If these muscles are tight, then you will not be able to get into the proper positions in the swing, and as a result will have to make compensations. Not something that you want to start doing. Remember the rule of Cause and Effect? Well whatever happens has an equal and opposit reaction.
For example, if your hamstrings are tight, then your right leg will want to straighten as you coil to the top (Notice how Vijay has kept the flex in hist right knee as he has coiled to the top). If this happens, then you will have to make the necessary adjustment on the downswing. To check if your hamstrings are tight, grab a golf club in each hand and hold them three feet in front of you. This is to help you keep your balance.
With your right leg, take a step back two feet. From here, keeping your legs straight, you went to lower the upper body down as far as you can. If you can't get your upper body parallel to the ground, then you have a problem with your hamstrings. Does for both legs.
If you have tight hamstrings, then I want you to lie on the floor on your back, with one leg on the ground and the other in the air. Wrap a towel round the bottom of your foot and grab each end in your hands. Gradually straighten your leg against the towel and see how far you can go. Hold the stretch for thirty seconds and then repeat for the other side. You should do this twice for each leg and once per day if possible.
This is a great stretch and will soon have those hamstrings loose and you making a better swing in no time.
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