Off the tee · Driver
What is Nelly Korda's swing tempo?
Nelly Korda's 2023 driver is a 0.94s backswing into a 0.30s downswing, a 3.13:1 tempo ratio over 1.24s 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.
0.94s
Backswing
0.30s
Downswing
1.24s
Total duration
3.13:1
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
0.94s
Top of backswing
1.24s
Impact
Source footage: 2023. Raw marks: takeaway 0s, top 0.94s, impact 1.24s.
The shot
Nelly Korda, 2023, driver: 0.94s back and 0.30s down, a 3.1:1 tempo over 1.24 seconds.
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 3.13:1, 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 3.13:1.
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.
