What amateurs are being told to copy from Scottie Scheffler’s swing to make them better golfers

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Scottie Scheffler has set the bar extremely high for some time now, and doesn’t look like slowing down anytime soon.

Scheffler says he has started ‘okay’ at the Players Championship, where he is currently seeking a third successive title.

One of his seven PGA Tour wins in 2024 arrived at the Players Championship, which shortly followed his Arnold Palmer Invitational success.

Scheffler called his Players Championship title defence ‘special’, with yet another win at TPC Sawgrass certainly a possibility this week.

The world number one headlines the field in the latest PGA Tour event, which is underway at the iconic Ponte Vedra Beach course.

How amateurs can copy the swing of world number one Scottie Scheffler

A lot can undoubtedly be learned from the American, not just from amateurs but from his fellow professionals.

And fortunately PGA Coach Justin Kraft has been on hand to help out in that regard, having analysed Scheffler’s unique swing for the PGA of America.

“Okay golfers, let’s take a look at the swing of Scottie Scheffler,” he said. “One thing I love about Scottie at setup is he has enough bend from the waist to allow his arms to hang straight down from his shoulder sockets.

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“Oftentimes, amateurs that struggle with their posture won’t have enough bend from the waist, and so they’ll end up reaching their arms way off to the golf ball, it just makes their job a whole lot harder from there.

“Now there are a million things you could talk about in this swing, but I want to highlight how he gets to the top with the club face in a pretty good spot.

“So if we drew a line down the centre of the face, you’re going see that it more or less matches his arm plain.

“Amateur golfers that slice the ball will usually have that toe hanging more down and make it really difficult for them to square the face on the way down, because of how open it sits at the top.

“The last thing I want to do is highlight how the club moves through the ball. We know how good Scottie is at hitting the golf ball, but I want to clear up a common misconception that a player needs to swing inside out, or needs to swing outside in.

“And if you’re familiar with those terms, I’m talking about the club path. Well, the golf swing really is a circle, and so what you’re going to notice as we take this club into the ball, it’s going to approach from the inside, and then it’s going to go back to the inside.

“There’s no inside out or outside in here, the club is going to approach the ball and then immediately hit the ball and start arcing inwards.

“Now it starts arcing inwards because of how open Scottie is with his body. So you can see that club starts arcing inwards and that club face is staying very stable, something to copy from the swing of world number one.”

Unique Scottie Scheffler swing helps him top 2024 SG: Approach the Green stats

It is certainly a unique swing, but one that has worked wonders for one of the cleanest ball strikers out there.

Injury has limited the two-time major champion to just four PGA Tour events so far this season, with his fifth start now underway at the Players Championship.

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But all four cuts have been made so far, and more impressively Scheffler has two top 10 finishes to his name.

He currently occupies 12th spot for Strokes Gained: Approach the Green in 2025, with average and total figures of 0.748 and 11.968 respectively from his 16 measured rounds.

But perhaps unsurprisingly, it was a table that he stormed to the top of in 2024, posting figures of 1.269 and 78.656 respectively from his 62 measured rounds.