Zen,
Thanks That I have never seen. All kinds of shots.

Kel Nagle told me there was not a shot he couldn’t play. No, he said he had all the shots.

Hi Paul, wonder if you could please tell me about Dominators – who always seem to get the pace of play etc to their preference, usually racing! How to combat that tension to your advantage??

thanks

Maggie,

Racing should be no trouble, just make them wait.

Slow is unbeatable, you just have to wait.

It is hard to play with people you don’t like but it one of the games character builders.

You have to learn ball control, power control as well as environmental control; that includes partner and gallery.

I prefer the direct approach. Tell them your concern straight away. The may scoff but at least it is off your chest.

Tony Jacklin said to Lee Trevino that he did not want to talk during the round. Trevino said that’s OK, I will do all the talking.

thanks as ever, can you speak about attacking the course please – I’m wondering if that mindset moves you into a stronger role where other issues take back seat?

Hi Paul.
The numbness is setting in. What to do?

Paul,
Next time I see you, can I also get you to help me with my 3 wood off the deck?

Hi Paul.
The numbness is setting in. What to do?

I’m a golf tragic
VTPP # 661

Phil,

We did skip a date. You just have to put up with it.

Paul,
Next time I see you, can I also get you to help me with my 3 wood off the deck?

I’m a golf tragic
VTPP # 661

No sweat Phil but when the swing improves so do the shots. 3wd needs precise strike at low point. Your stability graph needs to improve; and it will.

Hi Paul.
The numbness is setting in. What to do?

I’m a golf tragic
VTPP # 661

Phil,

We did skip a date. You just have to put up with it.

For tuition in Sydney call Paul Hart (TheDart) 0412 070 820.

Terry Hill’s, St. Michael’s or Duntryleague Golf Club Orange

An official iseekgolf.com teaching panelist.

Thanks Paul. This princess will HTFU.

Paul,
Next time I see you, can I also get you to help me with my 3 wood off the deck?

I’m a golf tragic
VTPP # 661

No sweat Phil but when the swing improves so do the shots. 3wd needs precise strike at low point. Your stability graph needs to improve; and it will.

For tuition in Sydney call Paul Hart (TheDart) 0412 070 820.

Terry Hill’s, St. Michael’s or Duntryleague Golf Club Orange

An official iseekgolf.com teaching panelist.

Paul.
I can’t tell if there has been any improvement. I think there might be but I’m not sure. My handicap has come down so there have been some better scores.

I do have to be very careful with my short irons that I don’t hit them over the back of the green. However, there has been no change in distance with my mid and long irons. The mid-irons do sound a bit different (as do the short irons). Contact sounds a lot more solid.

And I’m still having trouble with my 3 wood and driver. It’s almost got to the stage where my 3 wood is going to be left at home and not allowed out of the garage.

Phil,

The improvement with the drills is bellow your level of consciousness. The graphs however see it all.

The short irons are the first to improve, then it spreads.

Any club that is not behaving at this time should be dropped until you feel easier.

It is not about struggle, it is about growing a new swing; like roses or something. They just grow when they grow. You can’t demand a tomato plant grows. You give it the right conditions. Conditions. Conditions. PST.

If you have to play with a seven iron for six months, do it.

But you get the idea. Work easy at the right technique. Then bull’s eye.

You simple must make a nice swing even if you miss the ball, until the ball gets in the way. Anything else is just hacking, and produces only hackers.

I think I’m a hacker from way back Paul. Lots of bad habits to change. Still, we’ve made a start.

Yes greeneye. A journey of a thousand miles, eh.

The next graphs will show what has changed in the last two months. It will not be much but it will have changed, if you have done the drills.

That is a high thing because golfers don’t change their basic pattern – their entire lives.

Congratulations in advance.

And baby steps at that

It is so nice to know if you are going in the right direction or not early. It saves a lot of wasted time.

and a lot of wasted energy and effort :)

You should be on single figures in six but feel like you are there in two. The last four are self image shifts.

THIS COULD BE TOTALLY WRONG. You could do it in one year. It depends on what fire you light in your mind or if you decide to do something different. It is nice to be free to choose.

If you want golf you can have it.

You should be on single figures in six but feel like you are there in two. The last four are self image shifts.

THIS COULD BE TOTALLY WRONG. You could do it in one year. It depends on what fire you light in your mind or if you decide to do something different. It is nice to be free to choose.

If you want golf you can have it.

For tuition in Sydney call Paul Hart (TheDart) 0412 070 820.

Terry Hill’s, St. Michael’s or Duntryleague Golf Club Orange

An official iseekgolf.com teaching panelist.

Funny you should mention that. I think I have already started to think of myself as a bogey golfer. Now it’s just a matter of the handicap catching up to my thinking. My ball striking with the irons seems a lot more solid. And I’m not missing quite as many drives as badly as I was before. I think I need to work on my short irons around the green and develop my skills in that area.

It’s all about working on the skills. Baby steps. Gradual improvement. Until all those little steps have added up to one giant leap.

See you on Sunday. :)

greeneye,

We will do a great job Sunday.

Paul Hart,hi mate ,hope all is well with you.
This is just a short post regarding a guy I played with today,he played with what I would describe a Mini J.Furyk swing.

His backswing was prolly no more than left arm parallell to ground and he simply looped his club at the top of his short swing to get to in to out on d/swing,not a real fast swing but you could see the club gaining momentum into impact..
Not overlong in length but still very competitive,he had a draw ball flight…........he buggered up a couple under pressure but that just made him human…lol….........he played off 8 so no slouch.

not much more to add,just thought i would share it,i was a tad envious as he certainly wasnt overswinging but all in all,a good little compact swing IMO….......cheers

Brownman,

I love to play around with that kind of action and have used versions with many pupils including my wife who got from 27 to14 at age 60.

It is a clumsy way to get the swing loaded against the body turn but can be very instructive then modified to look better. Hogan talks about it a lot.

I learned it from Lee Trevino when he said “if you don’t lay it off you can’t hit it. I had his figure 8 book and could see what it meant”.

It helps the upper body work but does not guarantee the lower body work or the precision required.

Every one should try it just to break up any fixed ideas that may be holding them back.

Hi Darty,
Thought I’d get back in here and get the thread back to the front page of the Ask A Pro section.
It was interesting to see the differences between the first two screenings (and the similarities).
Can you remember for the second set of graphs, which swing was it you sent off for analysis? Was it the first or the second of the two we selected as possibles? (i.e the fade or the draw)

G’day Paul.
Monthly medal day today. 89 off the stick, 68 nett. Lost another 0.5 off my handicap. Greens were verrrrry slow. Lots of rain last night, and they didn’t mow them this morning. As a result, I had 3×3-putts and one 4 putt. (I can’t remember the last 4 putt I had up till now.)

Had 5 GIR. My “played to” in Golflink ranges from 19 to 25, which is a much tighter grouping than before. So I definitely think that 18 is achievable before the end of this year.

For the next set of drills, for the plyometric swings, when it refers to heavy, medium and light is that the weight of the club that is being referred to? Can we do this by putting weighted rings on the club?

Greeneye,

Great score in that weather.

It was the last and best shot you hit, the draw. You can tell by the last graph

There are specially weighted shafts we can buy but use you sand iron for the heavy then 6 iron and 3 iron.

I wonder what Zen would suggest.