look at this launch angle. So I'm launching it at 15 degrees launch and my backspin's 1500 RPM.
How's that for knuckling it, right. My side spin was 300 to the left though. So I'm just a degree open from an open face. Had that been a little more open than backspin would it have been around 1800, 1900 RPM I may have lost maybe five yards. So it had been three 20 down the middle. Okay. Before I forget, when we talk about mark Calcavecchia Greg Norman and Scottie Schaeffler in the same breath, it's because, in the downswing, they all have a tendency to drag the trail foot back.
And you'll notice that for many of them, for all three of these guys, when they were a little too close to the ball, you know, they get a little too cozy to it instinctively. They felt the need to get out of the way. You'll notice that when I dropped this foot back, look at how it affects my center of gravity. See how my center of gravity comes more inside. And what it does also from the face on is you'll notice when I do that, it brings me inside that lead leg and gives me the ability to stay better behind the ball. So you've noticed that Scotty Schaeffler does not clear the hips the way a normal person would.
So he doesn't turn hard through the ball. He is very much instinctive. So you'll notice in our case, what we advocate is that right foot staying on the ground all the way to the finish. So it looks like this. See when my right foot came off the ground. So in the event that I'm a little close to the ball, I'm going to have to make compensation there to come back. And that's just the way they do it. Very hard for me to do, but you'll notice that everything else, those nice high hands. So I'm sending my grass clippings out there with the weight of my arms. So I gather high. And then with the grass clippings up there onto the green there, you have it. So there's my nice draw. Six iron up there. And our prediction is that Scottie Scheffler is definitely going to be right up there, come Sunday afternoon at the master's, and we predict a win, right We got to get out on the limb here.
So reason being high, long irons, high iron shots, he can work it in both directions. He loves to hit the bullet fade driver, which you're going to need on several holes, like hole number 11, but hole number 10 requires a little rope draw with a three-word, which he's really good at. And he's going to need that same shot again on 13, then that nice bullet fades on 14 and 15, and coming down the stretch 17 and 18, of course, we need that fade going up the hill. my money's on Scotty Scheffler for this master's this week, enjoy that information, and congratulations to Scottie Schaeffler. And he's definitely our pick when it comes to the masters, because being able to work the ball on both sides and hit towering shots, you're going to need that for those heli, situations at Augusta national, all the best.
See you next week.
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