AMERICAN CENTURY CHAMPIONSHIP

July 13, 2024

Peter Jacobsen

Edgewood Tahoe

Quick Quotes

THE MODERATOR: Talking with Peter Jacobsen about the best swings out here. Of all the swings out here, give me a top 10 of all the players, all the celebs.

PETER JACOBSEN: I know a golf swing, your score is the most important thing. You have guys in the game with odd-looking swings that are in the hall of fame, guys like Lee Trevino. And I remember Hubert Green had a different-looking swing.

But I think the best-looking swing, technically, out here, is Michael Pena. He would be number one for me.

But when you start looking down the line, I think Adam Thielen has got a great action. So does Joe Pavelski. Derek Lowe is right up there, too. And I think John Smoltz, I know he hasn't won here, but he's technically really, really good.

Jack Wagner, Jack Wagner looks like and plays like a tour pro. And I think Romo, Romo had a bad day yesterday, but I think Tony Romo, he works with a guy that works with TOUR players, Chris O'Connell, so I think there's so many aspects of Romo's game that makes him look like a TOUR pro.

But the one thing that happens with a lot of these celebrities, they let all the details get in their head. They start thinking about all the little things that TOUR players don't.

They think about their hand position at the top. They think about their right leg and the backswing. They think about their elbow coming through, things that are totally unnecessary. And I think that comes from going low.

But those are the guys that have really great swings.

Q. What do you think about Annika?

PETER JACOBSEN: It's hard to put Annika in there. I mean, I'm talking about celebrity players. Annika is a real player. Annika is a hall of famer, the best female player in the game.

Mardy Fish is one of the guys that, he works a lot with Nicklaus, he plays a lot with Nicklaus, and he's got a great action -- again, can score.

I think Mulder is also a guy, I think he gets a little bit upright. But I would put them in the top 10, top 15 of guys out here.

You can't put Annika in there because she's too good. She does it for a living.