I was in the yard the other day, praciticing Move 1 with a folding mirror. It would, I often muse, be easy to dismiss the takeaway as a mystery of the universe. But, determination is wonderfully oblivious. In a full sweat I was doing takeaways in slow motion, over and over and over. Out of
Of Father’s Day and Golf
Numerous times today the broadcasters at the US Open will discuss golf and Father’s Day. In the collective national memory, we are supposed to have many fond memories of schlepping around the course with Dear Old Dad. Of course, that’s not the case for all of us. I only have one. Pop has been gone
Reality Check…This is a tough one to post
This past weekend I slammed smack dead into that wall called reality. I played in the Virginia State Amateur qualifier at Kingsmill on their woods course (not the River that the LPGA plays on) and to be kind to myself it was not pretty. I have got my handicap index down to 7.3 from a
Why Hank Haney Failed with Charles Barkley on The Golf Channel
First off, allow me to say that I have a great deal of respect for Hank Haney’s ideas around swing plane. The idea of parallel planes is an original idea in my opinion that I had not heard before Haney, so I give him credit with the idea. That being said, his idea that he
Great Swing! Lesson Learned – Mushin Still The Way
I hear “Great looking swing!” quite a lot. I’ve worked hard on it and know all the hours it’s taken and the literal sweat and grime it’s taken to build what I have. I’m proud of that work, it’s sort of a badge of honor. My swing has never been in better positions nor have
Another spring, another season
Spring has sprung in the Great White North! I’ve managed to get a handful of rounds under my belt after a long winter of Rotary Swing Tour drills. Normally my round progression works from high 90′s/low 100′s for the first couple months of the Central Canadian season, followed by low 90′s and the odd dip
First Tournament of the year….
Well the tournament season started for this Rotary swinger on Tuesday the 21st and unfortunately it didn’t go as well as planned. Not too bad but not the results me and my partner were hoping for, we carded an 81 in the VA state 4 ball qualifier, I am an 8 handicap and my partner
6 Months and Counting…
It’s been a little over 6 months since I embarked on changing my golf swing to the Rotary Swing Tour model based on Anatomical Absolutes. It’s been an incredibly exciting, challenging, fun and frustrating experience all rolled into one. The exciting part has been seeing my swing in positions that I’ve never seen before and
Newest Addition to the Rotary Swing Golf Academy
To steal the words of the great Tiger Woods, “Hello world!” I can’t even begin to express my excitement and enthusiasm as I begin this journey down the path to the truth about the golf swing. I won’t bore everyone here with a second rendition of my biography, if you truly need to check my
Late Winter
I came home from night work late one day last week. Daylight had broken. It was cold. Bitter. A North wind was blowing down straight from the Arctic. The bare trees moaned under the assault. It was early March and winter was still in control. Our little creek was still frozen as it had been
Rotary Swing Backswing Enhancements
Continuing to work on the evolution of refining the swing into the simplest set of moving parts on the planet. Here is the swing from my book “The Rotary Swing” on the left and the swing on the right is after working on the changes with the new 2.0 model. It’s clear to see that
Time to step up…This is what it’s all about
Today I am very nervous and very excited at the same time. The Viginia State Golf Association has posted it’s 2009 tournament schedule and now that there are actual dates for the tournaments that I want to play in I am both excited and nervous. I am excited b/c this is my very first step
