Jon Rahm is one of the best golfers of this generation, racking up plenty of wins and a couple of majors. Rahm has one of the most unorthodox swings of a player so high in the world rankings which makes him an excellent case study to see what makes it work. In the Jon Rahm golf swing analysis video below, PGA Professional Jack Backhouse breaks it down for you.
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Set-Up
Rahm stands at 6ft 2 inches and is an absolute mammoth of a human. He stands extremely close to the golf ball, with his hands hanging down, almost touching his knees. This will force his hands out and away from his body in the first part of the swing.
Rahm has an extremely weak left-hand grip, similar to the likes of Bryson DeChambeau, which helps him hit that power fade we have grown accustomed to. This grip forces Rahm to bow his wrist throughout the backswing which he is famous for.
Backswing
Rahm moves his hands well out and away from his body in his takeaway, causing the club to fall inside. His hands then move practically vertically upwards to about shoulder height, where they stop in a very short position.
This short backswing is due to the lack of hip turn and, therefore, shoulder turn he creates in his swing. This is NOT ADVISED for an amateur golfer as it would usually lead to a weak slice pattern, but Rahm makes it work later in the downswing.
Rahm has an extremely bowed left wrist in the backswing to keep the club somewhat square. Due to the length of his swing, he doesn’t have very much weight transfer.
Downswing
Rahm has a very quick tempo and starts his downswing with an extremely powerful leg drive. He does an amazing job during this period to maintain the huge width he has created in the backswing, and keeps the club travelling on a nice wide arc.
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Because he had the club so laid off at the top, Rahm is able to pull his hands down, which tips the shaft back onto a perfect plane to hit a fade. His swing goes from looking very unorthodox, to looking very PGA Tour standard in just a few frames.
He holds an enormous amount of lag in his wrists and strikes the golf ball with his hand well forward at address, this to compensate for the extremely weak grip and is why he hits a fade.
Into The Finish
Rahm holds his wrist angle lag for quite a while after the golf ball, much later than a lot of other top professionals, before releasing into a extremely balanced finish position. Rahm sometimes recoils in his finish purely because his is accelerating so hard all the way to the end of his golf swing.
What can we learn?
Sometimes, the most visually odd golf swings make for a more interesting analysis, as there is often plenty we can learn from them, as they have to work harder to make it work. Here are my takeaways from John Rahm’s golf swing
- Great wrist angles can compensate for a poor grip
- If you have a short swing you must have width for power
- Get your hands ahead of the ball for pure ball striking
- If you can, be 6ft 3 and 220 pounds
You may not want to copy Jon Rahm’s golf swing exactly, but watching his can help you understand your own more.
If you enjoyed this Jon Rahm golf swing analysis, keep an eye out for more tour winners’ swing analysis in the future
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