... or maybe even doing somersaults ... if he is looking down on this 49 year old, 17 handicapper, hacking up the beautiful green fields of Ireland - in pursuit of that golfing dream ... ( on the plus side, two local farmers have offered me lucrative terms to plough up their fields ...)
... this is a fantastic website ... and I bought the little yellow book ... could not make head nor tail of it ... read a thousand posts or so ... and eventually downloaded the videos to try and make progress ...
... it seems to me that Yoda, Tomasello, Doyle and Dietrich are all saying different things -- about the same thing ...
... the left hand ... Tomasello tells you it only moves one way - put your hand out in front of you vertically and turn it down facing the ground ... end of story ... Yoda says it is only used in a hammering-like motion ...
... Dietrich says you use a hammer-like motion with the right hand on the downswing ... others say you only fan the right hand backwards and forwards ...
... I cannot get the sound properly on Ben Doyle's videos, but I think he says to hit those little chips and punches with your hips - and he seems to be moving his knees -- others say the bottom of body is still and the hands do the work ...
... in the last minute of Tomasello's Hands video ... it looks to me like he is turning over his hands completely to the right on the takeaway -- if I did this the clubface would feel completely open and be facing the sky by the time I had it back to waist level ...
.. Hogan said you start the downswing with your left hip ... He is my hero and I believe him ... but I like the guys here too - even though they are saying different things ...
... I am trying to become a Golfing Machine - but am turning into a pathetic, demented, broken-down, non-recylcable widget ...
... today I stood over a ball for forty seconds ... with my mind in such a mess that I could not even figure out if I had a club in my hand -- let alone what I should be doing with it ... very sad ...
... thanks be to God I am a already a semi-alcoholic ... or this could drive me to drink ...
Homer Kelley's greatest gift to regular golfers (tour guys too), is that he showed that ANY swing COULD work, IF it had THREE THINGS.
These are—
#1 - a sweetspot that traces a straight line
(to the golfer it looks like the clubhead makes a curved blur)
#2 - the pressure from that INERT sweetspot being FELT and SUSTAINED on a point, usually on the crook of the right forfinger.
(like dragging a wet mop)
#3 - CLUBFACE CONTROL via a FLAT LEFT WRIST, making one of three motions through the ball: Closing only, Laying back and Closing, or just laying back
(full roll, no roll or reverse roll to the golfer)
This is why my dear old dad was a 6, even thoughh he aimed way left and spun even further that way through the ball.
This is why Jim Furyk is a US OPEN champ and Marty Fleckman isn't.
So, my friend, start somewhere.
Is the ball hit solid but curving off line?
FIX the clubface (#3)
Do you hit it straight but short and unsolid?
FIX the sweetpot lag pressure (#2)
And, by all means, learn to trace a straight plane line. You can do it with two $2 flashlights and some duck tape.
And one more thing—
Over the ball here is ALL YOU THINK about:
LOOK AT THE SPOT ON THE INSIDE-BACK OF THE BALL YOU WANT TO HIT ON THE WAY DOWN.
USE THE FEEL OF THAT SWEETSPOT ON YOUR RIGHT FORFINGER TO HIT THAT SPOT, HOWEVER HARD YOU NEED TO FOR THAT SHOT.
Hybrid Mode
