Takeaway

July 1st, 2026

Watch Viktor Hovland’s takeaway. Notice anything?

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January 29th, 2025

‘One-piece takeaway’ is wrong. Pros start the swing with this move instead

Some players might feel like they have a one-piece move off the ball, but feel and real aren’t always the same thing.

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October 20th, 2023

This nerdy graph reveals a terrible golf swing takeaway mistake. Here’s how to avoid it

The start of your swing should see the club and arms moving first. Start with the hips and you’ll struggle the rest of the way.

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Biltmore Championship Asheville - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Jacob Bridgeman	-26	F	4
2	Ben James	-24	F	4
T3	Ricky Castillo	-23	F	4
T3	Neal Shipley	-23	F	4
T5	J.T. Poston	-21	F	4
T5	Jackson Koivun	-21	F	4
T7	Zecheng Dou	-20	F	4
T7	Seamus Power	-20	F	4
T7	Johnny Keefer	-20	F	4
T10	Chris Kirk	-19	F	4
T10	John VanDerLaan	-19	F	4
T10	Haotong Li	-19	F	4
T10	Marco Penge	-19	F	4
T10	Max Greyserman	-19	F	4
T15	Jackson Suber	-18	F	4
T15	Ben Kohles	-18	F	4
T17	Blades Brown	-17	F	4
T17	Peter Malnati	-17	F	4
T17	Austin Smotherman	-17	F	4
T17	Doug Ghim	-17	F	4
T17	Andrew Novak	-17	F	4
T22	Steven Fisk	-16	F	4
T22	John Parry	-16	F	4
T24	Austin Eckroat	-15	F	4
T24	Zach Bauchou	-15	F	4
T24	Michael Kim	-15	F	4
T24	Trace Crowe	-15	F	4
T24	Kevin Roy	-15	F	4
T24	Webb Simpson	-15	F	4
T24	Kevin Yu	-15	F	4
T24	Mackenzie Hughes	-15	F	4
T24	Eric Cole	-15	F	4
T33	Justin Lower	-14	F	4
T33	Ben Martin	-14	F	4
T33	Jeremy Paul	-14	F	4
T33	Tyler Duncan	-14	F	4
T33	Gordon Sargent	-14	F	4
T33	Chad Ramey	-14	F	4
T39	Karl Vilips	-13	F	4
T39	Adam Svensson	-13	F	4
T39	Adam Hadwin	-13	F	4
T39	Rico Hoey	-13	F	4
T43	Ben Silverman	-12	F	4
T43	Billy Horschel	-12	F	4
T43	Troy Merritt	-12	F	4
T43	Pontus Nyholm	-12	F	4
T43	Adam Schenk	-12	F	4
T43	Takumi Kanaya	-12	F	4
T43	Paul Peterson	-12	F	4
T43	Hayden Springer	-12	F	4
T43	Vince Whaley	-12	F	4
T43	Corey Conners	-12	F	4
T53	Zac Blair	-11	F	4
T53	Chandler Phillips	-11	F	4
T53	Davis Chatfield	-11	F	4
T53	Tyler Watts	-11	F	4
T57	Nick Taylor	-10	F	4
T57	Stephan Jaeger	-10	F	4
T57	Dylan Wu	-10	F	4
T57	Isaiah Salinda	-10	F	4
T57	Pi Coody	-10	F	4
T62	Patton Kizzire	-9	F	4
T62	William Mouw	-9	F	4
T62	Jonathan Byrd	-9	F	4
T62	Hank Lebioda	-9	F	4
T66	Brice Garnett	-8	F	4
T66	Harry Higgs	-8	F	4
T66	Chandler Blanchet	-8	F	4
T66	Andrew Putnam	-8	F	4
T70	Will Gordon	-6	F	4
T70	Cam Davis	-6	F	4
T70	Lucas Glover	-6	F	4
T73	Cameron Champ	-4	F	4
T73	Michael Thompson	-4	F	4
75	David Skinns	-1	F	4
76	Nick Dunlap	E	F	4
CUT	Beau Hossler	-2	F	2
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-2	F	2
CUT	Kevin Streelman	-2	F	2
CUT	Aaron Wise	-2	F	2
CUT	Tom Hoge	-2	F	2
CUT	Patrick Fishburn	-2	F	2
CUT	Nick Hardy	-2	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	-2	F	2
CUT	Keita Nakajima	-2	F	2
CUT	Spencer Oxendine	-2	F	2
CUT	Joel Dahmen	-1	F	2
CUT	David Lipsky	-1	F	2
CUT	Mark Hubbard	-1	F	2
CUT	Taylor Pendrith	-1	F	2
CUT	Brendon Todd	-1	F	2
CUT	Kristoffer Ventura	-1	F	2
CUT	Jeffrey Kang	-1	F	2
CUT	Fabián Gómez	E	F	2
CUT	David Ford	E	F	2
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	E	F	2
CUT	Ryo Hisatsune	E	F	2
CUT	Taylor Moore	E	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	E	F	2
CUT	A.J. Ewart	E	F	2
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	E	F	2
CUT	Austin Duncan	E	F	2
CUT	Luke List	+1	F	2
CUT	Davis Riley	+1	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+1	F	2
CUT	Max McGreevy	+2	F	2
CUT	Denny McCarthy	+2	F	2
CUT	Luke Clanton	+2	F	2
CUT	Davis Thompson	+3	F	2
CUT	Mac Meissner	+3	F	2
CUT	Jesper Svensson	+3	F	2
CUT	Keller Harper	+3	F	2
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	+3	F	2
CUT	Camilo Villegas	+4	F	2
CUT	Kevin Kisner	+4	F	2
CUT	Henrik Norlander	+4	F	2
CUT	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	+4	F	2
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	+5	F	2
CUT	Jimmy Stanger	+5	F	2
CUT	Kensei Hirata	+5	F	2
CUT	Nico Echavarria	+6	F	2
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	+6	F	2
CUT	Tony Finau	+7	F	2
CUT	Ryan Brehm	+7	F	2
CUT	Carson Bertagnole	+7	F	2
CUT	Phillip Yribarren	+9	F	2
CUT	Robert Streb	+9	F	2
CUT	Tyler Jones	+11	F	2
CUT	Brendan Valdes	+12	F	2
CUT	Morgan Deneen	+13	F	2
WD	Rasmus Højgaard	-	-
WD	Lanto Griffin	-	-

Takeaway

Watch Viktor Hovland’s takeaway. Notice anything?

‘One-piece takeaway’ is wrong. Pros start the swing with this move instead

This nerdy graph reveals a terrible golf swing takeaway mistake. Here’s how to avoid it

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