Mustard Golf: Swing Analysis

I’ve been using Mustard for about 3 months and can say that my game has slowly and steadily improved even though the appointed swing ratings have varied. The varying ratings are frustrating because the uploads are very limited to 1x/week and there’s no chance to correct a minor flaw or mistake immediately. Ideally, it would be better if the app allowed the user to find a steadily increasing trajectory of ratings from review to review. The app however does allow me to understand the weaker elements that I need to focus on allowing me to prevent from tinkering and losing too much of a good swing as a result of trying random fixes. I would also say it is quite difficult to achieve an overall rating above a low 8. There seems to be a lower body initiation/rotation move that is very difficult to prove to the AI scan. Posture, grip and alignment reviews are not a part of the swing model which is odd as they are integral to any good swing.

The app has potential, but there are a lot of flaws. Using a camera to analyze your swing you HAVE to have consistent set up. Camera angle is going to affect the analysis, position the camera too close to ball and it’ll make the shaft appear more shallow which is going to affect scores such as moment of truth. Speaking of moment of truth, the app has an awful time analyzing this. It’ll jump from top of the swing, to barely into transition, to close to where it is supposed to be. The app defines it as just before shaft reaches parallel on downswing but it has RARELY measured it by its on standard. I have seen all these scores and have used the app to measure pro swings. Seeing amateur swings scores and some of the scores I’ve got on pro swings says a lot. Ultimately love the concept, but you’re better off using an app that you can film yourself, draw lines, and do it slow motion.

I had a general idea of things I do poorly in my golf swing but the Mustard app really highlighted areas I need to work on and gave me drills to do that immediately made an impact. And you can do at least some version of all the drills in your house with a quarter-swing and still get the feeling of the movement pattern it is trying to reinforce. Also, the data on the swing overlays is amazing. I can’t wait to compare new swing videos to old ones as I (hopefully) get better!