It’s been three weeks since the jolt came about my golf club closing. Enough time for some of the film to develop. Enough time for some prospecting for a new course. Enough time to get really, really mad and then cool down. And, enough time to realize I had witnessed a Greek tragedy up close
Yesterday, it happened, the perfect golf shot…
Ok, I’ve hit a lot of “perfect” golf shots in my life, but this one was different. I’ve been working hard on making changes to my swing. I’ve changed my…. This is going to be a long list… My setup My grip My posture My knee flex My weight distribution My weight shift My takeaway
The proof of the pudding is in the eating!
The Rotary Swing and the instruction provided by Chuck Quinton is the way to go… period. I have taken lessons from professionals my whole life and have never really noticed any improvement after any of them. Always hitting the ball the same and shooting the same scores. Every year I have the same goal in
A Death in the Family (sort of)
I received an e-mail on Monday from the Head Pro at our home course. The title was one word, “Closing.” With all the suddenness of an accident our course had closed, effective immediately. No warning. Gone. The principal owner died. The partners said, “Close it.” It’s a tough pill to swallow. This was a course
Rotary Swing 1.0 vs Rotary Swing 2.0 – Some Differences
To explain all the differences would take a while, so I’m just going to point out a few here that can be seen to help you guys moving along while we prepare to shoot the DVD. The images on the right are from 2005 and the images on the left are from today. At address,
397 Yard Drive Today – 13th at Sugarloaf Mountain
It was a cool day today, around 60 degrees this morning and windy. The 13th hole at Sugarloaf is a hole that is flat until around 250 yards and then starts going downill a bit until around 300 yards where it starts to significantly go downhill. It’s a 507 yard par 4 that was playing
Rotary Swing 2.0 Takes a Turn to Revolutionize Golf Instruction
Last week, I spent four days working with Alison Thietje of Motion Memory Golf in St. Louis, MO. Alison and I had been talking about teaming up because our ideas of the swing are so incredibly similar, but approached from two different angles. I’m primarily concerned with sending the ball to the target with the
This will NOT be a winter of discontent
Well the golf season is slowing working its way to an end for me. I live in the southern VA area and we are getting the occasional 60* day still but the season is basically over. Normally the onset of cold weather has me feeling a little down and restless because I can’t play golf
Rotary Swing 2.0 – Lesson 1
So, I’ve been working on the Rotary Swing 2.0 concepts into my lessons and wanted to share with you some video of the first official “Rotary Swing 2.0″ lesson that I gave. He is a high handicapper, as evident by the first two baseline swings you can see in the video. His posture at address
Finally played golf today…
I’ve been working hard on the changes and been busy teaching, so it was nice today to get out and actually play golf. Yesterday, I was doing the first day of a mini 2 day clinic for a couple of students and in the afternoon we went out and played 9 holes. This was the
Made Progress with the Driver
It’s far from where I want to be, but, it’s progress. These swings were taken about an hour a part. The photos on the left are the baseline swing (embarrassingly horrible) are the baseline swings and the swings on the right are after some video work. I post the baseline swing because it is SOOO
112 mph 8 Iron – Breaking the Speed Limit
My “300 Workouts” have left me with a lot of confidence that while making a controlled swing I can get into many of the positions I want, but the problem is that it’s a controlled swing. By controlled, I mean that when I practice and film I’m often swinging between 60% and 70% of full
Hindsight is 20/20 in Golf
Today, I’m working on another view after Alison requested a swing of mine from this angle. This is a great angle to see just how the key muscles of the backside to the Rotary Swing 2.0 are working. I have some really bad habits in my golf swing that I’m learning to break with Alison’s
Final round observations
Well, I went trick or treating on the course, and pulled a trick and it worked out a treat! I belong to a little 9 hole club. The weather was gorgeous for the end of October (60°F and sunny) and so I headed out for what is very likely the last 18 of the year.
Today’s Tournament….
Played in my club’s weekly tournament and had another step forward in my journey. Now my score doesn’t reflect how well I feel I played (82) but it was 44* degrees when I teed off and I didn’t get into the sun until about the 7th hole. I got on the bogey train for those
