Rafael Nadal's Remarkably Gross Golf Stroke Is The Epitome Of Swinging Your Swing
Throughout the history of planet Earth, there have been an estimated 108 billion people to ever live. Do you know how insane that number is? 108,000,000,000. It would take you over 100 years to even count that high.
While Rafael Nadal may be more known for his forehand on the tennis court, there are still only maybe 20 or so humans to ever live who had a better backhand than him. You could line all 108,000,000,000 people up and Rafa would be able to smoke a backhand better than 107,999,999,980 of them.
So if your backhand is that nasty on a tennis court, you might as well find a way to make it work on the golf course. It's crazy because you figure his forehand would lend itself to being able to pure the shit out of the ball lefty. But he took his two-hand backhand and turned it into his golf swing. It might look disgusting. It might make you feel physically ill just watching it. It makes Riggs' swing look like he's Fred Couples.
But it works.
There's a reason why golf scorecards only give you a tiny little square to write each of your scores in. You don't need to give a description of how the ball got to the hole. You don't need to paint any pictures. All that matters is how many times your club touched the ball before it went into the hole. Doesn't matter if every ball was hit as smooth as butter with the perfect amount of shape and speed, or if it's one of the more offensive swings you've ever seen in your life. All that matters in the end is the number. Or at the very least, "just put me down for a bogey there".