They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but that's not exactly true when it comes to tour player swings. A golf swing is a complex combination of moving elements, and how those elements work together separates major champions from 90-shooters. We asked Golf Digest 50 Best Teacher Mike Jacobs to help break down some close-up images of eight great players to explain what exactly you can see in the swing—and what's hidden below the surface.
Instruction
8 Tour Player Positions & What You Can Learn From Them
![Fairway Bunker Exit Strategy](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/22/5cbdd62e2763c2588f27b99e_Rory-1.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.1076.suffix/1573182511001.jpeg)
Richard Heathcote
Fairway Bunker Exit Strategy
Photo By: Richard Heathcote
![Splash It Out](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/22/5cbdd62ddf62bdf8def2536f_Furyk-2.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.1076.suffix/1573182507788.jpeg)
Sam Greenwood
Splash It Out
Photo By: Sam Greenwood
![Brace For Landing (Part 1)](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/22/5cbdd62ddf62bdfe88f2536d_tiger-3.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.1076.suffix/1573182508578.jpeg)
Sam Greenwood
Brace For Landing (Part 1)
Photo By: Sam Greenwood
![Brace For Landing (Part 2)](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/22/5cbdd62ddf62bdea65f2536b_Koepka-4.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.1292.suffix/1573182506170.jpeg)
Sam Greenwood
Brace For Landing (Part 2)
Photo By: Sam Greenwood
![Choke Up](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/22/5cbdd62c31fa129dafae6179_Henderson-5.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.615.suffix/1573182502879.jpeg)
Jonathan Ferrey
Choke Up
Photo By: Jonathan Ferrey
![There Is No One Swing (Part 1)](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/22/5cbdd62cdf62bdeb3cf25369_Langer-7.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.689.suffix/1573182506961.jpeg)
Michael Reaves
There Is No One Swing (Part 1)
Photo By: Michael Reaves
![There Is No One Swing (Part 2)](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/22/5cbdd62c2763c2a4cd27b99c_Stenson-7.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.861.suffix/1573182502082.jpeg)
David Cannon
There Is No One Swing (Part 2)
Photo By: David Cannon
![Relative Turn](http://golfdigest.sports.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/2019/04/22/5cbdd854c225e95a6ec9b427_Fowler-8.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.861.861.suffix/1573182509383.jpeg)
David Cannon
Relative Turn
Photo By: David Cannon