I love to play golf, I took the game up for fun in 1990 and played recreational for years. I played in a few local tournaments for fun but I always struggled to hit the golf ball where I wanted, it always seemed to go right or I would hook it badly when I tried to make some corrections.
UGH!
I never seemed to get any better, I hit balls at the driving range, I took lessons with a teaching pro, I worked hard on my short game. But I always seemed to hit several really bad shots that would cost me lots of strokes, I never played with confidence when I stood on the tee box preparing to hit a really important tee shot.
That all changed one afternoon when I played an 18 hole round of golf with an old buddy named Doc.
Doc was a golf buff his whole life, he had an extensive golf club collection as well as a bunch of old golf instruction manuals and other collectibles. Doc was a retired college professor who while off school in the summers played a lot of golf. At age 75 Doc was still very close to a "Scratch" golfer and was now planning to move to Arizona to retire and play golf in a warm weather climate. I was amazed at how well Doc could hit his golf shots, when i asked him how he did it he said " it's simple really, you just put the club on the back of the ball and it will go where you tell it to go".
Now after years of playing golf, years of struggling with my golf swing I should say, I had to ask. I said "Doc, you make it sound so simple but everyone I've asked before made it sound so complicated" That's when Doc took out an old, worn and tattered golf manual, Doc said "Here is something that will help you". A while Later I took out that manual and paged though it, it was old, written in 1912. But it focused on several timeless fundamentals, 4 fundamentals to be precise, that you MUST HAVE to be able to hit powerful and accurate golf shots. Here is what that old manual said...
1. Develop a fundamentally sound grip
2. Set up to the ball properly
3. Make a good shoulder turn
4. Proper development of LEVERAGE! This is the one that most golfers never get right and it makes or breaks your swing every time.
Doc and I played golf together again soon after I read his old instruction manual, I was lucky enough to have Doc personally show me how to make the proper swing while focusing on just one swing thought. That afternoon I dropped my score from an average score of 95 to and 84.
By making one simple swing change I was able to hit the golf ball with EFFORTLESS POWER, and much better accuracy, the ball went where I wanted it to go!
Now if you're reading this, you too may be looking to improve your game and lower your scores, it sucks to be last off the tee and first to buy the drinks every time you play golf, I know I was there! If you think 1 simple swing change will not have such a dramatic effect on your over all golf game, your Wrong, I thought that way too until Doc showed me the right way to strike the golf ball. Now I haven't set any course records but I do shoot regularly under 80 and have been at sub par 71 when I can make some putts. Putting will be another topic for another day!
If you want to shoot the lowest golf scores of your life, follow Docs advice and let one of Golfs greatest players ever show you the old school move to develop effortless power that is sure to give you that "X factor" when your on the course next time.
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Golf is a timeless game, but today the average players score is no better then is was 20 years ago.
Ever wonder why?
With all the improvement in equipment, golf fitness, golf balls and those huge drivers of today, we should all be shooting 63-64 every time out.
Sadly, Most recreational players never master this one simple old school power move that is CRITICAL to making sound contact with the golf ball, hitting longer, more accurate shots and shooting very good scores.
Don't take my word for it, See for yourself, go to http://powergolf.webs.com/index.htm and take a look, I have included 1 old diagram from Doc's golf manual to show you one part of swing drills in the manual.
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