GOLF MAGAZINE Swig Analysis Test

Answer this simple quiz to learn more about your game and how to improve

By Dr. Jim Suttie
One of GOLF MAGAZINE's Top 100 Teachers
Published: December 01, 2006

Check your best answer to each of the following 17 questions and click "Enter my Answers" to determine which of the four swing types is your bread-and-butter move.

1) My typical divot on an approach shot is...
Deep
Shallow

2) My iron-shot trajectory is relatively...
High
Low
Medium

3) I prefer to hit a...
Draw
Fade

4) My divot shape tends

In-to-out
At the target
In-to-in
Out-to-in

5) The club I usually hit most solid is a...
Driver
5-wood
4-wood
7-iron
PW
Putter

6) To get around a tree directly blocking my line, I would rather play a...
Hook
Slice

7) My favorite club to hit under pressure is a...
Driver
5-wood
4-iron
7-iron
PW
Putter

8) Ball marks on my clubface are usually nearer...
The heel
The toe

9) From 100 yards, more often I miss with a...
Pushed shot
Pulled shot

10) When hitting a drive, more often I miss with a...
Skied shot
Topped shot

11) My distance control with my approaches is...
Very good
Average
Poor

12) I learned the game on a course that was...
Hilly
Flat

13) I learned the game where the weather was usually...
Sunny
Rainy
Windy

14) I generate most of my power from my...
Arms
Legs
Upper-body rotation

15) The top of my backswing is...
Short of parallel to the ground with my arms in front of my body
Past parallel with my hands high
Parallel or slightly short of parallel
Short of parallel with my arms around my body

16) My tempo is...
Quick and aggressive
Slow and lazy

17) I'm most comfortable...
Hitting a drive down a tree-lined fairway
Hitting a long iron to an elevated green
Hitting a 150-yard approach from the fairway
Chipping to a tricky hole position
Hitting a 40-yard pitch
Rolling a 10-foot "must-make" putt