André Rennes

1 Executive summary

2 Ball flight — range screen

Metric	André (Oct 25)	André #1 (Oct 6)	LPGA Tour avg	PGA Tour avg
Ball speed	107 mph ★ ties best	103 mph	109 mph	127 mph
Carry	146 yds ★ ties best	140 yds	152 yds	183 yds
Flat carry	144 yds	—	—	—
Total	150 yds ★ ties best	149 yds	—	—
Launch angle	20°	23°	17.1°	14.1°
Apex	81 ft (27 yds)	87 ft (29 yds)	25 yds	30 yds
Landing angle	44°	46°	46°	50°
Curve	17 ft (right)	11 ft	—	—
Hang time	5.6 s	5.7 s	—	—
Proximity	99 ft	53 ft	—	—

★ = personal best for the 6-iron, tied with reports #3–#6 (same swing and screen). The apex tile is partly hidden by a shadow, so 81 ft is read as the apex from its position and unit. The curve arrow is small; it is read as right, as in the earlier logbook entries. Club speed isn't on the screen: at a typical iron smash of ~1.38–1.40, 107 mph of ball speed means about 76–78 mph of club speed (LPGA average 78, PGA Tour 92).

What it means: Ball speed is close to the LPGA level, so speed is not what holds back the carry. The ball launches 3° higher than the LPGA average (6° higher than the PGA Tour) and lands at 44°, a little softer than the LPGA 46°. The peak (27 yds) is normal. A somewhat lower launch with the same speed would turn some height into distance.

3 Timing & tempo — measured from the video

30 frames per second, so each time is accurate to about ±0.03 s. Takeaway starts at about 8.30 s (frame 99), the top is at 8.90 s (frame 117) and impact is at about 9.13 s (frame 124).

Tour figure: John Novosel, Tour Tempo. Reports #4–#6 used this same swing, so they show the same timing. One frame either way moves the ratio between about 2.3:1 and 3:1.

What it means: 2.6:1 sits inside the good band (2.5–3.5:1) and is the closest 6-iron ratio to the Tour 3:1. The downswing (0.23 s) is a touch quicker than the Tour 0.27 s, and the backswing (0.60 s) is shorter than the Tour 0.80 s. The rhythm is smooth, with no rushed top.

4 The reference frame — how this swing was measured

• Grid: each square is about 5 inches (~51 px). It's scaled from his body size in the frame because his height wasn't given, so treat distances as ±1 inch.
• Center lines: a vertical line through the centre of his stance and a horizontal line through the ball line. They are fixed references for balance, height and sway. The center lines and the corner-to-corner diagonals cross at his belt buckle at address, and the diagonals add a fixed perspective scaffold for depth.
• Depth rays (yellow, dashed): the two target-line sticks and the mat edges extended to the horizon. Anything moving along these rays is moving toward the target (into the picture), not sideways.
• Address references: the white line is the cap line (head height) and the dashed orange line is waist height. The dashed light-blue lines mark shoulder and knee height at address. The dashed red tush line is the back of the hips at address. The red trail is the head path and the yellow trail is the hands' path.
• Body measures: head height and waist height changes, plus shoulder and hip rotation vs address. Rotation is a visual estimate (about ±10–15°). X-factor is shoulder turn minus hip turn at the top.
• Tracking: body points were tracked automatically on 210 frames, then checked by eye at each key position. The camera stayed still: the background moved less than 0.2 px (median).

5 Swing sequence

Nine key positions, filmed down-the-line from behind the hands. The target is straight into the picture.

Photos are numbered in the order they happen in the swing. The frames follow the standard swing positions.

6 Position-by-position biomechanics

Club check

The clubhead sole was shown to the camera between 15.5 and 18.5 s. All three crops read the same digit, a 6 with its loop at the bottom and the small bar beneath it (high confidence). Cross-check: the 146 carry and 150 total match his 6-iron best exactly, and are well beyond what a 9-iron would carry given his 144-yd 7-iron. Logged as the 6-Iron.

Photo 1 — Address Good

• Feet parallel to the target-line stick, with the near-vertical stick just inside the ball.
• Athletic iron posture: knees flexed, arms hanging, hands just ahead of the ball, belt buckle at the center of the frame.
• The cap line, tush line and shoulder and knee lines are set here as the references for every later frame.

Photo 2 — Takeaway Head sinks early

• Hands, arms and club leave together. Hands are already about 9.7 in from their address spot.
• The head is already ~4.6 in lower than at address and ~2.6 in toward the ball line. The dip starts in the takeaway.
• Hips stay back (~1.8 in away from the ball) and rise about 1.2 in.

Photo 3 — Lead arm parallel Watch

• Hands ~23 in from their address spot, wrists setting, wide arc.
• Head still ~4.6 in below its address height and ~3 in toward the ball line.
• Hips keep sliding away (~1.9 in), so there's no sway into the ball.

Photo 4 — Top Full turn

• Shoulders turn about 85° and hips about 40° (±10–15°), an X-factor of about 45°.
• The head has come back up to ~2.2 in below address, and ~2.8 in toward the ball line (see the depth note).
• Hips are ~1.7 in away from the ball and ~0.6 in higher than at address.

Photo 5 — Arm parallel (down) Good

• The lower body starts down: hips are back to about address height (~0.1 in up) and still ~1.0 in away from the ball.
• Hands are ~26 in from their address spot and dropping on the way down (yellow trail).
• The head sinks again to ~4.1 in below address.

Photo 6 — Delivery Good

• Hands are close to home, ~4.6 in from their address spot, with the arms in front of the chest.
• Hips are still ~0.9 in back, and the head is ~5 in below address.

Photo 7 — Impact Watch the head

• Hands return to their address spot (within 0.6 in). Good
• Head is ~5.9 in lower than at address (fix band is above 4 in) but only ~1.5 in toward the ball line.
• Hips stay back: ~0.9 in away from the ball, with the rear of the hips ~0.4 in inside the tush line. Hips rise ~1.0 in (watch).
• Estimated rotation: hips open about 35°, shoulders about 15°, so the hips lead.

Photo 8 — Release Good

• Both arms extend down the line and the chest keeps turning. Hands are ~7.8 in from the address spot.
• The head reaches its lowest point here, ~6.8 in below address, and hips are ~1.9 in back.

Photo 9 — Finish Excellent

• Tall and balanced on the lead leg, trail foot up on its toe, belt buckle to the target.
• The head is ~4.4 in above its address height, so the dip is fully recovered. The finish is held.

Overlay — head at address, top and impact

Depth note: From behind, the head's ~1.5–2.8 in shift toward the ball line sits partly along the depth rays, so it mixes "toward the ball" with "toward the target". One camera can't split the two. A face-on clip of the next swing will settle it (see Limitations).

7 Where the 6-iron sits in the bag

Heads-up: the 6-iron carries only 2 yards more than the 7-iron (146 vs 144) and totals only 3 more (150 vs 147). Against the 5-iron the gap is large: 13 yards of carry and 19 of total, even though the ball speed differs by just 1 mph (107 vs 108). So the gap isn't about speed. Each club has one swing in the logbook, so the 5-iron may simply have been a very good one. A few more balls with the 5-, 6- and 7-iron will show the true gaps.

8 Diagnosis

9 Next steps — keep it simple

10 Limitations & next capture

• One swing is a snapshot. The ball readout matches this swing, as it's the screen shown right after it, and it's the same swing as reports #3–#6.
• Spin and club speed aren't on the screen, so club speed is estimated from ball speed. The apex tile was read from its position and unit.
• The ball could not be tracked in the video: at 30 frames per second it's gone between two frames after impact.
• Distances come from a grid scaled to his body size in the frame. His real height would make the scale exact.
• From behind, depth (toward the target) mixes with sideways motion. That's exactly what the depth rays flag.

Next capture: to sharpen the reference frame: (1) the same down-the-line spot, filmed in slow motion (120 or 240 fps) so the ball can be followed frame by frame, (2) a face-on clip at chest height, (3) 3–5 balls for an average, and (4) André's height, to lock the grid scale.