IRVING, Texas ” Byron Nelson’s mechanics were so perfect that the U.S. Golf Association nicknamed its robotic swing device the “Iron Byron.” He was such a Masters icon that Augusta ...

Rules Throwback: Sweet Swinging MachineIron Byron was the USGA’s original mechanical golfer used for testing golf clubs and balls. The device was purchased in 1972 and was officially retired in 2004 ...

And if the Iron Byron golf simulator machine is on one side of the technical vs. feel discussion, then free-swinging Bubba Watson is on the other.

He realized that few people were studying the golf swing in-depth. By 2013, he opened his lab to players seeking to master their mechanics.