About this episode

This episode discusses how Chris Gotterup's steep swing has contributed to his success on the PGA Tour and how others can adopt similar techniques.

Chris Gotterup just won for the fourth time on the PGA Tour in the last 53 weeks, and he's done it with an unusually open setup and steep swing. In this episode, LKD explains how steep swingers (*cough cough* Jack Nicklaus) have been successful and how you can too.

People in this episode

Host: LKD

Guest: Chris Gotterup

Topics covered

• golf swing
• PGA Tour
• swing techniques
• Jack Nicklaus
• Chris Gotterup
• steep swing

Keywords

• steep swing
• golf techniques
• PGA Tour success
• Chris Gotterup
• Jack Nicklaus
• golf instruction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PGA Tour, Golf Digest

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