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Your Golf Swing Is Good Enough

If you watch the Golf Channel or readthe average golfer but it may be true
any of the magazines and books on golf,for all golfers as well. There is loads
it will be very hard for you to miss theof evidence on the pro tours that the
basic theme that "There is a perfectones making the money are those best at
swing and you will do the most for yourchipping and putting. The golf research
game by trying to get it". Even when youguru himself, Dave Pelz, actually
watch a tournament on TV, you see thefollowed tour players around for years
commentators participate in thistaking detailed statistics and he proved
conspiracy by showing us frame-by-frameit (see his book, My Short Game Bible).
analysis of the pro and critiquing hisIn addition to that, there are too many
her every move. Now, maybe we can givepros to list that admit that their swing
the TV guys a break because they areis not "technically correct" or maybe
just trying for some entertainment valuenot even very good...BUT THEY WIN
and let's face it, most of us areTOURNAMENTS! Look at Jim Furyk, 2003
interested in the details of the swingU.S. Open winner. He actually has a big
because we've been brainwashed by yearsloop in his backswing. Lee Trevino
of this theme.For many years, I too wasalways told people that they should not
a "swing zombie" in my quest to improvecopy his swing. Even Jack Nicklaus says
my golf game. I even participated with ain his books that he wasn't a very good
group of golfers that all had ourball striker. Bruce Lietzke has won
swings videotaped and then we critiquedtournaments on the PGA and Senior tours
each other in a classroom setting. Theplaying his left-to-right shot his whole
feedback I received from all of uscareer - And he says he rarely
watching my swing ran from "very smooth"practices! On top of that, the tours are
to "way off-kilter". Everybody had alittered with past champions that
differing opinion of many of the swingstotally lost their game AFTER they tried
that we watched and at least for me, itto change it for the better. And now
only confused me more.In my youngerthey are begging their sports
years, I had a typical amateur slicepsychologist to help them "find" their
swing that obviously came out of myold swing.I have talked to PGA golf
years of playing baseball and softball.instructors that say it's their clients
In those days, I would just aim for thethat want the swing advice (just like I
left edge of any fairway and I coulddid) even when they recommend working
count on the ball moving left to right,some other part of their game first. So
at worst ending up in the right roughmaybe it's our own fault in creating the
but usually hitting the fairway. Icurrent situation where average scores
enjoyed playing golf those days but Iof amateurs have not dropped one stroke
always felt that something was missing.in the last 50 years despite the
So when I could finally afford it,Iadvances in equipment technology. Now
decided to take a set of lessons from adon't get me wrong, if you are a total
pro. Of course I told him that I wantedbeginner, maybe you should start out
to get rid of my slice swing and hewith learning the basics of the golf
asked me back "are you sure?". Thisswing with a lesson. But if you're
answer kind of shocked me but he was ahitting it solid most of the time, you
very good instructor and by the end ofare good to go for a real scoring quest
the lessons, I was able to hit the ballas more swing advice is not the quickest
out of bounds both ways, left and right.way for you to drop your score. There is
I figured that it would just be a matterjust so much more that you can do, on
of time until I "dialed" in to hittingand off the course, that will pay you
it straight. To make the story short, 5back in saved strokes for far less time
years later and I was still "dialing"spent than "fixing" your swing. Most of
and getting wrong numbers (ob, jail,us have precious little free time that
water,no score improvement,we can work to improve our games so why
etc.).Looking back, I honestly believenot work on that which will give us the
now that if I had stuck with my old leftgreatest bang for our (time) buck?And
to right swing and just used the rest ofso, let me be the first to make a pledge
what I learned from the pro, that Ito the golf spirit inside me (I always
would have improved significantly. Why?thought that golf is like religion):
Because I was a typical golfer and not a"I for one, do solemnly swear that I
12 handicapper trying to become awill not pay attention to any swing
single-digiter (a good golfer trying toadvice of any sort until I can score in
become a great one). Studies have shownthe 70's consistently with the swing I
that the overwhelming majority ofhave (and maybe not even then)".Visit
amateur golfers shoot in the 90's orCraig Sigl's website at: It is
above for men and it's over 100 fordedicated to score improvement for
women. If you are in that group, thengolfers with little time to practice.
you really should be working on parts ofDownload free ebook "How you can play
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and effort spent. This would primarilyEcourse with golf instruction tips from
be in the area of the short game and thea major pro, articles on golf equipment
mental game.This is absolutely true forand free golf games.



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