Sebastian Munoz has ‘freakish’ control of his tee shots.
Sebastian Munoz is the only player to shoot 60 twice in one PGA Tour season, and his playoff victory over Jon Rahm at the LIV Golf Indianapolis event last August bolstered his reputation as a clutch player. Still, if you’re trying to identify what has been the key aspect of Munoz’ success since turning professional in 2015, his swing coach says it’s his ability to drive the ball anywhere he wants.
Munoz, 33, a native of Colombia, has risen from the mini tours to the Korn Ferry Tour to the PGA Tour and now, since 2023, LIV Golf, thanks in a big part to his game off the tee, says one of his
instructors, Troy Denton.
“He’s the straightest hitter I’ve ever worked with. He has great hands and freakish face control,” says Denton, who also has coached PGA Tour winners Will Zalatoris and Ryan Moore (Moore is also known for his driving accuracy). “The thing about Sebastian’s accuracy is, the more pressure and the more it’s real, the better he plays.”
Munoz is working harder than ever to keep elevating his play, his coaches say. He gets swing help from his caddie, Jose “Pepa” Campra, during tournament weeks on LIV and sees Denton during off-weeks. The trio is currently working on a driver swing that preserves his accuracy while not sacrificing too much distance. He can carry the ball about 275 metres with a driver swing speed of 118 miles per hour. That’s not slow by tour standards but not super-fast either.
Munoz ranked fourth in driving accuracy (66 percent) on LIV in 2025.
“When we started together eight or nine years ago, he was super-steep with his swing, so we tried to shallow him out and get him to hit more up on it,” Denton says. “But then he started hitting up on it too much, so now we’re back to getting him to feel like his chest is covering the ball through impact and staying down through it.”
One way to reinforce the feeling of “covering the ball” is to have him practise hitting stingers with his 3-wood, Denton says.
“It’s funny, though, even when he thinks he’s not doing that and he’s coming up and out of the swing and it feels like crap, he’s still hitting it straight,” Denton says.
Looking at the images of Munoz above, Denton says some things to note are his positions in the third frame, “he’s lined up so straight,” the top of the swing [fourth frame], “getting deep into his right hip,” and his ability to stay in his posture well past impact [seventh frame].
“The work he’s putting in is really starting to show,” Denton says. “That win against Rahm is a testament to that. He had a great season.”
Photographs by: Dom Furore
