millsan1
I've figured this game out! Oh wait, no I haven't
I was watching some YouTube videos, and his name came up.
His instructing style and philosophy resonated with me.
He is the 2016 PGA National Teacher of the Year and a member of the World Golf Teachers Hall of Fame.
I looked him up and he teaches at a private course 5 minutes form my office.
I figured I would give him a try.
Went to the facility and warmed up.
He asked me to give him an overview of who I am as a golfer.
He then measured me, using his system, and he told me that my natural swing would be steeper and it would be more difficult to get in to out.
He watched me hit 1 ball, then described my game to me, and he was dead on all around. He told me what my good shots look like, what my miss was, what I work on to correct it, etc. It was crazy.
He then took me to a device he had. It was a pole in the ground, with a club on the end of another pole, hinging at both ends.
He had me swing with this device to get the feel of a proper in to out and layoff at the top.
We went back into the hitting bay and put those feels into use.
He adjusted my stance to more closed, which felt much more natural, used some interesting tools to get me feeling the right hand firing, and bango!
I was half swinging and hitting my normal distances, with a pretty little draw on it.
He then had me pick up the tempo, and I was absolutely nutting the ball. I was putting my 5h (165 club) out to 190+ with some 200s in there. Smash was 1.5 on most of them. The swing felt effortless, and that pretty little draw was there.
Now, I did push some, I did hook some, but we analyzed why and how to correct.
Top notch instructor, who taught me cold, with no knowledge of my game, etc, and made an immediate improvement.
Of course I have to take this to the range and bring it into my game, but very impressed overall.
It was a pricey lesson, but well worth it in my mind.
His instructing style and philosophy resonated with me.
He is the 2016 PGA National Teacher of the Year and a member of the World Golf Teachers Hall of Fame.
I looked him up and he teaches at a private course 5 minutes form my office.
I figured I would give him a try.
Went to the facility and warmed up.
He asked me to give him an overview of who I am as a golfer.
He then measured me, using his system, and he told me that my natural swing would be steeper and it would be more difficult to get in to out.
He watched me hit 1 ball, then described my game to me, and he was dead on all around. He told me what my good shots look like, what my miss was, what I work on to correct it, etc. It was crazy.
He then took me to a device he had. It was a pole in the ground, with a club on the end of another pole, hinging at both ends.
He had me swing with this device to get the feel of a proper in to out and layoff at the top.
We went back into the hitting bay and put those feels into use.
He adjusted my stance to more closed, which felt much more natural, used some interesting tools to get me feeling the right hand firing, and bango!
I was half swinging and hitting my normal distances, with a pretty little draw on it.
He then had me pick up the tempo, and I was absolutely nutting the ball. I was putting my 5h (165 club) out to 190+ with some 200s in there. Smash was 1.5 on most of them. The swing felt effortless, and that pretty little draw was there.
Now, I did push some, I did hook some, but we analyzed why and how to correct.
Top notch instructor, who taught me cold, with no knowledge of my game, etc, and made an immediate improvement.
Of course I have to take this to the range and bring it into my game, but very impressed overall.
It was a pricey lesson, but well worth it in my mind.