Off the tee · Driver
What is Jake Knapp's swing tempo?
Jake Knapp's 2025 driver is a 0.88s backswing into a 0.24s downswing, a 3.67:1 tempo ratio over 1.12s from takeaway to impact. That is slower through the backswing than the 3:1 ratio usually quoted for tour players. Timed by hand from tournament footage to 1/100 of a second.
0.88s
Backswing
0.24s
Downswing
1.12s
Total duration
3.67:1
Tempo ratio
The three marks
Every number above comes from these, and nothing else. Read off the footage by hand, in seconds from the start of the clip.
0.00s
Takeaway
0.88s
Top of backswing
1.12s
Impact
Source footage: 2025. Raw marks: takeaway 0s, top 0.88s, impact 1.12s.
The shot
Jake Knapp, 2025, driver: 0.88s back and 0.24s down, a 3.7:1 tempo over 1.12 seconds.
Jake Knapp's other swings
This is one of 2 of his swings timed here, and they do not all share a tempo, his ratio runs from 3.67:1 to 4.30:1depending on the club. All of Jake Knapp's tempos
How this compares to “3 to 1”
The rule of thumb says a tour backswing takes three times as long as the downswing. This one is 3.67:1, which is slower through the backswing than that. Across the whole library the swings run from 2.02:1 to 4.30:1, so 3:1 is an average of very different swings.
More hand-timed swings
Swing along to this 3.67:1.
Elite Tempo plays it as beats you can swing along to. Film your own swing, mark it the same way, and see how close you got.
