I taught history and coached basketball for thirty years. John Wooden of UCLA fame never went to a practice without at least a notecard or two on which he had written down what he wanted to accomplish. Now, I coach myself golf, and I do the note card thing. Organization is important. You have...
Does anyone select their golf equipment based upon which pros use them? I think I got a Stan Musial baseball glove back in Little League days (early 1950's) because I liked Stan the Man. I take my golf a whole lot more seriously. I have to feel good with it, and I could not care less what pro...
Hank Haney and all the others who talked about the nine shots in golf are still correct to present those nine shots. In general, folks teaching how to produce those nine shots were sort of correct, but they blew it by over-stressing the impact of clubhead path and under-stressing the impact of...
OK, folks, you've done it! "Asked" about new ball flight rules and ended up at a site done by a fellow named Mann (Jeff?). As of now, I take back most of what I have said that was critical of Shawn Foley. As someone said in their post, it matters a lot when you hit down on a shot. It also...
White Tiger, if you were to do the same experiment as I described, and the ball did what I described it doing, would you think that somehow you were incapable of swinging at a target with closed, a square, and an open face? You gave it a really great try, but I have faith that John Jacobs has...
Of course, to be honest, there are different methods of producing various shot shapes. One common one is to place the clubface squarely on line with the target. If you want a slice, you open your stance and swing along your foot line. Or to get a hook, you put the clubface squarely on line...
When your method of hitting a draw is to aim right with a closed clubface, you have a new target. It is a whole different animal from the straight line from ball to, lets say, the pin. If you like your club shaft parallel to the target line at the top of your swing, certainly you do not still...
Duh, you really mean that the ball is not moving? Yes, that would make a difference. I believe Newton had more than one law.
Anyway, I just got in from hitting some forty yard five irons in the front yard. I aimed at the tree at the end of that forty yards. First I lined up with the...
I think the worse thing I have done is a poor job of describing what Shawn Foley was trying to say. I found nothing startling about his "new insights." I think some of you and me are on the exact same page. I also think that lots of folks close their clubface too much to ever get a nice little...
An object at rest tends to stay at rest. If it is struck by an instrument , the head of which is traveling in a certain direction, the direction that head is traveling will have some impact on what direction the object at rest will start to move. The head on that implement does have a face...
Hey, I tried, but I came up a little short. But if what you folks are saying is correct about clubface at impact and how it interacts with the clubhead path, I am a God. I have the shot that goes right with the face closed and then it bends dramatically to the left. That ball is not going...
Good instruction from the very beginning is so important. Unfortunately, getting a professional instructor is not always going to mean you will get what you pay for. Some courses will have three or four instructors, and the head pro almost always charges the most. Over half the time, the head...
I do not want to be accused of beating farks out of a dead mule, but Foley made no startling discovery. When one is playing a draw/hook, I do not see any need to be concerned with the line from the ball to the intended target (the target line). The line that matters is the line you want to hit...
Yes, I said that I find different kinds of golf balls and I do use them. However, I only buy Bridgestone Tour B330 RX golf balls. If I am going to play in a tournament or some important match, I only play that ball. On the practice green, I only putt, chip, and pitch with that ball. Somewhere...
Warbird, you said the Bridgestone was a great ball but too expensive, and then you called it a flop with horrible feel. I was recommended the same ball. It has a different feel/sound to it, but I have come to really like this ball, especially around and on the greens Yes, they are expensive...
I have Project X, 5.5, in my Mizuno MP-58 irons, 4-pw, and Cleveland 52* gap wedge. I like the TT Spinners in the Cleveland 56* and 60* wedges. I have Project X, 5.5, graphite (Blue) in my Ping G15 driver and Tour Exotic 4-wood and 4 hybrid. I have nothing but praise for these Project X...
If you put a board or a box about two inches beyond your ball and parallel to your target line, this will cure a shank. You will hit the box or board with a shank swing. Eventually, your swing will come from the inside, be square at impact, and then the clubface will close and move to the inside...
I got a sleeve of them too. I had told Titleist that I usually play Bridgestone Tour B330-RX balls. I tried to do the evaluation according to the guide-lines given. I had the course pretty much to myself, and I hit two drives with the Titleist proto-type and two with my Bridgestone on every...
Warbird is correct about brauts and beer. He gave us his way of cooking brauts a long time ago. I tried it, and I will not tell you how many brauts I have prepared the Warbird way since then. Hard to go wrong with beer and onions. Cypress Perch