Approach · Iron
What is Jake Knapp's swing tempo?
Jake Knapp's 2025 iron is a 0.86s backswing into a 0.20s downswing, a 4.30:1 tempo ratio over 1.06s 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.
0.86s
Backswing
0.20s
Downswing
1.06s
Total duration
4.30:1
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
0.86s
Top of backswing
1.06s
Impact
Source footage: 2025. Raw marks: takeaway 0s, top 0.86s, impact 1.06s.
The shot
Jake Knapp, 2025, iron: 0.86s back and 0.20s down, a 4.3:1 tempo over 1.06 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 4.30:1, 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 4.30:1.
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.
