John Daly arrived at the 1991 PGA Championship as the ninth alternate. He hadn’t played a practice round at Crooked Stick and his caddie, Jeff Medlin, reportedly kept giving him a pretty simple instruction: “Kill it, John.” Daly did. He…
MyGolfSpy examines whether John Daly's famous golf philosophy of "grip it and rip it" is sound advice for amateur players. Reflecting on Daly's 1991 PGA Championship victory, the writer argues that prioritizing swing speed has substantial merit over simply trying to steer the ball.
A cited 2022 MyGolfSpy test found that fifteen golfers all gained carry distance when attempting faster swings, while retaining an 82-percent playable shot percentage. The writer concludes that golfers should embrace their natural speed rather than overly sacrificing distance purely for fairway accuracy.
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