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Daryl . . .Please Report to the Parking Lot!!!!
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Here's Zach . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXWPcvyocrc Here's Boo . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MlhxXKTjMg These will open in to separate windows. Open at the same time . . . Stop Zach at 27 second mark where the hands are at right thigh . . . stop Boo at the 24 second mark . . . THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO COMPARISON. Zach is FULL SWEEP . . . . BOO IS STRAIGHT LINE . . . Boo's clubhead is a full foot and a half above where Zach is. Now watch how the come in to the ball. If Zach's club had any bounce on it . . . I'd be carving a divot before it got to the ball. NOW FOR EVEN MORE EVIDENCE . .. Advance to Zach at mid-body hand vs. Boo at mid-body . .. there is NO SIMILARITY TO SPEAK OF . . . Zach's club is an inch from the ground and six inches from the ball. BOO IS A FULL 2 FEET FROM THE GROUND AND 3 FEET FROM THE BALL. Zach's club head is gliding right close to the ground. Boo slap coming down on top of the ball . . . for Zach's club it's a smoooooth perfect landing where nobody on the plane even knows they hit the ground versus . . . Boo's CRASH LANDING!!! NO SURVIVORS!!! NO BLACK BOX!!! MUSHROOM CLOUD EXPLOSION!!! To swing like Zach and have the same amount of clubhead speed your hand speed has to be MUCH MUCH FASTER. This is Tom Watson vs. Ben Hogan. If you swing like Zach you'd better be STRONG AS AN OX and HAVE HANDS FASTER THAN MIKE O WATCHING BARNEY GOES TO THE ZOO. Look at the shaft leans . .. Boo has sooooo much more shaft lean it's SICK. He carries that shaft lean well past his left thigh. Zach on the other hand is dangerously close to full lever extension AT IMPACT!!! Watch them past the ball . .. Boo actually swivels out of that shaft lean back up the plane . . . Zach on the other hand begins to collapse his left wrist . . . he keeps his right arm stick straight and has ZERO ZIP NADA Finish Swivel . . . WHY???? Because he's trying to PHYSICALLY HOLD THE TOE FROM TURNING OVER WITH THE MUSKLEZ IN HIS ARMS. WHY??? Because his pivot shuts down. Most people would say "Oh it's much much harder to swing like Boo than Zach." Nope sorry. It takes much more physical talent and strength in your hands to keep that toe from turning over quick when you don't have any #2 or #3 left down at the ball. You got no physics left to help you. Once #2 and #3 zero out the club wants to COME UP!!! And when it comes up it wants to shut . . .That's what he is fighting off. Now don't get me wrong Zach's motion satisfies the conditions to win Major Championship's . .. But that's not the pattern I would pick. I like what I see in Sergio and Boo and other patterns . .. and there are differences . . . Huge differences. If you can say that one is not compartively sweepy . . . then Pinnochio ain't got a wooden #@**. |
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Throwing the Clubface at the Ball. Angled Hinge Swinger Very little Release Delay Almost “0” #3 Accumulator. Grip is not bad. Boo is: Excellent Horizontal Hinge A lot of delay A lot of #3 Accumulator His grip is awful. These guys change their swing components more times than a woman in a Shoe Store. They have different Release Points, Release Types, Release Motions and Trigger Types and Trigger Procedures. But back to the Movie. One "question" in the original discussion was "Can a person create a Smaller Pulley?" The answer is no. The Endless Belt Effect is not a Tool and not a Component. However it is a reality that should be considered during Component Selection. Homer doesn't explain the method of creating Varying Pulley Sizes, rather he suggests that one Compensate the Endless Belt Effect and Hand Speed by Varying the amount of #3 Accumulator Travel. The Rant It's very difficult to analyze a Golf Swing. Videos and Pictures are better applied to discussions on component variations. Conclusions, however, are based on what Components our eyes can capture and the causative relationships our brains deduct from these. Why does one Golfer use One Component and Another Golfer use Another? Trial and error. Maybe they Don't know why. Most know very little about components and component variations. Golf Analysts get paid to be educational entertainers, not instructors. They aren't analyzing, they are anesthetizing the viewer. Grab onto current trends and golf jargon and Rhetorically thread them together as plausible, so that the viewer will keep eating Popcorn. I should leave carnival like analysis to them. We, at LBG Central, know that there is more to the Golf Swing than the "Stack and Tilt". |
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And the grip awful? So what. Homer said you could do anything you want. You ask Boo to change his grip and he goes back to the state fair to get knocked out by another orangutan. Forget about accumlators and analysis and all that junk for a second . . . Step out of your yellow box. We CAN do the analysis on these swings. There are reasons why these swings work. Take Sergio, Zach and Boo as examples. Each one has a turned left hand. Two have major amounts of shaft lean. Two have lots of axis tilt and are more slidy than rotational. One has a major shift and turns HARD. One stays on the turned shoulder plane. The other two use the elbow plane. All these components blend. One thing they have in common is the DON'T horizontal hinge. WATCH HOW THE CLUB MOVES IN SPACE COMPARITIVELY . . . The difference is HUGE!!!! One is night the other is day . . . one is black the other is white. You are seeing extreme ends of the spectrum here. Steep vs. Flat. High vs. Low. Circle vs. Line. I mean I know I'm marginally retarded and all that . . . these golf swings are on the extreme edges and there's a lot to be learned here. You have to step out of the chapter and verse. It's in the book but it requires a bit of reading between the lines. The way these clubs move are as different as night and day. One clubhead skims the ground the other clubhead falls out of the sky. You can make it happen with your clubhead close to the ground as it approaches the ball . . . but my choice is to have it falling out of the sky down on top of the ball. I want my whole primary lever assembly and my whole body brought to bear right down on top of the ball. I want me, my bigfatazz and the club leaning down on the ball. DRIVING IT DOWN IN TO THE GROUND. Bucket don't do sweep. But that's just me. |
My Dear Watson,
D . . . Are you watching the videos??? Boo is no way no how Horizontal Hinging??? It's closer to VERTICAL hinging than horizontal. That clubface is not pointing along the plane line . . . it's close to pointing at the sky. He does SWIVEL unlike Zach. Watch the close up of the club. The toe is very quiet. Boo is Horizontal Hinging (watch the Clubface rotation through the Ball). You are seeing a clubface facing the sky at the Top of his Swing and have determined the cause to be Hinging. An easier explanation is at hand. Perhaps it is simply 10-2-D using 10-18-A. He is not Swiveling. This will be difficult to understand. I’ll try to be clear. Boo rotates his Left Hand into Impact but does not trace the Plane Line. He does not Uncock and Roll on the same Planeline. He Uncocks on a Parallel line that is 6 inches inside the Planeline and Rolls TO the Planeline. His Pivot is Rolling the Clubface closed to the Planeline in the traditional sense and his Left Hand is Rolling the Clubface in the traditional sense. I don’t want to get into argument with the Master, however Hand Rolling and Swiveling are very different mechanical motions if you look at it from the Plane Lines Point of View. Perhaps this is one of the reasons he appears to have such a Straight Line Delivery. He does have a Straight Line Delivery but not to the baseline of the inclinde Plane. He is Slapping at the ball with his Left Hand. Both use compensations which are varying mixtures of component variations and both break the LAWS to some degree and both have some inefficiency. Both are exceptional athletes. Both have dug their swings out of the ground through countless hours of exaustive labor. Both have found their way. Hats off. And the grip awful? So what. Homer said you could do anything you want. You ask Boo to change his grip and he goes back to the state fair to get knocked out by another orangutan. Forget about accumlators and analysis and all that junk for a second . . . So What? He Grips the Club that way for a reason. A mistake to correct a mistake. Step out of your yellow box. We CAN do the analysis on these swings. Is that the “Proverbial We”? There are reasons why these swings work. Take Sergio, Zach and Boo as examples. Each one has a turned left hand. Two have major amounts of shaft lean. Two have lots of axis tilt and are more slidy than rotational. One has a major shift and turns HARD. One stays on the turned shoulder plane. The other two use the elbow plane. All these components blend. One thing they have in common is the DON'T horizontal hinge. My Exact words were: "Videos and Pictures are better applied to discussions on component variations. Conclusions, however, are based on what Components our eyes can capture and the causative relationships our brains deduct from these." WATCH HOW THE CLUB MOVES IN SPACE COMPARITIVELY . . . The difference is HUGE!!!! One is night the other is day . . . one is black the other is white. You are seeing extreme ends of the spectrum here. Steep vs. Flat. High vs. Low. Circle vs. Line. If a car is travelling down a steep hill at 100 MPH, do you assume the Driver is pushing on the Gas Pedal? Do you assume he wants to? Could his Brakes have failed? What information is at hand to surmise conclusions? I mean I know I'm marginally retarded and all that . . . these golf swings are on the extreme edges and there's a lot to be learned here. You have to step out of the chapter and verse. It's in the book but it requires a bit of reading between the lines. The way these clubs move are as different as night and day. One clubhead skims the ground the other clubhead falls out of the sky. Yes. But observation is not analysis. Analysis’ are not conclusions. Conclusions are not Recommendations. You can make it happen with your clubhead close to the ground as it approaches the ball . . . but my choice is to have it falling out of the sky down on top of the ball. I want my whole primary lever assembly and my whole body brought to bear right down on top of the ball. I want me, my bigfatazz and the club leaning down on the ball. DRIVING IT DOWN IN TO THE GROUND. I understand how you feel about it. But Feel and Mechanics are only brothers. Exaggerating one Component will not correct or obviate the others. Bucket don't do sweep. But that's just me. Daryl don’t do sweep too.:) When you and I watch a video or view a picture we see the same things. You see a Clubface facing the sky and so do I. You see a Right Wrist Flattening after Impact as I do. We don’t have a problem with observation. We are both armchair analyzing. You and I are not studying each of their components and uncovering what component variations are chosen. Then we are not substituting variations or using other means to uncover their effect. We aren’t deducing conclusions and we aren’t presenting recommendations. We are viewing their swings and chastising or praising them. It’s fun sometimes, I admit, however it doesn’t add to our knowledge. We have a lanquage ala Homer Kelley and we are able to describe geometry and other things to eachother. But vocabulary alone isn't knowledge. Analysis is very hard work. Thats why we have so many commentators. The word "Commentator" comes from the Yankee word - Common - and the Southern word - Tater. Get it? They are "Potato Heads". lol If I got a Dime everytime a Pro came up short on his approach and the Commentator said "that wasn't a mishit, that was a gust of wind" I'd be rich. They get paid to explain it that way. In the world of TV and Golf Rags, It's a carnival. And we are aware of that. 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Can a Golfer change the Size of the "Endless Belt Effect" Pulley?
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If I am understanding Yoda's video's on hinge action, Boo does have rhythm but it is most certainly not horizontal hinging rhythm.
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In the video footage of Boo's swing from the link in post #1 of this thread, Boo is clearly Sequencing his release. He uses a lot of #3 accumulator which streches out his Horizontal Hinge. Because his #3 accumulator roll is 3 feet long, the Horizontal hinge may be difficult to observe. In addition to watching his Sequenced Release, please notice that at impact to impact separation that there is no apparent Clubface Layback. |
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Per 2-G . . . With Horizontal Hinging, the toe of the Club will point along the Plane Line. With Angled Hinging, about 45 degrees across the Plane Line. With Vertical Hinging, about 90 degrees across the Plane Line with the Clubface looking Squarely at the skyThat grip is turned . . . you are again seeing the clubface being thrown at the ball by definition . . . and angled hinging. |
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2-K 7th Edition . . . Another very important element in the generation of Angular Motion is the Endless Belt Effect (Sketch 2-K #6) which is the Physics of the Delivery Paths (7-23). During the straight line portion of the motion (Line Delivery Path) Linear Motion give the Belt and the Clubhead identical MPH speed. When the Belt starts around the Pulley (Release) its MPH does not change (Constant Hand Speed) but the Clubhead goes into an Angular Motion and its Surface Speed becomes proportional to: 1). its Radius, 2). Belt Speed and 3). Pulley diameter. Increasing the diameter and/or the Belt Speed increases Clubhead MPH and vice versa. The Circle Delivery Path is just one big Pulley - no Belt, no Linear Motion and therefore constant Hand Speed and Clubhead Speed (RPM) but different MPH due to different Surface Speeds. It must all comply with 7-23 - which is the Geometry of the Endless Belt Action.AND PER 6-E-2 . . . You can change the diameter by simply chaning your Aiming Point . . . difference in travel distance per degree of Angular Motion because Impact always occurs during the "Pulley" portion of the Endless Belt travel (sketch 2-K #6) regardless of the direction of its Straight Line travel between pulleys (or of the Thrust during the Circle Path per 7-23) because both of those lines represent the True Delivery Paths and move - physically - directly at the point on the Ball through which the Angle of Approach passes even with Aiming Point procedures because The Machine delivers the #3 Pressure Point to Impact Fix Hand Location AT IMPACT with all Delivery Paths, Delivery Lines, Pulley Sizes, etc. because its structure is designed to do just that, hence the importance of a sturdy structure around the Endless Belt machinery. That is what makes the Aiming Point procedure possible at allChange your aiming point . . . move your hand in a straight line . . .move them in a circle . . .ALL CHANGE PULLEY DIAMETER. |
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But the other one is moving at 100 mph on about as flat of a road as you can get. There is a difference and there are significant conclusions that can be drawn with regards to the pivot the hand motion the hand speed etc. that must be complied with inorder to achieve similar results. Homer knew this . . . |
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Do you see how Boo has his hands seemingly go to the left after he Strikes the ball? Hogan had the same idiosyncrasy. VJ Trolio has observed and talked about this same unusual move, and on page 16 he attributes it to center of gravity and individual players finding their own arm path. He said that Hogan Swings "hard Left". Unfortunately, the complete answer is not a simple one. In my earlier post I explained that Boo Uncocks his Left Wrist on a line Parallel to the Plane line but 6 inches closer to his feet. It is an alternate Delivery Line. His hands as Hogans Hands are already Left because of this alternate delivery line. Please review the video and carefully observe Boo's left hand motion between Release and Impact. His Left hand Rolls left in the same manor one would water his lawn with a garden hose. This is not the Swivel that Homer Kelley explains in TGM. With Hogans and Boo's style of Rolling, they must Keep the Hands following this Inside Parallel Delivery Line Path. That is why Hogan wanted 3 right hands. It's because his hand IS actually slapping the ball. This is one reason why their Style of Horizontal Hinge is difficult to detect. You must observe the Sequenced Release. The Roll is a long and drawn out process because of so much #3 Accumulator. Look at the video and see the end of the Clubshaft protruding from Boo's left hand. The entire heal pad of his left hand is on top of the grip, just like Hogan. Huge #3 Accumulator. Remember in "Five Lessons" the pictures of Hogans Left Hand Rolling into Impact? (That's not exactly what he did, but anyway) Do you Remember how his wrist was "Supinated" (his word, not mine)? If you Uncock and Roll on the same Delivery Line as HK Recommends, then that IS how your Wrist will look with that much #3 Accumulator and your hands will be 6 inches ahead of the ball at impact. But he didn't do it that way in reality when he used an alternate delivery line. And he almost always used an alternate delivery line. HK said: "It is mandatory that there is no break or bend in the Delivery Line direction during either half of the Release Motion. Both halves, as well as, the Release and Finish Roll (2-G), must be executed on the same Delivery Line (2-J-3) – On Line or Cross Line, but not both." VJ admits that very few Golfers he has observed demonstrate this peculiarity, especially today. :) I don't know what else to say to you about this matter. |
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AIMING POINT doesn't change the pulley Size, it only relocates the pulley. HMM? Hmm? Can you change the Pulley Size in a Circle Path Deivery? |
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Ok, I thought about it. You can't. I can. |
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Again watch the clubs . . . . the pictures tell the story. |
Hey, but what do you think about my Hogan armchair analysis?
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Here's the rub, straight from the horses mouth. Mark Blackburn, Boo's instructor, does not like the amount of lag Boo has. Says he can't hit all the shots, hits it too low. Now, I want to swing like Boo, but my swing looks more like Zach, which is why I can hit a long iron pretty high.
On Tour, expecially now with Trackman, I think the small pulley type swing will diminish some. I agree....it looks sexy as hell, but...to hold the ball on rock hard greens, you gotta hit it high...which requires a more random release. I agree with the above. I hate the full sweep, but a more random release is preferable for being able to hit all the shots. Also, Boo don't do the finish swivel, he kind of holds it off, like Mr. O'Grady....and Hogan :) |
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Blackburn, Blackjack Mulligan, Blackberry Bob . . . who-the-heck-ever would a HUGE MONUMENTAL MISTAKE to de-lag Boo in my humble marginally retarded opinion. If you want to get Boo to hit the ball up . .. get him to move his hips forward and up quicker . . . which will also get the club releasing sooner. Don't touch his power package (uh huh) . . . Boo does swivel but it's way late due to the trigger delay and related motions. |
Don't get me wrong, no way Blackburn will de-lag him, I wasn't implying that, it's just that sometimes, when he really needs to hit a good long-iron, or hit one really high, he struggles a bit.
I still want to swing like him though, but I think a lot of his "look" of accumulator lag has a lot to do with his bent left wrist to start the downswing. Lots of downcocking going on there. He doesn't flatten it until really late in the swing. For the record, IMO Boo has a top 5 golf swing on the PGA Tour right now and it is my goal to have more of the kind of lag he has. |
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I'm pulling up my armchair. What is De-Lagging?
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He does nearly the same thing with the driver swing though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e9oMFvK9I8 Watch that video and you can see he basically makes the same swing, snaps his left leg and his hips work really left. You also get a pretty good look at his finish swivel, or anit-swivel. It really shows how he cocks his left arm up and keeps his arms closer together If you got his hips to go LESS left, he would lose some of that lag, he would have to. His impact interval would have to start sooner and that big lag look would be reduced....A LOT. |
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![]() Here's Duval . . . ANOTHER shut faced turned grip angled hinger who when this sequence was taken was the BEST ON THE PLANET . . . and hit it to THE MOON. Look at Boo's left knee and how level his hips are compared to Double D. Watch this action compared to Boo's . . . this stuff is in the book . . . Chapter 10 . . . knee action(level hips vs. slanted hips) . .. hip action . . . it's in there . . . promise. So heres the deal . . . if you are going to have a shut face and a turned left hand . . . do you want to pivot like A. Zach Johnson B. Sergio Garcia C. Boo Weekly D. David Duval I pick D. or Double D. |
But Duval has less LAG look and he starts letting go of those accumulators earlier. Boo is later, which is why he hits it lower.
I agree with the pivot, Duval has a great pivot, but the best strong-gripped, shut faced pivot of all time is...... John Daly....seriously, if his arm swing weren't so long we would be raving about how sexy his pivot is. |
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Maybe . . . but . .. I don't see that Daly has a shut face really. I'm looking at a sequence in a book back when he played that Whale driver and it hangs pretty toe down where a normal human would stop their swing. I'll search for pics . . . Duval tilts and turns left hard to keep the face open . . . plus he had way more shaft lean than John D . . . another face opener. |
No doubt Duval has a better overall golf swing, but Daly's pivot (especially young, skinny Daly) is one of the best.
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Here's another Duval . . . . . to the moon.
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This is such a great thread. Thanks, guys!
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I’m shaking my head again in disbelief. DO NOT ENCOURAGE Bucket and glcoach to continue this kind of armchair analysis. They corrupt and mislead. Participants on this web-site are going to begin believing that TGM is a tool to determine the better Golfer by comparison. The SCORE CARD does that.
Look how our vocabulary has been polluted and deteriorated in this thread alone. New terms are being introduced such as, "LAG look, great pivot, best strong-gripped, shut faced turned grip angled hinger, snaps his left leg, anit-swivel, big lag look, De-lagging, Bedwetter, right-sided slinger, Whale driver. " For what benefit? Never, in any of the 6 real editions of TGM has HK every compared two Golfers with a side-by-side comparison of components to determine who is using what better than the other guy. The Pro’s have swung their clubs hundreds of thousands of time over a lifetime to find what works for them and Bucket and glcoach appear to have used TGM to analyze their 24 components in 30 seconds (ok, maybe 60 seconds). :) TGM is not a search for the perfect swing. This reminds me of kids a a Kung Fu school. AS soon as they learn a little bit of fighting, they go around wanting to beat-everyone-up. |
I see your point for some of the above Daryl, but what is the problem with talking about the club someone is using (Whale driver)? Besides, glcoach and the Bucket are putting their "armchair analysis" up for critique. They haven't exactly set up websites full of lies and are unwilling to hear contrary views.
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I thought we were just talking about preferences.
I prefer Boo Weekley's swing. However, Zach has a major and can probably hit more shots and his is the pattern I can probably come the closest to being my model. As for just knowing enough to be dangerous...That's not really accurate. I do coach this game for a living and develop GIRLS from scratch when they are freshmen, and when they graduate, they likely have a golf scholarship in hand. I don't mean to corrupt anyone, I was just having some fun....sorry. |
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But don't forget that there is a Chapter 10 in the book . . . You couldn't pin Homer to recommend ANY swing. I'm POSITIVE that he had his ideas about what worked best. But he said you CAN DO ANYTHING. Even have pivot controlled hands . .. Soooooo . . . you have too understand if you go to any driving range today anywhere anytime . . . there are going to be people have 10-2-D grips AND a visually flat left wrist . . .which means in pop vernacular that they are SHUT. So then the question becomes is that bad or good? and the answer is NO. Try this one for yourself . . . grip it turned . . . get a flat left wrist and a shut face at the top. Now take the club back down slowly to the ball . . . it the more the shaft is vertical to the ground the more the face looks left. So if you have that kind of look at the top you have to get the shaft LEANING forward to get the face open. There are lots of ways to do that . . . get your hands way forward . . . get tilted a lot . . . turn left hard. So here's Byron Nelson 10-2-B grip . . .check this shaft lean vs. Lee Buck ![]() Here's shaft leaning . . .he said "I have a great pair of legs." Right! He had to to keep the club from shutting and hitting low lefties. ![]() Down . .. ![]() To the moon . . . ![]() Look at the finishes . . . the differences are undeniable . . . and the ball flights too! This ain't no analysis . . . THIS IS HOW IT WORKS. Watch the hips and how the finishes end up . .. Can you see high and low? HOMER SAID YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT. So there are plenty of cats that have won Major with 10-2-D grips and shut faces . . . Lee Buck, Double D, Zach Johnson and I'm sure there are more. So this analysis IS import to them . . .maybe not to you . . .but it is to anybody that has that grip and has it shut. If you want to rip the pages of Chapter 10 outta your book . . . fine with me . . . but when you dig deeeeep . . .that's where the real genius of Homer Kelley lies. But it's up to the player (imploredly (sp?) by the help of an AI according to Homer) to take the parts in Chapter 10 and make the whole. |
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Don't pay any attention to Daryl . . . he's a nice guy! He's just smack talkin' . . . he's learning too . . . we just have to drag him kickin' and screamin' to the water . . . he'll drink . . . someday. Hey Daryl . . . I LUV YOU MAN!!!!! |
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You aren't far from turning into a girl already . . . I'll take the under on three days and you'll be a left handed woman. |
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Chip, Pitch, Punch or basic and acquired motion if you prefer. I hope no one took by statement the wrong way. I was in no way trying to promote myself or make claims that I am the greatest hs golf coach ever. I was responding to a perceived attack....sorry....once again. |
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