One-Plane vs. Two-Plane Golf Swing

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm PGA member Jay Golden talking about the difference between a one plane and a two plane swing. The basic difference is in a one plane swing as the great Sam Snead once said, the perfect golf swing is like a ferris wheel on a slant. So if you took a ferris wheel and slanted it and you could swing on that track of the ferris wheel, that would be a perfect one plane swing. The great Mo Norman said that he swung on one plane. One plane means that your hands and arms, let's talk hands. Go back and down on the same plane, the same line, the same plane. A two plane swing means that you back swing and down swing are on different planes. For example there are some great golfers who bring it back on one plane and then drop to a slightly lower plane coming in and hitting. Back, drop, Lee Trevino, probably the best. He would bring it back on this plane and then swing on that plane. Then there's the other two plane swings like Bruce Litsky, Craig Stadler who bring it back on one plane and then actually go outside over the top slightly to play a pull fade. So there's the one plane which is the same exact plane, there's a two plane to the inside, one, two and a two plane to the outside. Which one should you use? I would say the one that comes most naturally. The perfect one, hey if you can do it, congratulations, happy birthday, I'll be watching you on tour. But if you can't do that, if you do drop it a little inside and hit a push draw or if you go a little outside and hit a little bit of a pull fade, go with what comes natural to you. But that's the difference between a one plane and a two plane swing."