Trevino thread

[Trig]

This is a really good show with lots of good footage and interviews with one of the games greatest Hitters, Lee Trevino.

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The Golf Channel

Saturday, February 12
8:30 PM/ET


Jim McLean: Lee Trevino
Proponent of the 8-step swing method and host Jim McLean breaks down the mechanics of Lee Trevino's swing.

[MizunoJoe]

Watching the footage of Trevino is worthwhile, but what McLean says about it may be something else. Some years ago, the front page of Golf Digest promoted an instructional article called something like "Extend Your Flatspot". McLean described this procedure in such a way to promote the idea that the clubhead strikes the back of the ball while moving horizontally towards the target. You can flatten the downswing plane, but the strike is still DOWN and OUT toward low point, and there is no "flatspot" in the arc of the clubhead. I believe that Trevino was one of his examples in the article. I'll bet he uses the word in the show.

[Yoda]

Some years ago, the front page of Golf Digest promoted an instructional article called something like "Extend Your Flatspot". McLean described this procedure in such a way to promote the idea that the clubhead strikes the back of the ball while moving horizontally towards the target. I'll bet he uses the word in the show.

Good thing young David didn't have a Flat Spot in his Slinging Action when he went mano-on-mano with Goliath.

Then again, Goliath might have a different opinion...

[Trig]

Watching the footage of Trevino is worthwhile, but what McLean says about it may be something else. Some years ago, the front page of Golf Digest promoted an instructional article called something like "Extend Your Flatspot". McLean described this procedure in such a way to promote the idea that the clubhead strikes the back of the ball while moving horizontally towards the target. You can flatten the downswing plane, but the strike is still DOWN and OUT toward low point, and there is no "flatspot" in the arc of the clubhead. I believe that Trevino was one of his examples in the article. I'll bet he uses the word in the show.

Agreed about McLean. He does talk about Lee coming in very shallow through the ball - but as you will see, Lee hits down and talks about hitting down.

[Trig]

If you missed this show, check out the The Golf Channel listings on their webpage. I think it will re-air several times this month.

[diggerdog]

Down, out, and forward feels like extending the sweet spot to me.. Lighten up on Mclean. Put some sugar in your koolaid.

[MBCpro]

DD,

That is the danger of teaching feels, the feels like to me has caused more problems in teaching golf than any other thing in my opinion. Learn feel from mechanics, not mechanics from feel!!!
Your feel is your structure, coould be right for some but not all!!

Todd

[lagster]

Mr. McLean seemed to indicate that guys with more upright swing planes are NOT good drivers of the ball. Well... what about Jack Nicklaus... even Scott Hoch... both pretty good! They are on steeper planes than Trevino, but are ON PLANE! Now... something like 10-7-F or 10-7-H could cause problems. Nicklaus and Hoch are probably using something more like 10-7-E (Reverse Shift), or a variation of this.

[EdZ]

I haven't seen this one yet, but this series is one of the better ones on TGC. The one on Mickey Wright is wonderful, Miller's is very good too, as is Player's.

The Mickey Wright show is a must see if they replay it.

[Thom]

Trigolt/Bagger - Any chance that you can make theese shows available to us, like you did with the Moe Norman special?
We don't have the Golfchannel here.