After winning states 2 years ina row in the early 2000s my interview in the paper was all about Adam Scott being my favorite player & inspiration, my mom still has the article along with many others ina scrap book. Him & Boomboom are both 2 cool dewds who make the ball sing.

I remember walking into Riviera one year and entered at the bottom of 1, where we would cut across to the sponsor tent area. As soon as I saw the fairway, walking right across our path, was Freddy. Just moseying on down the middle of the fairway, hands in his pockets, looked like he was just taking a morning walk before traffic got too thick. Everything about him is relaxing. I recall at another event we watch Vijay go out of his way to avoid the crowd around the range, as to not interact with anyone...then here comes Freddy. Kissing babies, shaking hands, autographs and pics left and right. Class act, what golf should be.

I do like Fred's pause at top but it's a little longer than average he does give a illusion of a relaxed swing

yeah, he is natural at it....was surprised

He's a class act, always has been, just like Freddie

Adam has a TV future waiting for him…

He really is, super talented.

Just proving 300 yd bombs are way down on the list if you want to score and win tournaments 😏

Technically it’s second to iron play according to strokes gained

@@cp90_ Technically that’s a crap statistic. One missed putt under 8 feet is equivalent to whiffing a drive and making a putt. Obviously putting is orders of magnitude more important. Also a driver is one club. A minimum of 2 wedges and I surmise the 8 and 9 are more important than the driver. As a once professional statistician lots of stats are interpreted incorrectly and/or don’t really estimate what they purport to do.

@@meyer7262 Dude your spouting BS you’ve heard a thousand times before. Like in football, “It’s not offense that wins games it’s defense.” Total nonsense depending on the teams, circumstances and degree of offense and defense proficiency. Here in golf we’re not talking about 92% of the chopper hackers who literally may not get off the tee. We’re talking 260 to 280 in the fairway 3/4’s of the time if a competitor’s driver isn’t working and he chooses a 2-iron or 3-wood instead. Versus 310 to 330 and in the rough 50% of the time for the co-leader. If the former player has the wedge play of a Trevino or Michelson (and sometimes Woods) or the putting acumen of Woods (back in the day), Cameron Smith or Jordan Spieth the 260 yard dude is going to win most of the time. And yes great wedge players and putters can be relied on to do it hole after hole (eg Cameron Smith 2022 Players Tournament). It’s not unusual for a hot amateur or tour pro to light it up in getting down off the green in 2 seven out of eight times. When I was 13 140lbs and was lucky to drive 240 I cleaned up the junior ranks often of 14 to 18 year olds, some of whom could drive 350 yard holes on occasion. (Back then the huge hitters had absolutely no game on and near the green 😂). Endless 18-year-olds fell to me in match play because I absolutely drove them nuts. I was hitting woods and long irons into greens they had short wedges into and I’d consistently win holes. Literally drove them insane. They’d lose their game. Back then I was as good a wedge player as the best on the tour. A master was my coach and I’d hit 500 wedges a day 6 days a week. On tournament days I’d get down in 2 from 60 yds in 3 out of 4 times. Trevino was a relatively short driver. During his hot periods no one could beat him. And why he scorched the seniors tour for years.

@@mrsmartypants_1 Yeah well sorry to tell you but you're just wrong. Mark Broadie has a book and plenty of podcast you can check out.. It's mathematically proven at this point. The podcast are all pretty good. I'd def check it out if I were you.

Freddie could step on one if he needed to though.

@@scottrackley4457 definitely, I think he was saying Adam goes after it compared to Freddie just smoothin it & they’re only 20 yards apart meaning Freddie rips it with ease.

I feel like Freddy really is just so good at hitting it on the sweet spot every time.

@@traskschulte6283 One time Curtis Strange was doing commentary and he said Freddy hits it dead solid every time. He said it is such a great strike on all his shots. He also said, yeah it doesn't always go where he wants it but it was struck solid!

Nah, adam isnt on the same level. hack job

@@ClevelandBrowns32lol of course. Lot of hacks win the Masters.

@@ClevelandBrowns32he was number 1 for a while, 2014, you have high standards, and he is playing great again!

Yup. Adam is like yes, sir, let's get straight to graduate level.

What about my swing 😉

@@TheIncomparableGolfer well... Are you comparing yourself to those 2.... ?

@@Ivronix i am still an Amateur. So time will tell

Hitting a 300 yard carry at 63 years old? Seriously?

I was thinking the same…his swing looks the same as when he started!

I remember that year with the high winds. That was about 3 or 4 years ago. I live in Corona del Mar (close to Pelican Hill), and remember the crazy winds that day/weekend. ps. It's crazy who you see coming through Pelican Hill. Pros, actors, baseball players, you name it. The North is the one to play. Great layout.

You can make a case for that, if rhythm is the key component that you're judging. But there are many swings that are considered more "fundamentally sound" than Freddie's. While Adam, all things considered, might be the very best swinger of all time. It's such a subjective label, though.