The highly anticipated Netflix series documenting professional golf in 2022 will release in its entirety on Feb. 15 and take fans behind-the-scenes to see what life is really like for some of the best in the game.
A teaser was released last month and included a surprise appearance from Rory McIlroy, as well as confirmation that the following PGA Tour and LIV Golf stars would be involved: Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Ian Poulter, Joel Dahmen, Matt Fitzpatrick, Dustin Johnson, Tony Finau, Sahith Theegala, Mito Pereira and Joaquin Niemann.
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On Monday, just nine days ahead of the release, the official two-minute trailer dropped that gave fans another peek behind the curtain.
From Rory to Scottie to the PGA Tour’s battle with LIV Golf, here are the storylines we want to see on “Full Swing”.
A 56-second video set the golf world ablaze with excitement Wednesday when the first official trailer for “Full Swing”, a Netflix documentary on professional golf, was released.
News of the project – set to be available to stream Feb. 15 – broke more than a year ago and fans have been impatiently waiting for the highly anticipated series, especially after LIV Golf stormed onto the scene. Last January, 23 players were confirmed to be part of the show, but the trailer only announced 14 players, including world No. 1 Rory McIlroy.
Looking at the players who were featured in the trailer, here’s a handful of storylines we hope to see covered when the show goes live:
A new crop of launch monitors at affordable prices delivers surprisingly good accuracy, valuable data.
The word “about” is used far too often by weekend golfers. Ask nearly all of them how far they hit their driver in the air and you will get an answer along the lines of, “My driver, about 240 yards.” Ask about another club and you will hear, “My 6-iron goes about 160 yards.”
As the pros you see on TV how far they hit each club in their bag and you get a totally different answer. “Driver carry is 297 in the air.”
Players on the PGA Tour know that because nearly all of them use a launch monitor on a regular basis, and units like a TrackMan 4 or a ForeSight GC Quad, which can cost well over $12,000, deliver accurate information about how far shots go, how much spin they have and what the player’s club was doing as it made contact. Insights like that can help players improve, make smarter decisions and play better golf.
Thankfully for club players, a new crop of launch monitors at more-affordable prices are coming to the market. They deliver surprisingly good accuracy and many also collect valuable ball and club data, as you can see in this video.
Serious about your game? Check out this highly-accurate device that won’t completely break the bank.
Launch monitors have become a critical part of club fitting, and for elite golfers and teaching professionals, they can be a great tool to help monitor progress and provide information that you can’t see with your eyes.
The most sophisticated machines cost $15,000 to $20,000, putting them well out of reach for recreational golfers, but over the last few years, some units have been released with weekend players in mind. Typically costing $500 or less, they provide basic numbers and information but lack the technology to provide deep analytics and feedback. Now, with the release of its first launch monitor, Full Swing is trying to create a new space within the market and give golfers a highly-accurate device at a price that will not completely break the bank.
At $3,999 plus a $99 per year subscription charge, the Full Swing Kit is not cheap. It is designed for aspiring college golfers and tour pros, teaching professionals who cannot afford a $20,000 machine and serious recreational players.
Full Swing has been designing and selling indoor golf simulators for years, and pros like Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm, Jason Day and Brandt Snedker have them in their houses. The goal with the Full Swing Kit was to bring the accuracy and data the simulator captures to a portable unit.
The Full Swing Kit is designed to be positioned 10 feet behind you on flat ground as you hit balls. Setting up the device is simply using a free smartphone app. After you indicate to the system which club you are hitting, radar follows each shot from beginning to end before a color, front-facing screen provides details about the shot. The numbers are large and easy to read from 10 feet away, and you can customize which of 16 stats you want to see on the screen, selecting from things like ball speed, launch angle, spin rate and carry distance. All the data is available for view on your smartphone or tablet, including sophisticated data like face angle, attack angle and spin axis.
Full Swing Kit shot data. (Full Swing)
As you practice, each club is assigned a distinct color, so it is easy to see patterns and overlaps when you look at the data on distance and dispersion charts. All the data is stored in the cloud, and information from each session is added to your cumulative averages.
In addition to capturing swing and club data, a 4K color camera captures video of each swing that you can view in the app and easily share.
Right now, the Full Swing Kit is only usable outside, but the company says that software updates planned for the first quarter of 2022 will allow golfers to use it inside when hitting into nets.
