Wisconsin TGM Expereince

[wolfman]

As some of you may recall, I was about to quit this game back in May or June.

Matt referred me to a TGM GSEB that he has worked with. He is about an hour away from me. I've had 7 lessons. My highest score for 18 has been 82 since I started those lessons.

Shot an even par 70 this morning. My best round ever! I was 3 under going into par 5 15th. Duck hooked a 6 iron approach into the garbage and shot a 7. BUT, I knew exactly what I did to cause this duck hook, and proceeded to hit a nice 6 iron on the par 3 16th. Unfortunately, I was feeling the pressure of the double bogey on the previous hole and 3 putted for a 4.

Parred out the last 2 holes, leaving my birdie putt on 18 dead center, just short!

I hate to admit this, but an AI is essential. I thought I could do this TGM thing myself. After all, I've got 2 college degrees from 2 different universities - how hard could it be. Hard enough that it almost made me quit!!!

Do yourself a favor and FIND an AI!!!

[Matt]

That's great to hear Steve. Sounds like things are coming along nicely!

Was there any one thing that made it "click" for you?

[wolfman]

Before Sat. I would either putt well, drive well or hit irons well. I've never had a wedge/sand or chipping problem.

Irons have been very good since July. We worked on driver 2 weeks ago - alignment, and left wrist breakdown. I was duck hooking just about everything.

Last week - putting/lag - I was taking the putter back too fast and my body was moving alot. With lag, I was taking the "vice clamp" grip too literal so lag was lacking.

As I was hitting balls after my last lesson, the driver lag and alignment hit me like a brick. I experimented alot that day, and hit a lot of crappy shots, but everytime I went back to what we were working on with setup, alignment and lag - it became effortless to hit it straight.

Then, I realized that my "new driver" swing and my current iron swing setup were exactly the same - at least in feel. My 2 big swing mistakes on Sat - 1 with iron and 1 with driver - were caused by the old driver setup! I new it when it happened and fixed it on the next swing.

Does that make sense??

Thanks again for your help Matt!

[Matt]

I did like what I saw you doing last week. Looked like a really nice "lagging clubhead takeaway" that set up perfect loading conditions at the top. Then just drag it all back down.

Swing back, swing through when Swinging. Carry back, drive through when Hitting.

[Yoda]

Swing back, swing through when Swinging. Carry back, drive through when Hitting.

Nice, Matt.