André Rennes

1 Executive summary

2 Ball flight — range screen

Metric	André today	6-Iron #1 (Oct 6)	LPGA Tour avg	PGA Tour avg
Ball speed	107 mph ★	103 mph	109 mph	127 mph
Carry	146 yds ★	140 yds	152 yds	183 yds
Flat carry	144 yds	—	—	—
Total	150 yds ★	149 yds	—	—
Launch angle	20°	23°	17.1°	14.1°
Apex	81 ft (27 yds)	87 ft (29 yds)	25 yds	30 yds
Landing angle	44°	46°	46°	50°
Curve	17 ft	11 ft	—	—
Hang time	5.6 s	5.7 s	—	—
Proximity	99 ft	53 ft	—	—

Club speed isn't on the screen: at a typical iron smash of ~1.38–1.40, 107 mph of ball speed means about 76–78 mph of club speed, right around the LPGA average (78 mph). The apex label is partly hidden by a shadow, so 81 ft is read from its place in the standard tile layout. The curve arrow looks like it points right, but it's small on the screen, so the direction is tentative. Proximity depends on the target chosen, so it says little about the swing.

What it means: Ball speed is 4 mph above 6-iron #1 and 2 mph under the LPGA average. The flight itself is in good shape: the 27-yard apex is above the LPGA average (25) and close to the PGA Tour's (30), and the 44° landing is close to the LPGA 46°, so the ball stops quickly (4 yards of roll). The launch (20°) is still about 3° above the LPGA average, but 3° lower than in report #1. The carry is about 6 yards short of the LPGA 152. With the shape already good, the clearest gain is a little more speed from cleaner contact.

3 Timing & tempo — measured from the video

30 frames per second, so each time is accurate to about ±0.03 s. Takeaway starts at 8.30 s, the top is at 8.90 s, and impact is at about 9.13 s.

Tour figure: John Novosel, Tour Tempo. One frame either way moves the ratio between ~2.3:1 and ~3:1, mostly because the downswing is only 7 frames long.

What it means: The 2.6:1 ratio is the closest to the tour 3:1 in his 6-iron logbook (both earlier swings were ~2:1). The backswing (0.60 s) is at the top of his earlier range, and the downswing (0.23 s) is at the quick end of it, a bit quicker than the tour's 0.27 s. Getting closer to 3:1 would come from a slightly more patient backswing, not a slower downswing.

4 The reference frame — how this swing was measured

• Grid: each square is about 5 inches (about 46 px, from a scale of 9.22 px per inch). It's scaled from his body size in the frame, so treat distances as ±1 inch.
• Vertical and horizontal center lines (light green): fixed references for balance, spine and height.
• Two corner diagonals (green): they cross at the frame's center and give a fixed perspective scaffold.
• Depth rays (yellow, dashed): drawn from the vanishing point of the two target-line sticks, near the horizon. Anything that moves along these rays is moving toward the target (into the picture), not sideways. The short red stick across the feet line was not used for the rays.
• Address references: the white line is the top of the cap and the light-green line is the back of the head. The red trail is the head path and the yellow trail is the hands' path, frame by frame.
• Body points were tracked automatically on every frame (120 frames, 7.0–11.0 s), then checked by eye at each key position.

5 Swing sequence

Nine key positions, filmed down-the-line from behind the hands. Address is at 8.20 s, impact at 9.13 s and the finish at 9.90 s. The target is straight into the picture.

Photos are numbered in the order they happen in the swing. The frames follow the standard swing positions.

6 Position-by-position biomechanics

Club check

The clubhead sole was shown to the camera at 16.0–18.0 s, after the swing. It carries a stamped 6 with a short bar underneath. The bar marks the bottom of the number, so it's an upright 6, not an upside-down 9, the same badge read in 6-iron #2. Logged as the 6-Iron. The numbers fit as well: 146 carry, 107 mph and 20° launch are right for a 6-iron.

Photo 1 — Address Good

• Tall, relaxed posture: knees flexed, arms hanging, hands just ahead of the ball.
• Feet set along the red stick, with the target sticks marking the line.
• Cap top on the white line and back of the head on the light-green line: the starting reference for every frame after.

Photo 2 — Takeaway Head sinks

• Hands, arms and club leave together, with the hands about 7 in from their address spot.
• The head is already about 5 in lower than at address and ~2.5 in toward the ball line. The dip starts right here.
• Hips are about 1.5 in away from the ball and ~1 in higher: no sway.

Photo 3 — Lead arm parallel Good width

• Wide arc, lead arm across the chest and wrists setting on time (hands ~26 in from the address spot).
• The hips keep turning back, about 2 in away from the ball line, not sliding in.
• The head is still about 5 in lower than at address.

Photo 4 — Top Good turn

• Full shoulder turn with the hands high and the club pointing up, a compact top (hands ~43 in from the address spot).
• The head comes back up to about 2.6 in below address, ~3.3 in toward the ball line (see depth note).
• Hips about 1.9 in away from the ball and only ~0.7 in higher.

Photo 5 — Arm parallel (down) Good

• The lower body leads: the hips stay about 1 in back and rise only ~0.6 in while the hands drop (~15 in from the address spot).
• The head dips again here, to about 4.9 in below address.

Photo 6 — Delivery Solid

• Hands within about 5 in of their address spot, arms in front of the chest, clubhead trailing behind the hands.
• Head about 5.6 in below address and ~2 in toward the ball line.

Photo 7 — Impact Watch the head

• Hands return to their address spot (within ~0.5 in).
• Head is ~6.5 in lower than at address and ~1.6 in toward the ball line, deeper than the ~5 in of 6-iron #2.
• Hips hold their depth (about 1 in away from the ball, ~0.9 in up): no early extension, same good sign as 6-iron #2.

Photo 8 — Release Full extension

• Both arms extend toward the target and the chest keeps turning (hands ~10 in from the address spot).
• Head stays down and quiet (about 7.6 in below address, the lowest point of the swing). Hips are still about 2 in back, turning rather than pushing toward the ball.

Photo 9 — Finish Excellent

• Tall and balanced on the lead leg, trail foot up on its toe, chest facing the target.
• The head is about 4.8 in above its address height and the hips have moved ~3.9 in forward: he stood up through the finish.

Overlay — head at address, top and impact

Depth note: from behind, the head's 1.6–3.3 inch sideways shift sits partly along the depth rays, so it's a mix of 'toward the ball' and 'toward the target', and one camera can't split the two. With the hips holding their depth, the head's drop probably comes from the upper body and knees, not the hips. A face-on clip of the next swing will settle both (see the next capture).

7 Where the 6-iron sits in the bag

Heads-up: the 6-iron carried only 2 yards more than the 7-iron (146 vs 144) and totaled just 3 more (150 vs 147), even with 3 mph more ball speed and a 2° lower launch. Below it, the 5-iron carries 13 yards further (159). The 6-iron/7-iron gap is the one to watch: it's best to repeat both clubs before judging, since each club has only one or two reports.

8 Diagnosis

9 Next steps — keep it simple

10 Limitations & next capture

• One swing is a snapshot. The ball readout is taken as this swing's, as it's the screen shown in the same clip.
• Spin and club speed aren't on the screen, so club speed is estimated. The apex label is hidden by a shadow and the curve arrow is small, so apex and curve direction are tentative.
• Distances come from a grid scaled to his body in the frame. His real height would make the scale exact.
• From behind, depth (toward the target) mixes with sideways motion. That's exactly what the depth rays flag.

Next capture: Next capture, to sharpen the reference frame: (1) the same down-the-line spot, plus (2) a face-on clip at chest height, square to the feet stick, (3) 3–5 balls for an average, (4) the range screen filmed a bit closer, so every label and the curve arrow are readable, and (5) André's height, to lock the grid scale.