Tony Finau's Power off the Tee
Tony Finau's Power off the Tee
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Learn how to reproduce Tony Finau's power RotarySwing move for more distance off the tee! Watch You Hit the Ball with Your Legs to see the video I mentioned
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Hey guys, So after Tony Finau made the
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hole-in-one at the Masters the other day
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and then dislocated his ankle. And
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In a very manly fashion, put it back in
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place and continue to play. And then he
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goes out and shoots four under in the
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first round. He definitely deserves a
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swing review. And since I actually have
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met Tony and his younger brother Gipper,
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I Monday qualified into the Utah Open.
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Years ago, about 10 years ago, and Tony
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and Gipper were still. You know, playing
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around on the mini tours and actually
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played in the Utah Open with me as well.
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And I was practicing out in Glenwild,
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where they were practicing, and I got to
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meet them and I watched them hit balls,
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hit balls next to them. And to say that
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they hit the ball a long ways back then
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was definitely an understatement. I think
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Tony has kind of throttled it back a
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little bit now that he's on the tour.
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His younger brother, Gipper, I haven't
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seen him in many, many years, But they
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both murdered the ball off the tee. And I
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want to talk about the fundamentals that
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allow Tony and Gipper to hit the ball as
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far as they do. And talk about how it
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applies to your golf swing. So First,
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let's take a look at setup everything
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you're gonna see here. Stock, RST. This
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is classic
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Rotary swing tour positions. He's got
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access tilt here. We can check that by
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Line through buttons on his shirt and his
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belt buckle perfect his head. You know,
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with the driver, you're gonna tend to be
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a little bit further behind the ball.
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He's trying to catch it a little bit on
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the upswing, all of this stuff. Great
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position Right from the get-go, so in a
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great primer, did the ball a long ways.
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And setup is critical for those of you
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who don't get set up correctly. There's
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lots of little things you can see in his
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setup apart from the axis tilt. I lost
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see a lot of times. The right knee for
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golfers, kind of
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Rotated out to the right, Externally
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rotated, and this leads to over hip
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rotation. It makes the excuse me, the
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downswing
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Transition, very, very difficult. So,
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The right knee laser beam drill I talked
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about on the site is exactly this. He's
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kind of Almost got that right knee, kind
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of imagining that, pointing at the ball.
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It keeps that right leg anchored in,
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which is critical for a good windup in
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the back swing. But let's talk about how
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he moves the club back. But one thing
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you're going to notice right away is
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settling into that right side as you see
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him shifting to the right.
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And now, one of the critical, critical
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pieces that we talk about all the time,
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It's being able to make that full turn.
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And how do we measure that? It's looking,
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we want to see that right shoulder blade
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on the left side of your head when you're
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looking at your swing. Face on now. So
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many golfers think that they can't make a
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full shoulder turn because it's a
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flexibility issue. And I've proven time
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and time again. It's never a flexibility
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issue. It's purely where your priorities
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lie. If you try and turn your shoulders,
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even while you're sitting here, listening
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to this video.
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While you're sitting in a chair, pull
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your right shoulder behind your head,
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even without moving your hips. I
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guarantee you get at least 45 degrees of
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separation between your upper and lower
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halves, And then as you allow your hips
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to turn, another 45 degrees.
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Everybody can easily make a full shoulder
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turn. So
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Make sure that this is what you see at
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the top of your swing, that you can see
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that right shoulder blade on the left
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side of your head. Another thing I love
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about Tony Swing is that he maintains
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width. Notice how straight that left arm
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is, and so many Amateur golfers want to
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let that left arm collapse at the top.
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And you lose the radius to the width of
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your golf swing, and width is free speed.
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You don't have to work harder to swing
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the club faster. That's the reason your
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driver goes faster than your pitching
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wedge, because the simple fact is the
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club is longer.
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So keep that width, take advantage of the
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leverage that you have in your swing.
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Don't let this left arm collapse, because
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that's just shortening the radius, your
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swing. And you're turning that driver
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into a five iron. You'll never, ever be
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able to swing it fast when you lose the
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radius in your swing. So
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Tons of width. He's almost as if he feels
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like his hands are as far away from his
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head at the top of the swing as he can
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get. So this is another. We got two key
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power, three key power moves one. He's
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loaded into that right foot, two, right
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shoulder behind his head. Three. Maintain
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the width and radius of the arc at the
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top. You'll notice he's even made a short
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swing here at the top, Without setting
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his wrist too much at the backswing.
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Well, watch what happens as he starts
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down.
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So now, as he starts down, you'll notice
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that the angle has increased Between the
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shaft and the form compared to what he
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had at the top. This is what we call the
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down cock move. This is what's in the
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down cock drill on the site.
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What you're doing. You don't want to
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fully set your wrist at the top of your
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swing. You want your wrist to be
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relatively relaxed so that as you will
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shift your weight back to the left. The
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force of the movement of your arms
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getting pulled back by your hips and the
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club going in the opposite direction sets
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your wrist even further. And Tony has
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done that perfectly here. That's a
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perfect amount of lag, You don't need any
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more than this. And now, as he's
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continuing to shift his weight and
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getting ready to post up, I want to talk
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about big power. Move here again.
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Maintaining lag, maintaining lag, and now
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watch this left leg.
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We're going to focus just on this. This
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is critical. Pay close attention. As he
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shifted over, watch how the left knee
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begins to straighten and push his left
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hip back.
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Now, his hips are open to the ball,
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Facing more toward the target.
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And that left leg straightening has
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pushed the left hip back, which helps you
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maintain the tush line, which helps you
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maintain the angles. In its swing so that
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he has a proper swing plane, but this
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move is assertive in tony swing In fact,
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as you watch
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What do you notice here not on the ball
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of his foot? Is he of course not if you
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want to be aggressive and power? You need
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a powerful. You need to engage that
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glute, quad and hamstring, and to really
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engage the glutes and hamstrings, You
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need to have your weight back over the
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ankle, Which, of course, is a RST
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fundamental.
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So as he's doing this, he's firmly
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planted on this left leg. I see all the
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time that golfers look like their left
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knee looks like this at impact. They
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never ever post up
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Push that left foot into the ground. They
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don't push that left hip back, and they
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don't get assertively posted up, because
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that post up move Is what helps you
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release the golf club? He's releasing
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this golf club, Not with his shoulders
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and trying to turn his chest, He's
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posting up that left leg. Which is
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releasing that lag angle that he had on
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the way back or on the way down. Excuse
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me. So notice that left leg nice and
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straight, and then around until full
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follow through. So, the main video I want
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you to focus on today
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Is the power Move that I talk about
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In the You Hit the Ball with Your Legs
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video. That is your focal point for
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today?
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Watch Tony as he's going through the
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masters. Hopefully you'll have a great
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rest of the weekend We want to see him do
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well, especially after nearly destroying
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his ankle there But this is the main
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thing that you can learn from tony swing
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